| Mai Asada | |
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 Mai Asada in 2006 | |
| Born | 17 July 1988 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.[1] She is the elder sister of Mao Asada,[2] a three-time World champion and the 2010 Olympic silver medalist.
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2007–2008 [2] |
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| 2003–2004 [1][5] |
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| 2002–2003 [6] |
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Competitive highlights
| International[7] | |||||||||||
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| 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[7] | |||||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 4th | 4th | |||||||||
| JGP Final | 4th | 5th | |||||||||
| JGP Andorra | 1st | ||||||||||
| JGP Japan | 2nd | 4th | |||||||||
| JGP Serbia | 5th | ||||||||||
| JGP Slovakia | 1st | ||||||||||
| National[7] | |||||||||||
| 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
- 1 2 Mittan, Barry (1 June 2004). "Asada is a True Ballerina on Ice". GoldenSkate. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- 1 2 "Mai ASADA: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010.
- ↑ 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. 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.
- 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Mai ASADA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013.
- "Profile: Mai Asada" (in Japanese). Official website of Mao and Mai Asada. Archived from the original on 19 December 2010.
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
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