Ami Nakai
Nakai performing her free skate at the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Native name | 中井 亜美 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 27, 2008 Niigata, Niigata, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Funabashi, Chiba, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Kensuke Nakaniwa Makoto Nakata Momoe Nagumo Aya Tanoue Niina Takeno | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | MF Figure Skating Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ami Nakai (中井 亜美, Nakai Ami; born April 27, 2008) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2026 Olympic bronze medalist, 2026 Four Continents silver medalist, 2025–26 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, 2025 Grand Prix de France champion, and 2025 Skate Canada International bronze medalist.
On the junior level, she is the 2023 World Junior bronze medalist, the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, a six-time medalist on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (four gold, one silver, one bronze), and the 2022–23 Japanese junior bronze medalist.
In addition, Nakai is the sixth woman to land a triple Axel at a Winter Olympic Games.