| Sumire Suto | |||||||||||||||
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 Suto/Boudreau-Audet at the 2016 NHK Trophy | |||||||||||||||
| Native name | 須藤澄玲 | ||||||||||||||
| Born | November 12, 1997 Yokohama, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.51 m (4 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Partner | Francis Boudreau-Audet | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Richard Gauthier, Bruno Marcotte | ||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Kanagawa FSC Yokohama | ||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2006 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sumire Suto (須藤 澄玲, Sutō Sumire, born November 12, 1997) is a Japanese pair skater. With partner Francis Boudreau-Audet, she is the 2016 Toruń Cup champion and a two-time Japanese national champion.
Suto began learning to skate in 2006.[1]
Suto began her partnership with Konstantin Chizhikov in 2013.[2] In December of the same year, they won the Japanese national junior title, ahead of Ami Koga / Francis Boudreau-Audet. Making their international debut, they placed 4th in junior pairs at the International Challenge Cup in March 2014. Later that month, the two finished 12th at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Suto/Chizhikov competed in the 2014–15 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, placing 7th in Ostrava and 9th in Dresden. They were coached by Yuka Sato, Jason Dungjen, and Sergei Petrovski in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.[2]
Suto teamed up with Francis Boudreau-Audet in the spring of 2015.[3] They decided to represent Japan in senior pairs, coached by Richard Gauthier and Bruno Marcotte in Montreal, Canada.[4] Their international debut came in December 2015 at the Golden Spin of Zagreb, where they placed 7th. Later that month, they won the Japanese national title, ahead of Marin Ono / Wesley Killing and Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara.
In January 2016, Suto/Boudreau-Audet were awarded gold at the Toruń Cup. They went on the place 9th at the 2016 Four Continents in Taipei and 22nd at the 2016 World Championships in Boston
Suto/Boudreau-Audet began their season on the Challenger Series, placing fourth at the 2016 U.S. International Classic. They finished 7th at their Grand Prix assignment, the 2016 NHK Trophy. The two repeated as Japanese national champions, outscoring Suzaki/Kihara by 14 points for the title.
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2017–18 [5] |
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| 2016–17 [1] |
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| 2015–16 [4] |
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| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2014–15 [2] |
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| 2013–14 [6] |
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[7] | |||
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| Event | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 |
| World Champ. | 22nd | 17th | |
| Four Continents Champ. | 9th | 10th | |
| GP NHK Trophy | 7th | 7th | |
| GP Rostelecom Cup | 8th | ||
| CS Golden Spin | 7th | ||
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 11th | ||
| CS U.S. Classic | 4th | 8th | |
| Toruń Cup | 1st | 1st | |
| National[8] | |||
| Japan Championships | 1st | 1st | WD |
| Team events | |||
| World Team Trophy |
1st T 6th P |
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| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only. | |||
| International[9] | ||
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| Event | 2013–14 | 2014–15 |
| World Junior Champ. | 12th | |
| JGP Czech Republic | 7th | |
| JGP Germany | 9th | |
| Challenge Cup | 4th J | |
| National[10] | ||
| Japan Junior Champ. | 1st | |
| J = Junior level | ||
