Mai Asada | |
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Born | Meitō-ku, Nagoya, Japan | 17 July 1988
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.
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2007–2008 [3] |
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2003–2004 [2][6] |
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2002–2003 [7] |
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International[8] | |||||||
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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 |