Emmy Ma

Emmy Ma(born January 19, 2001) is aTaiwanese-Americanformer competitivefigure skater.RepresentingChinese Taipei,she is the 2021International Challenge Cupsilver medalist and2019 Taiwanese nationalchampion.

Emmy Ma
Ma at the2018 World Junior Championships
Born	(2001-01-19)January 19, 2001 Manhasset, New York
Hometown	Newton, Massachusetts
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Chinese Taipei(2019–) United States(until 2019)
Coach	Peter Johansson Mark Mitchell
Skating club	Academy at Mitchell Johansson Method
Began skating	2007
Retired	May 5, 2022

Earlier in her career, representing the United States, she won bronze at 2017JGP Latviaand placed 19th at the2018 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Emmy Ma was born on January 19, 2001, inManhasset, New York.She has an older brother, Edward, and older sister, Emily.She plays violin forNew England Conservatory's Youth Philharmonic Orchestra.As of 2019, Ma is a student atBoston University.She has spoken about dealing with aneating disorder,citing fellow skatersGabrielle DalemanandGracie Gold's openness about their own struggles as a reason to come forward.

Career

Ma began learning to skate in 2007.She won a pewter medal in the junior ladies' event at the2017 U.S. Championships.

For the United States

Ma won bronze at theISU Junior Grand Prix in Latviain September 2017. Making her senior international debut, she placed fifth at the2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagrebin December. In March, she competed at the2018 World Junior ChampionshipsinSofia,Bulgaria. She qualified to the final segment and finished 19th overall.

Competing in the senior ranks, Ma placed 16th at the2018 U.S. Championshipsand 9th at the2019 U.S. Championships.She switched to representTaiwanfrom the2019–20 season.

For Taiwan

Ma won the 2019–20 Taiwanese national title, but did not compete internationally for Chinese Taipei. During the2020–21 season,she did not travel to Taiwan for the 2020–21 Taiwanese Championships due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.Ma was set to make her international debut for Taiwan at the2020 CS Cup of Tyrol,but the event was cancelled due to the pandemic. She made her debut at the 2021Challenge Cupwhere she won a silver medal. She placed second in the short and third in the free skate. This earned her her minimums for the2021 World Championships,where she placed twenty-ninth.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2020–2021	Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (fromSamson and Delilah) byCamille Saint-Saëns choreo. by Jamie Isley	Amazing Grace My Chains Are Gone performed byAlison Jiear choreo. by Jamie Isley
2017–2018	One More Try byGeorge Michael performed by Brenna Whitaker choreo. by Jamie Isley	The Phantom of the Opera byAndrew Lloyd Webber choreo. by Jamie Isley
2016–2017	Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix byCamille Saint-Saëns

Competitive highlights

CS:Challenger Series;JGP:Junior Grand Prix

For Chinese Taipei

International
Event	19–20	20–21
Worlds		29th
CSCup of Tyrol		C
Challenge Cup		2nd
National
Taiwanese Champ.	1st
TBD = Assigned; C = Cancelled

For the United States

International
Event	16–17	17–18	18–19
CSGolden Spin		5th
CSFinlandia Trophy			WD
International: Junior
Junior Worlds		19th
JGPLatvia		3rd
JGPPoland		5th
Challenge Cup		1st
National
U.S. Champ.	4th J	16th	9th
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