Tim KOLETO

17 Jun 1991
30
Male
KALISPELL, MT
 
United States of America
OKAYAMA
 
Japan

Events and Medals

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Capital Indoor Stadium
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Capital Indoor Stadium
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Capital Indoor Stadium
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Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
19Ice Dance2021Stockholm, SWE
21Ice Dance2019Saitama, JPN
Four Continents Championships
RankEventYearLocation
9Ice Dance2019Anaheim, CA, USA
10Ice Dance2018Taipei City, TPE
10Ice Dance2014Taipei City, TPE
11Ice Dance2020Seoul, KOR
Grand Prix
RankEventYearLocation
1Ice Dance2020/21Osaka, JPN
6Ice Dance2021/22Las Vegas, NV, USA
7Ice Dance2021/22Tokyo, JPN
8Ice Dance2018/19Hiroshima, JPN
8Ice Dance2018/19Moscow, RUS
10Ice Dance2019/20Chongqing, CHN
World Team Trophy
RankEventYearLocation
2Team2019Fukuoka, JPN
3Team2021Osaka, JPN
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Take-chan. (Athlete, 10 Nov 2021)

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Music production, writing, video games. (isuresults.com)

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Athlete

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University of Nebraska Independent Study High School (2009). (Athlete, 10 Nov 2021)

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Wife, Misato Komatsubara (skating partner).

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English, Japanese

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Kurashiki FSC

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Romain Haguenauer (FRA)
Marie-France Dubreuil (CAN)
Patrice Lauzon (CAN)
Pascal Denis (CAN)
Josee Piche (CAN)
Benjamin Brisebois (CAN)
Rie Arikawa (JPN)

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Wife Misato Komatsubara (Figure skating): His skating partner since 2016.
Grandmother Florence Rogan (Figure skating): She skated in ice shows with Sonia Henie (NOR).

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2017 Lombardia Trophy (Ice dance - 8th), with Komatsubara
2015 Volvo Open Cup (Ice dance - 3rd), with Rabe
2013 Ukrainian Open (Ice dance - 9th), with Min

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Ginette Cournoyer (CAN)
Samuel Chouinard (CAN)

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2016

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1998 in Colorado Springs.

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As his grandmother was a figure skater, he and his brother and two sisters all started skating in Colorado Springs. "It was a family tradition." (Athlete, 10 Nov 2021)

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Aspires to become a published fiction author. (Athlete, 10 Nov 2021)

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Trains with his skating partner in Japan, the USA and Canada.

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Qualifying an Olympic spot for Japan at the 2021 World Championships. (Athlete, 10 Nov 2021)

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Figure skater Scott Moir (CAN), three-time Olympic, three-time World champion.

Figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN), two-time Olympic champion, two-time World champion. (Athlete, 31 Dec 2021)

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Baseball player Shohei Ohtani (JPN), designated hitter and outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball. (Athlete, 31 Dec 2021)

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"Destiny must be held with an open hand." (Athlete, 10 Nov 2021)

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Japan Skating Federation Outstanding Performance Award (2021)

General Interest

BECOMING JAPANESE
Received Japanese citizenship in fall 2020. His Japanese name is Takeru Komatsubara. “We had a lot of time to consider what it would feel like and we knew it's not something that happens very often. So first I'm very grateful but I was quite surprised actually how it felt when it really happened. It was one week before the NHK Trophy. (...) There was excitement, of course, but relief as well, the sensation that finally after so many years together we have a chance at every athlete’s dream." (Koleto, isu.org, 16 Sep 2021)

TEAMING UP WITH MISATO KOMATSUBARA
In 2016, he teamed up with Komatsubara. They had met in 2015 in Milan where they were both training at the time. After they split up with their previous partners, coach Barbara Fusar Poli suggested a try-out. They fell in love soon after teaming up and got married in January 2017. (isu.org, 19 Dec 2018)

PREVIOUS PARTNERSHIPS
Switched from singles to ice dance and teamed up with Yura Min in 2013. Representing Korea, he skated with her from 2013-14 and they ranked 10th at the 2014 Four Continents Championships.

Competed with Thea Rabe (NOR) in the 2015/16 season representing Norway in three smaller competitions before their partnership dissolved.

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