Mao Asada

Mao Asada
nation	Japan
birthday	September 25, 1990
place of birth	Nagoya
size	163 cm
Weight	50 kg
Career
discipline	Single run
Trainer	Nobuo Sato
choreographer	Lori Nichol , Tatiana Tarasova , Shanetta Folle
status	resigned
End of career	April 10, 2017
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 1 × 0 × World Cup medals 3 × 1 × 1 × VKM medals 3 × 2 × 1 ×
winter Olympics silver Vancouver 2010 Ladies  World figure skating championships silver Tokyo 2007 Ladies gold Gothenburg 2008 Ladies gold Turin 2010 Ladies bronze London 2013 Ladies gold Saitama 2014 Ladies Four continents championships gold Goyang 2008 Ladies bronze Vancouver 2009 Ladies gold Jeonju 2010 Ladies silver Taipei 2011 Ladies silver Colorado Springs 2012 Ladies gold Osaka 2013 Ladies
Personal best
Total points 216.69 World Cup 2014  Freestyle 142.71 Olympia 2014  Short program 78.66 World Cup 2014
Placements in the figure skating Grand Prix
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Grand Prix Final 3 2 0  Grand Prix competitions 10 4th 1
last change: March 29, 2013

Mao Asada ( Japanese 浅田 真 央 , Asada Mao ; born September 25, 1990 in Nagoya ) is a Japanese figure skater who starts in a single run . She is the world champion of 2008 , 2010 and 2014 .

Mao Asada was considered a "child prodigy" in figure skating. When she was 12 she tried a triple axel for the first time at the Japanese Championships . Asada is also the first woman to have two triple axels in the same program in an ISU competition. She achieved this at the 2008-2009 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final . She has already won three Grand Prix finals. She was not allowed to take part in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin because, at the age of 14, she was too young on the crucial date.

In 2007 Asada won the silver medal behind her teammate Miki Ando at the world championships in her own country . She completed her most successful season to date in the winter of 2007/08 when she won the Eric Bompard Trophy and took first place in the Four Continents Championships and in Skate Canada . A little later, Asada was also able to win the world title fights in Gothenburg, Sweden, when she relegated the Italian European champion Carolina Kostner, leading after the short program, to second place due to her freestyle performance . She was similarly successful in 2009/10, when she was also four continents champion and world champion and took the silver medal at the Winter Olympics behind Kim Yu-na . Asada is a six-time Japanese master (2006–2009, 2011–2012).

Her sister Mai is also a figure skater, who was able to take fourth place twice at the Junior World Championships.

Career

2005/2006 season

After she was already very successful in the junior sector, Asada switched to the senior class in the 2006-2006 season and took part in the Grand Prix series. This decision was made despite the fact that Asada was not eligible to take part in the 2006 Winter Olympics because the age limits of the Olympic Games and other ISU competitions were different from those of the Grand Prix.

Asada entered the Grand Prix series for the first time in November 2005 at the Cup of China . She won silver and placed exactly 3 points ahead of the eventual Olympic champion Shizuka Arakawa . Mao Asada won her second appearance, the Eric Bompard Trophy , with a difference of 7.30 points from Sasha Cohen . With a gold and a silver medal she qualified for the Grand Prix Final 2005-2006. She won this event by 8.14 points over Irina Sluzkaja, who had previously been unbeaten for two years .

At the Japanese Championships Asada won the silver medal behind Fumie Suguri . At this competition Asada became the first woman to stand two triple axels in a freestyle. She wasn't sent to the Olympics because she wasn't old enough. Instead, she took part in the Junior World Championships in 2006, where she competed as defending champion against the winner of the Junior Grand Prix Final Kim Yu-na . Asada finished second in this event, 24.19 points behind Kim and 18.21 points ahead of Christine Zukowski. There she was the first woman to have a three-time Axel in the short program at an ISU competition.

During her first two years on the international scene, Asada became famous for her criss- cross Biellmann pirouette .

2006/2007 season

Asada performed a Biellmann pirouette at Skate America 2006.

Asada was, like her rival, registered at the Grand Prix Circuit 2006-2007. At her first appearance, Skate America 2006, Asada won the bronze medal behind Miki Andō and Kimmie Meissner . Asada won the short program, but only came fourth in the freestyle. Asada won her second event, the 2006 NHK Trophy, with a lead of 8:21 pm ahead of Fumie Suguri. At this event, Asada set a new world record for the highest number of final points in the women's competitions. Asada qualified for the Grand Prix Final. She finished second behind Kim Yu-na with a gap of 11.68 points. Asada won the short program again, but like in Skate America she only came fourth in the free program.

