Mai Asada (浅田 舞, Asada Mai, born 17 July 1988) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She won two gold medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and placed fourth at the 2003 and 2004 World Junior Championships. She made her senior international debut at the 2006 Four Continents Championships, where she placed sixth.

Mai Asada
Mai Asada in 2006
Born (1988-07-17) 17 July 1988 (age 35)
Meitō-ku, Nagoya, Japan
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country Japan
Skating clubGrand Prix Tokai FSC
Chukyo University Nagoya
Began skating1996

Asada studied ballet before taking up skating at the age of eight or nine.[2] She is the elder sister of Mao Asada,[3] a three-time World champion and the 2010 Olympic silver medalist.

Asada has worked as a model[4] and TV presenter.[5]

Programs edit

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2007–2008
[3]
2003–2004
[2][6]
  • What I Am To You
2002–2003
[7]
  • Rondo Adagio Espressivo

Competitive highlights edit

International[8]
Event 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09
Four Continents 6th
GP Cup of China 6th
GP NHK Trophy WD
GP Skate America 6th 8th
International: Junior[8]
Junior Worlds 4th 4th
JGP Final 4th 5th
JGP Andorra 1st
JGP Japan 2nd 4th
JGP Serbia 5th
JGP Slovakia 1st
National[8]
Japan Champ. 8th 6th 8th 8th 8th 12th 15th
Japan Junior 2nd 2nd 2nd 7th
Japan Novice 13th B 7th B 7th A 6th A
WD = Withdrew

References edit

  1. ^ "Profile: Mai Asada" (in Japanese). Official website of Mao and Mai Asada. Archived from the original on 19 December 2010.
  2. ^ a b Mittan, Barry (1 June 2004). "Asada is a True Ballerina on Ice". GoldenSkate. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Mai ASADA: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010.
  4. ^ [1] Archived 9 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "SUPER GT +(スーパーGTプラス):テレビ東京". Tv-tokyo.co.jp. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  6. ^ "Mai ASADA: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 February 2004.
  7. ^ "Mai ASADA: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 August 2003.
  8. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Mai ASADA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013.

External links edit

  Media related to Mai Asada at Wikimedia Commons