Kyoko Ina

Kyoko Ina was a pairs figure skater who competed at three Olympic Winter Games, in 1994 and 1998 alongside Jason Dungjen and in 2002 with John Zimmerman. With Dungjen, Ina was US Champion in 1997 and 1998. They placed fourth at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 1997 World Championships. They were on multiple podiums together at major events, with silver medals at the 1993 Nations Cup, 1997 Continents Cup, and Skate America in 1994 and 1998.

Zimmermann and Ina joined up in 1998. They were US Champions in 2000, 2001, and 2002, and placed third at the 2002 World Championships. Together Ina and Zimmermann had several other podiums, including second place finishes at the 1999 and 2002 Trophée Lalique and 2000 Skate Canada and Four Continents, and in 2002 they were second at Skate America and Sparkassen.

In 2003 Ina and Zimmermann joined Stars on Ice and skated in ice shows for several years. In 2010 she skated in the Canadian reality television show “Battle of the Blades” with NHL player Kelly Chase. She later coached figure skating in New York. Ina came from an athletic family, as the daughter of Yoshiko Ina, a Japanese national champion swimmer, and the granddaugther of Shimako Maeda, who played at Wimbledon. Ina was inducted into the US Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2018.