Asada won the Japanese Championships 2006-2007 with a lead of 26.11 points ahead of Miki Ando and 32.04 ahead of Yukari Nakano . At the 2007 World Championships, Asada was fifth in the short program, 10.30 behind Kim Yu-na, who took the lead after the short program. Asada won the freestyle with a score of 133.13 points, setting a new world record for the highest number of points in the freestyle. This record was to last for eight months. In the end, she won the silver medal with a score of 194.95, 0.64 behind the new world champion Miki Andō and 8.31 points ahead of third-placed Kim Yu-na.

2007/2008 season

Asada appeared with her Fantaisie-Impromptu freestyle at the Grand Prix Final 2007-2008.

In the 2007-2008 season Mao Asada appeared for the first time at Skate Canada. There she won the event ahead of Nakano after running a short program that was only third. But she won the freestyle. Asada also won her second Grand Prix, the 2007 Bompard Trophy, which is how she qualified for the Grand Prix Final. In the short program, she did not jump a compulsory jump because of slight uncertainties in the step before and thus got a score of only 59.04 and was last. But she won the freestyle again and ultimately won silver behind Kim Yu-na, who defended her title. Despite the big mistake in the short program, Asada was only 5.24 points away from victory and 12.66 points ahead of bronze medalist Carolina Kostner .

As in the previous year, Asada won the Japanese Championships with a small lead over the runner-up Miki Ando. This year Asada took part in the four continents championships for the first time . Asada won both freestyle and short program and finished the competition with a lead of 13.71 points over the runner-up Joannie Rochette . Before this event, Asada left her coach and entered the world championships without a coach.

On March 20, 2008, Mao Asada won the World Championships, although she was only second in both programs. In the short program she was only 0.18 points behind Carolina Kostner with 64.10 points. In the freestyle she fell at the beginning of her triple axel attempt. But she made a terrific comeback and stood two triple-triple combinations. She received 121.26 points for her freestyle and 185.56 points in the overall ranking.

2008/2009 season

Asada doing her spiral steps during the short program Clair de Lune at the Trophée Eric Bompard 2008.

In the Grand Prix 2008-2009 Asada took part in the Trophée Eric Bompard 2008 and the NHK Trophy 2008. In Paris she won silver with a total of 167.59 points, 12.54 points behind Joannie Rochette. But Asada won her second Grand Prix with 191.13 points and qualified for the Grand Prix final.

At the Grand Prix Final, Asada was second in the short program with a score of 65.39 points, with 0.56 points behind Kim Yu-na. With 123.17 points she won the freestyle and the entire event. She made history by standing two triple axels (one in combination with a double toe loop) as the first woman in an international competition.

Asada came to Vancouver as the defending champion for the Four Continents Championships. Nevertheless, she ran a short program that was only sixth with 57.86 points, compared to leading Kim Yu-na with 72.24 points. But Mao Asada found herself back in the competition with 118.66 points in her freestyle. Her first attempt at a triple axel tore her up to an easy one, but she successfully stood the second, earning 8.80 points. She won bronze in the overall standings behind Joannie Rochette and Kim Yu-na. A similar situation arose at the World Championships in Los Angeles. Miki Andō was third, Joannie Rochette second and Kim Yu-na won her first world title. In fourth place with a total of 188.09 was Asada, who fell on her second triple Axel. This was Mao Asada’s first place off the podium in her international career.

At the end of the season, Asada took part in the 2009 Worlds Team Trophy. In the short program she got 75.84 points, a new personal best, and led the women's competition. She also won the freestyle with 126.03 points and finished this event with a win and 201.87 points, also a new personal best. The Japanese team won bronze behind the US and Canada.

2009/2010 season

Rafael Harutjunjan (left), Tatjana Tarasowa (center) and Asada at the 2007/2008 Grand Prix Final.

In the Grand Prix, Mao Asada was registered for the 2009 Eric Bompard Trophy and the 2009 Cup of Russia (Rostelecom Cup). Your season opener in the Grand Prix competitions was weak. In Paris, she came in second, 36.04 points behind Korean Kim Yu-na. At the Cup of Russia she only reached fifth place after she had only stood two triple jumps in the freestyle. In both competitions she tried to jump three triple axels (one in the short program, two in the freestyle), but only one of the six attempts was successful. With these placements she was not able to qualify for the Grand Prix final. Now she had two whole months to regenerate and concentrate fully on training. The duo Tarasowa and Asada was heavily criticized in the press.

