She finally got to the short track via speed skating on the long track. Her first international title fights were the Junior World Championships in 2000 and 2001. There she was eliminated in all individual races after the preliminary run. In February 2003 Mau Asam finally made his debut in the World Cup. With the relay, she immediately came third and reached her first World Cup podium. As the best result in an individual race, she reached the semi-finals over 1500 m. In Sofia she contested the team world championship for the first time , but missed the final there with her teammates. In the 2003/04 season Mau Asam only started at the two World Cups in Europe and reached the semi-finals over 1500 m. In Gothenburg she took part in the individual world championships for the first time and recorded a quarter-finals over 1000 m as the best result.
In the 2004/05 season to Mau Asam further improved. In three World Cups she was able to reach a semi-finals in a single race. At the European Championships in Turin , she reached the semifinals over all three individual routes, but missed the final in each case. At the World Championships in Beijing , she also reached the semifinals over 1500 m, which should be the best individual World Cup placement of her career. In the World Cup, their performances stagnated in the following 2005/06 season . Only after a good European championship in Krynica-Zdrój , where she reached two finals, over 1500 m she was fifth, over 3000 m seventh, and in the all-around event she qualified for the Olympic Games in Turin. There she started on all three individual routes. In the run-up she was eliminated only over 500 m, over 1000 m she reached the quarter-finals, over 1500 m the semi-finals.
In the post-Olympic season, Mau Asam was not part of the World Cup squad. She only started again in international races in the 2007/08 season . In the World Cup, however, she could not convince, in six World Cups two semi-finals over 1500 m were her best results. She took part in the World Championships in Harbin , but dropped out there in the heats. In the 2008/09 season , their results in individual World Cup races stagnated. Mau Asam was successful at the European Championships in Turin . In the season she won the bronze medal and thus her first international medal. With the team she was also sixth at the home world championship in Heerenveen . In her last season, 2009/10 , Mau Asam started again in all four World Cups, but was only able to advance to the quarter-finals. In the season, Mau Asam set a Dutch season record in November 2009 with Maaike Vos , Sanne van Kerkhof , Jorien ter Mors and Annita van Doorn in 4: 13.135 minutes. At the European Championships in Dresden , she repeated winning the bronze medal from the previous year in the relay. She took part in her second Olympic Games in Vancouver . Over 500 m and 1000 m, she did not survive the preliminary heats, but reached fourth place in the final ranking with the relay as the winner in the B final. After the Olympics, Mau Asam ended her active career.
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