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.
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. She has an older brother, Edward, and older sister, Emily. She plays violin for New England Conservatory's Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. As of 2019, Ma is a student at Boston University. 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.
Career Ma began learning to skate in 2007. 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.
Programs Season Short program Free skating 2020–2021 Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix Amazing Grace My Chains Are Gone 2017–2018 One More Try The Phantom of the Opera 2016–2017 Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix
Competitive highlights CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
For Chinese Taipei International Event 19–20 20–21 Worlds 29th Cup 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 Golden Spin 5th Finlandia Trophy WD International: Junior Junior Worlds 19th Latvia 3rd Poland 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
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