Emmy Ma

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Emmy Ma
Emmy Ma - 2018 World Junior Championships.jpg
Born (2001-01-19) January 19, 2001 (age 23)
Manhasset, New York
Hometown Newton, Massachusetts
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei (2019–)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States (until 2019)
Coach Peter Johansson
Mark Mitchell
Skating clubAcademy at Mitchell Johansson Method
Began skating2007
RetiredMay 5, 2022

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.

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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

Emmy 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

Ma 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

Ma 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

Ma 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

Season Short program Free skating
2020–2021
[5]
2017–2018
[1]
2016–2017
[2]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

For Chinese Taipei

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

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 J16th9th
WD = Withdrew
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice; J = Junior

Detailed results

For Chinese Taipei

2020–2021 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
March 22–28, 2021 2021 World Championships 29
55.63

-
29
55.63
February 25–28, 2021 2021 Challenge Cup 2
65.25
3
112.04
2
177.29
2019–2020 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
August 2–3, 2019 2019–20 Taiwanese Championships 1
51.62
1
103.42
1
155.04

For the United States

2018–2019 season
DateEventLevel SP FS Total
January 19–27, 2019 2019 U.S. Championships Senior6
65.13
9
109.69
9
174.82
2017–2018 season
DateEventLevel SP FS Total
March 5–11, 2018 2018 World Junior Championships Junior16
52.78
19
87.20
19
139.98
Dec. 29, 2017 – Jan. 8, 2018 2018 U.S. Championships Senior18
45.55
15
92.47
16
138.02
December 6–9, 2017 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb Senior9
49.63
2
117.08
5
166.71
October 4–7, 2017 2017 JGP Poland Junior6
52.41
6
103.45
5
155.86
September 6–9, 2017 2017 JGP Latvia Junior3
59.92
4
112.70
3
172.62
2016–2017 season
DateEventLevel SP FS Total
February 23–26, 2017 2017 Challenge Cup Junior1
52.91
2
95.82
1
148.73
January 14–22, 2017 2017 U.S. Championships Junior1
60.31
5
89.57
4
149.88

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