She made a great comeback at the Japanese Championships, where she was about to qualify for the 2010 Olympic Games. She delivered two error-free programs and finally got 204.62 points, despite devaluations, because she had not completely rotated some of her jumps. With the victory over Akiko Suzuki, it was clear that she would be a member of the Olympic team. The other two Olympic starting places were given to Miki Andō and Akiko Suzuki. Mao Asada was also able to confirm her good form by winning the four continents championship again. At the Olympic Games in Vancouver she won the silver medal behind Kim Yu-na with a total of three clean triple axles in the short program and freestyle and thus achieved another world record. She won gold at the World Championships in Turin after finishing second in the short program behind the American Mirai Nagasu . She ran both programs flawlessly, but in retrospect two of her triple Axel (one in the short program, one in the freestyle) were downgraded to a double because they were not completely rotated. Hence the comparatively low number of points in the freestyle evaluation with 129.50 points. Kim Yu-na came in second and Laura Lepistö from Finland came in third.

2010/2011 season

In the Grand Prix 2010-2011 Mao Asada was registered for the Trophée Eric Bompard 2010 and the NHK Trophy 2010. At the NHK Trophy 2010, Asada placed eighth after the short program with 47.95 points. She made mistakes on all three jump elements. She landed on forward with her triple Axel, just jumped her flip and the triple Rittberger in her combination with a double Rittberger was devalued due to lack of rotation. Mao Asada also made mistakes in five of her seven jumping elements in the freestyle. She only stood a triple Salchow and a triple Rittberger; so she only ran the eighth freestyle with 85.45 points and also finished eighth in the overall standings with 133.40 points.

In September 2010, Asada Nobuo Satō declared her new coach after separating from Tatyana Tarasova after the 2010 World Championships . In addition, Asada has been working on changing her jumping technique since August 2010 in order to be able to receive more points in addition to the base value of a jump in the future. This conversion of a technique that has been practiced for years is a laborious process that can take one to two years and whereby the jumps up to completion are often unstable and often only to be made during training. This also explains Asada's comparatively poor performance in the Grand Prix series. At the Japanese championships as well as at the four continents championships , she won the silver medal behind Miki Ando .

2011/2012 season

Asada qualified for the Grand Prix final for the first time in three years with a victory in the Cup of Russia and a second place in the NHK Trophy. However, she withdrew her report at short notice due to her mother's serious illness. Her mother died of cirrhosis of the liver while Asada was flying back to Japan. Just two weeks after her mother's death, Asada became Japanese champion again and later in the season finished second in the four continents championship behind the American Ashley Wagner . As in the previous year, she finished the world championship in sixth place.

2012/2013 season

Asada started the season with a victory at the Cup of China , which she won for the first time. She also won the NHK Trophy . So she qualified confidently for the Grand Prix final in Sochi that she also won the unchallenged. In addition, Asada decided for the sixth time in her career, the national championships and qualified for the four continents championships and the world championships . Mao Asada continued her winning streak by winning the Four Continents Championships by around 15 points over her compatriot Akiko Suzuki . In the short program she showed a perfect triple Axel after a long time and was rewarded with a score of 74.49. This rating was the highest rating for a short women's program since the 2010 Olympic Games. Asada was able to defend her first place in the freestyle, which she won with more than 6 points. She achieved a total of 205.45 points and only just failed her personal best. At the 2013 World Championships in London, Canada, Mao Asada came third. She came back after a disappointing short program in which she only jumped the triple planned Rittberger and was then only in sixth place with 62.10 points, with the second best freestyle (134.37 points) and a new personal best. With a total of 196.47 points, she landed behind Kim Yu-na and Carolina Kostner for the first time since 2010 on the podium at world championships.

2013/2014 season

Mao Asada plans to retire from professional sports after the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Asada started the 2013 Grand Prix season in Detroit at Skate America 2013. There she scored 204.55 points in the overall standings, which also brought her victory. The high number of points consisted of the almost flawless short program with 73.18 points and a solid freestyle performance with 131.37 points. With the victory at Skate America, Mao Asada is now the first individual runner, male or female, to win all six Grands Prix and the Grand Prix Final in her career. At the 2014 Olympic Games, she was on a disastrous 16th place for her circumstances after a failed short program. With the third best freestyle she was able to improve to sixth place overall. She did not resign, but won a few weeks later at the world championships in her home country Japan in Saitama deservedly and clearly for the third time the world championship title.

