Wakaba Higuchi
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Wakaba Higuchi (樋口 新葉, Higuchi Wakaba, born January 2, 2001) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2018 World silver medalist and a five-time Japanese national medalist (bronze in 2015, silver in 2016, 2017, 2020, and 2022). On the junior level, she is a two-time World Junior bronze medalist (2015, 2016), the 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and a two-time Japan Junior national champion (2015, 2016). She won a silver medal in team event, representing Japan at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[lower-alpha 1]
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Native name | 樋口 新葉 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (2001-01-02) January 2, 2001 (age 23) Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Skating club | Meiji University Noevir | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Higuchi is the seventeenth woman to land a clean triple Axel internationally and the fifth woman to land a clean triple Axel at the Olympics.