Emmy Ma

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.

Emmy Ma
Ma at the 2018 World Junior Championships
Born (2001-01-19) January 19, 2001
Manhasset, New York
HometownNewton, Massachusetts
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country Chinese Taipei (2019–)
 United States (till 2019)
CoachPeter Johansson
Mark Mitchell
Skating clubAcademy at Mitchell Johansson Method
Began skating2007
RetiredMay 5, 2022

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]
  • The Phantom of the Opera
    by Andrew Lloyd Webber
    choreo. by Jamie Isley

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

For Chinese Taipei
International[6]
Event 19–20 20–21
Worlds29th
CS Cup of TyrolC
Challenge Cup2nd
National[6]
Taiwanese Champ.1st
TBD = Assigned; C = Cancelled

For the United States
International[2]
Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
CS Golden Spin5th
CS Finlandia TrophyWD
International: Junior
Junior Worlds19th
JGP Latvia3rd
JGP Poland5th
Challenge Cup1st
National[2][7]
U.S. Champ.3rd I4th J16th9th
U.S. Junior Champ.9th V
U.S. Collegiate Champ.WD
Eastern Sectionals2nd I6th N7th N6th N2nd J1st6th
New England Reg.1st N2nd N1st J
North Atlantic Reg.1st V1st I1st N
WD = Withdrew
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice; J = Junior

Detailed results

For Chinese Taipei
2020–2021 season
Date Event 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
Date Event 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
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 19–27, 2019 2019 U.S. Championships Senior 6
65.13		 9
109.69		 9
174.82
2017–2018 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 5–11, 2018 2018 World Junior Championships Junior 16
52.78		 19
87.20		 19
139.98
Dec. 29, 2017 – Jan. 8, 2018 2018 U.S. Championships Senior 18
45.55		 15
92.47		 16
138.02
December 6–9, 2017 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb Senior 9
49.63		 2
117.08 		5
166.71
October 4–7, 2017 2017 JGP Poland Junior 6
52.41		 6
103.45		 5
155.86
September 6–9, 2017 2017 JGP Latvia Junior 3
59.92		 4
112.70		 3
172.62
2016–2017 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
February 23–26, 2017 2017 Challenge Cup Junior 1
52.91		 2
95.82		 1
148.73
January 14–22, 2017 2017 U.S. Championships Junior 1
60.31		 5
89.57		 4
149.88
November 16–20, 2016 2017 Eastern Sectional Junior 1
57.55		 2
99.57		 2
157.12

References
  1. "Emmy MA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018.
  2. "Emmy Ma". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on September 17, 2018.
    "Earlier versions". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018.
  3. "U.S. Championships reporters' notebook: Alysa Liu on TV tour and more from final day of U.S. Championships". NBC Sports. January 27, 2019.
  4. "ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021 Results – Ladies". International Skating Union.
  5. "Emmy MA: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 26, 2021.
  6. "Competition Results: Emmy MA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 17, 2018.
  7. "Stats on Ice - Emmy Ma". statsonice.com.
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