| First woman to land a triple axel and a triple-triple combination in international competitions (Worlds 1989). First to woman to land a triple axel in an Olympic competition (1992). First Asian skater to win a World's competition. Collected more 6.0 World Championship scores (ten total) than any other figure skater, male or female (as of April 2002). |
| Year | Event | Rank | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | All Japan Juniors | 1st | |
| All Japan Junior Freestyle | 1st | ||
| 1981 | Freestyle | 1st | |
| Worlds Juniors | 8th | First overseas competition for Midori. | |
| 1982 | Freestyle | 1st | |
| World Juniors | 6th | Earned nicknamed "Tsunami Girl". | |
| 1983 | Freestyle | 1st | |
| All-Japan Juniors | 1st | ||
| Prague International Championship | 1st | ||
| Enia Challenge Cup (Holland) | 2nd | ||
| NHK Cup | 3rd | ||
| 1984 | All-Japan | 2nd | |
| World Juniors | 3rd | ||
| Skate Canada | 1st | ||
| NHK Cup | 1st | ||
| Freestyle | 1st | ||
| Worlds | 7th | ||
| 1985 | All-Japan | 1st | |
| Worlds | -- | Missed due to a broken ankle (broken during a practice attempt at a quadruple jump). | |
| NHK Cup | 1st | ||
| 1986 | All-Japan | 1st | |
| Freestyle | 1st | ||
| Worlds | 11th | ||
| NHK Cup | 2nd | ||
| 1987 | All-Japan | 1st | |
| Worlds | 8th | ||
| Freestyle | 1st | ||
| Fuji Cup | 1st | ||
| NHK Cup | 2nd | ||
| 1988 | All-Japan | 1st | |
| Worlds | 6th | ||
| Winter Olympics | 5th | ||
| Skate Amercia | 2nd | ||
| Aichi Prefecture Championship | 1st | Completed the first successful triple axel in a competiton. | |
| Freestyle | 1st | ||
| NHK Cup | 1st | ||
| 1989 | All-Japan | 1st | |
| Worlds | 1st | Became first Asian gold medalist, and first woman to land a triple axel in a major international competition. Recieved two 6.0 required elements score for her short program by the Italian and Hungarian judges, and five 6.0 technical merit scores for her free skate by the Bulgarian, Swedish, Italian, Hungarian, and Belarusian judges. | |
| Education Ministry (Japan) Sports Award | -- | ||
| JASA top stipend recipient | -- | (Along with Seiko Hashimoto) | |
| Freestyle | 1st | ||
| NHK Cup | 1st | ||
| 1990 | All-Japan | 1st | |
| Worlds | 2nd | Technical program included six triple jumps, including the triple axel. ReceIved three 6.0 technical merit scores for her free skate program from the Hungarian, Swiss, and Italian judges. Even though Midori won both the short and long programs, she placed tenth in the , and thus lost the Gold to Jill Trenary (had Midori placed ninth instead of tenth in the compulsories, she would've won the Gold). | |
| Tokyo Championship | 1st | ||
| East Japan Championship | 1st | ||
| Skate America | 2nd | First competition in which Midori didn't have to be concerned with Complusory Figures (dropped by the ISU). | |
| NHK Cup | 1st | ||
| Tour of World Figure Skating Champions | -- | At Landover, MD (Spring 1990). | |
| 1991 | All-Japan | 1st | |
| World Championships | 4rth | Midori collided with Hubert during warmups, bruising her ribs. During her performance she crashed into a camera pit as she landed a double-lutz, part of a triple-double combination. She bounced out very quickly and finished her routine. At the end of her routine she returned to the pit and gracefuly bowed to the camera operators and helped picked up some of the debris. | |
| Asian Cup | 1st | ||
| East Japan Championship | 1st | ||
| Lalique Trophy | 1st | Landed a triple axel. Recieved one 6.0 technical merit for her free skate. All despite a sore ankle. | |
| NHK Cup | 1st | Recieved one 6.0 technical merit for her free skate. | |
| 1992 | All-Japan | 1st | |
| Winter Olympics | 2nd | Replaced her planned triple axel in the SP for a Triple Lutz but fell. Fell on first triple axel attempt in her Free program but landed the second attempt, becoming the first woman to land one in an Olympics. Even though she won the Silver Medal, and even though the team coach, Noriko Shirota, told her she didn't have to be sorry, she publicly apologized to her country for not winning the Gold. | |
| Worlds | -- | Missed due to interrupted training due from aggravating a cold caught while at the Olympics. | |
| Retired from amateur skating. | |||
| 1993 | World Pro | 1st | Skated to Yoshiki's "The Rose of Pain" and Barbara Streisands's "The Way We Were". Two of her best performances. |
| Durasoft Colors Challenge of Champions | 3rd | Skated to "Skater's Waltz." | |
| Freshlook Challenge of Champions | 1st | Skated to Yoshiki's "The Rose of Pain". Her exhibition skate was to "Part of Your World." | |
| 1994 | World Pro | 2nd | Skated to "Part of Your World". |
| 1995 | Challenge of Champions. | 1st | |
| World Pro | 2nd | ||
| -- | -- | Reinstated to amateur skater status in June. | |
| 1996 | All-Japan | 1st | |
| Worlds | 7th | Attempted the triple axel: under-rotated, 2 footed the landing in the LP, fell in the SP. | |
| 1997- 2000 | There is no competition data for Midori for late 1996 through 2000 as Midori retired from competitive skating in November of 1996. During that time she performed in Japanese ice shows for Prince Hotels, was the first Olympic Torch bearer in Japan for the 1998 Winter Olympics and also lit the Olympic Cauldron. Midori returned to competitive skating in 4 January 2001, when she competed at the Japan Open in Tokyo. | ||
| 2001 | Japan Open | Midori inserted the triple axel during her interpretative skate, but stepped out of the landing. Skated to "Voices of the Sky," and to "Romeo & Juliet." | |
| 2004 | On 25 March 2004, Midori Ito was inducted into the "Hall of Fame" of World Figure Skating. Toller Cranston and Jutta Mueller were also inducted. The induction ceremony took place after the Compulsary Dance at the World Figure Skating Championships in Dortmund, Germany. Midori Ito was not able to attend the ceremonies. | ||
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