<Li> Thirty - five years later , Midori Ito ( JPN ) became the first woman to land the triple Axel jump in competition , when she first performed it at the 1988 NHK Trophy . Since then , seven other women ( Tonya Harding ( USA ) , Yukari Nakano ( JPN ) , Ludmila Nelidina ( RUS ) , Mao Asada ( JPN ) , Elizaveta Tuktamysheva ( RUS ) , Rika Kihira ( JPN ) and Mirai Nagasu ( USA ) ) have succeeded in completing the jump in international competition , while another woman , Kimmie Meissner ( USA ) , first completed the jump at the 2005 U.S. Figure Skating Championships . </Li>
<Li> Thirty - five years later , Midori Ito ( JPN ) became the first woman to land the triple Axel jump in competition , when she first performed it at the 1988 NHK Trophy . Since then , seven other women ( Tonya Harding ( USA ) , Yukari Nakano ( JPN ) , Ludmila Nelidina ( RUS ) , Mao Asada ( JPN ) , Elizaveta Tuktamysheva ( RUS ) , Rika Kihira ( JPN ) and Mirai Nagasu ( USA ) ) have succeeded in completing the jump in international competition , while another woman , Kimmie Meissner ( USA ) , first completed the jump at the 2005 U.S. Figure Skating Championships . </Li>
who was the first woman to land a triple axle at the olympics
who was the first woman to land a triple axle at the olympics
Midori Ito ( JPN )
Midori Ito ( JPN )