2017

On April 10, Asada announced on her blog that she was ending her sports career.

Results

Asada at the 2010 Olympic Games award ceremony.

Championship / year	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
winter Olympics								2.				6th
World championships					2.	1.	4th	1.	6th	6th	3.	1.
Four continents championships						1.	3.	1.	2.	2.	1.
World Team Trophy							3.
Junior World Championships			1.	2.
Japanese championships	7th J	8th J	1st J	2.	1.	1.	1.	1.	2.	1.	1.	3.
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Grand Prix competition / season	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14
Grand Prix Final				1.	2.	2.	1.				1.	1.
Skate America					3.							1.
Skate Canada						1.
Cup of Russia								5.		1.
NHK Trophy					1.		1.		8th.	2.	1.	1.
Eric Bompard Trophy				1.		1.	2.	2.	5.
Cup of China				2.							1.

• J = juniors

Programs

Asada during her short program to the music of the waltz Masquerade at the 2010 Olympic Games.

season	Short program	Freestyle	Gala program
2013-2014	Nocturne No. 2 Op. 9–2 in E minor by Frédéric Chopin Choreography by Lori Nichol	2nd piano concerto by Sergei Rachmaninoff, choreography by Tatjana Tarasowa	Smile by Charlie Chaplin Choreography by Lori Nichol
2012-2013	I Got Rhythm by George Gershwin Choreography by Lori Nichol	Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography by Tatjana Tarasowa	Mary Poppins choreography by Lori Nichol
2011–2012	Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow Choreography by Tatjana Tarasowa	Dreams of Love by Franz Liszt Choreography by Lori Nichol	I Vow to Thee My Country by Libera Choreography by Lori Nichol Waltz Op. 64 No. 2 by Frédéric Chopin Choreography by Tatjana Tarassowa
2010-2011	Tango by Alfred Schnittke Choreography by Tatjana Tarasowa	Dreams of Love by Franz Liszt Choreography by Lori Nichol	Ballad No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23, CT. 2 by Frédéric Chopin Choreography by Tatjana Tarassowa
2009-2010	Masquerade by Aram Khachaturian Choreography by Tatiana Tarasowa	Prelude Op. 3 No. 2, in C sharp minor by Sergei Rachmaninov, choreography by Tatiana Tarasowa	Caprice by Niccolò Paganini, choreography by Tatjana Tarassowa
2008-2009	Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy Choreography by Lori Nichol	Masquerade by Aram Khachaturian Choreography by Tatiana Tarasowa	Por una cabeza by Carlos Gardel Scent of a Woman Soundtrack + Paya d'Ora Choreography by Tatjana Tarasowa Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima Choreography by Lori Nichol
2007-2008	Fantasia for Violin and Orchestra from Ladies in Lavender by Nigel Hess played by Joshua Bell Choreography by Tatjana Tarasowa	Fantaisie-Impromptu suite by Frédéric Chopin, choreography by Lori Nichol	Etude Op. 10, No. 3 (So ​​Deep Is The Night) by Frédéric Chopin sung by Lesley Garrett Choreography by Lori Nichol
2006-2007	Nocturne No. 2 Op. 9-2 in E minor by Frédéric Chopin Choreography by Lori Nichol	Czardas by Vittorio Monti Choreography by Lori Nichol	Habanera from Carmen by Georges Bizet sung by Filippa Giordano Choreography by Lori Nichol
2005-2006	Carmen by Georges Bizet Choreography by Machiko Yamada & Mihoko Higuchi	The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography by Lori Nichol	Over the Rainbow by Harold Arlen sung by Eva Cassidy Choreography by Lori Nichol
2004-2005	Over the Rainbow by Harold Arlen Choreography by Lea Ann Miller	La Boutique Fantastique by Gioachino Rossini & Ottorino Respighi Choreography by Lea Ann Miller	Pick Yourself Up by Natalie Cole Choreography by Machiko Yamada & Mihoko Higuchi
2003-2004	Orchestral Suite from My Girl 2 by Cliff Eidelman	Waltz Scherzo in C major Op. 34 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Habanera from Carmen by Georges Bizet
2002-2003	Say hey kids	Inca Dance and Andes from Cusco

Web links

Commons : Mao Asada  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• official homepage
• Mao Asada in the database of the International Skating Union (English)
• Literature by and about Mao Asada in the WorldCat bibliographic database
• Mao Asada in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Asada, with two triple axels, not going to Olympics ( Memento from December 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from June 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.