Mai Asada

Mai Asada
Mai Asada
	Mai Asada in 2006
Born	17 July 1988 (age 36); Meitō-ku, Nagoya, Japan
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Japan
Skating club	Grand Prix Tokai FSC ; Chukyo University Nagoya
Began skating	1996

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.

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

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2007–2008 ^[3]	Romeo and Juliet by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova	Swan Lake by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky choreo. by Lori Nichol
2003–2004 ^[2]^[6]	Spanish Dance No. 1 by Manuel de Falla	Romance by Ludwig van Beethoven	What I Am To You
2002–2003 ^[7]	Gabriel's Oboe (from The Mission) by David Agnew	Rondo Adagio Espressivo

Competitive highlights

International^[8]
Event	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09
Four Continents				6th
GP Cup of China					6th
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

References

^ "Profile: Mai Asada" (in Japanese). Official website of Mao and Mai Asada. Archived from the original on 19 December 2010.
^ ^a ^b Mittan, Barry (1 June 2004). "Asada is a True Ballerina on Ice". GoldenSkate. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Mai ASADA: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010.
^ [1] Archived 9 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ "SUPER GT ＋（スーパーGTプラス��：テレビ東京". Tv-tokyo.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2019-04-27. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
^ "Mai ASADA: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 February 2004.
^ "Mai ASADA: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 August 2003.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Competition Results: Mai ASADA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013.

External links

Media related to Mai Asada at Wikimedia Commons

Official site at the Wayback Machine (archive index) (in Japanese)
Mai Asada at the International Skating Union

[OSprofile-1] "Profile: Mai Asada" (in Japanese). Official website of Mao and Mai Asada. Archived from the original on 19 December 2010.

[GS040601-2] Mittan, Barry (1 June 2004). "Asada is a True Ballerina on Ice". GoldenSkate. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

[ISU-0708-3] "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. Archived from the original on 2019-04-27. Retrieved 2015-06-18.

[ISU-0304-6] "Mai ASADA: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 February 2004.

[ISU-0203-7] "Mai ASADA: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 August 2003.

[ISU-MA-8] "Competition Results: Mai ASADA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013.

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