Emmy Ma (born January 19, 2001) is a Taiwanese-American former competitive figure skater. Representing Chinese Taipei, she is the 2021 International Challenge Cup silver medalist and 2019 Taiwanese national champion.
| Emmy Ma | |
|---|---|
 Ma at the 2018 World Junior Championships | |
| Born | January 19, 2001 Manhasset, New York |
| Hometown | Newton, Massachusetts |
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  Chinese Taipei (2019–) United States (until 2019) |
| Coach | Peter Johansson Mark Mitchell |
| Skating club | Academy at Mitchell Johansson Method |
| Began skating | 2007 |
| Retired | May 5, 2022 |
Earlier in her career, representing the United States, she won bronze at 2017 JGP Latvia and placed 19th at the 2018 World Junior Championships.
Personal life
editEmmy Ma was born on January 19, 2001, in Manhasset, New York.[1] She has an older brother, Edward, and older sister, Emily.[2] She plays violin for New England Conservatory's Youth Philharmonic Orchestra.[2] As of 2019, Ma is a student at Boston University.[3] She has spoken about dealing with an eating disorder, citing fellow skaters Gabrielle Daleman and Gracie Gold's openness about their own struggles as a reason to come forward.[3]
Career
editMa began learning to skate in 2007.[1] She won a pewter medal in the junior ladies' event at the 2017 U.S. Championships.
For the United States
editMa won bronze at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Latvia in September 2017. Making her senior international debut, she placed fifth at the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb in December. In March, she competed at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She qualified to the final segment and finished 19th overall.
Competing in the senior ranks, Ma placed 16th at the 2018 U.S. Championships and 9th at the 2019 U.S. Championships. She switched to represent Taiwan from the 2019–20 season.
For Taiwan
editMa won the 2019–20 Taiwanese national title, but did not compete internationally for Chinese Taipei. During the 2020–21 season, she did not travel to Taiwan for the 2020–21 Taiwanese Championships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ma was set to make her international debut for Taiwan at the 2020 CS Cup of Tyrol, but the event was cancelled due to the pandemic. She made her debut at the 2021 Challenge Cup where she won a silver medal. She placed second in the short and third in the free skate. This earned her her minimums for the 2021 World Championships, where she placed twenty-ninth.[4]
Programs
edit| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2020–2021 [5] |
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| 2017–2018 [1] |
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| 2016–2017 [2] |
Competitive highlights
editCS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
For Chinese Taipei
edit| International[6] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event | 19–20 | 20–21 |
| Worlds | 29th | |
| CS Cup of Tyrol | C | |
| Challenge Cup | 2nd | |
| National[6] | ||
| Taiwanese Champ. | 1st | |
| TBD = Assigned; C = Cancelled | ||
For the United States
edit| International[2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 |
| CS Golden Spin | 5th | ||
| CS Finlandia Trophy | WD | ||
| International: Junior | |||
| Junior Worlds | 19th | ||
| JGP Latvia | 3rd | ||
| JGP Poland | 5th | ||
| Challenge Cup | 1st | ||
| National[2][7] | |||
| U.S. Champ. | 4th J | 16th | 9th |
| WD = Withdrew Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice; J = Junior | |||
Detailed results
editFor Chinese Taipei
edit| 2020–2021 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| March 22–28, 2021 | 2021 World Championships | 29 55.63 |
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29 55.63 |
| February 25–28, 2021 | 2021 Challenge Cup | 2 65.25 |
3 112.04 |
2 177.29 |
| 2019–2020 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| August 2–3, 2019 | 2019–20 Taiwanese Championships | 1 51.62 |
1 103.42 |
1 155.04 |
For the United States
edit| 2018–2019 season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| January 19–27, 2019 | 2019 U.S. Championships | Senior | 6 65.13 |
9 109.69 |
9 174.82 |
| 2017–2018 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| March 5–11, 2018 | 2018 World Junior Championships | Junior | 16 52.78 |
19 87.20 |
19 139.98 |
| Dec. 29, 2017 – Jan. 8, 2018 | 2018 U.S. Championships | Senior | 18 45.55 |
15 92.47 |
16 138.02 |
| December 6–9, 2017 | 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | Senior | 9 49.63 |
2 117.08 |
5 166.71 |
| October 4–7, 2017 | 2017 JGP Poland | Junior | 6 52.41 |
6 103.45 |
5 155.86 |
| September 6–9, 2017 | 2017 JGP Latvia | Junior | 3 59.92 |
4 112.70 |
3 172.62 |
| 2016–2017 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| February 23–26, 2017 | 2017 Challenge Cup | Junior | 1 52.91 |
2 95.82 |
1 148.73 |
| January 14–22, 2017 | 2017 U.S. Championships | Junior | 1 60.31 |
5 89.57 |
4 149.88 |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Emmy MA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "Emmy Ma". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on September 17, 2018.
"Earlier versions". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018. - ^ a b "U.S. Championships reporters' notebook: Alysa Liu on TV tour and more from final day of U.S. Championships". NBC Sports. January 27, 2019.
- ^ "ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021 Results – Ladies". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Emmy MA: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 26, 2021.
- ^ a b "Competition Results: Emmy MA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 17, 2018.
- ^ "Stats on Ice - Emmy Ma". statsonice.com.