Maisy Hiu Ching Ma

Maisy Hiu Ching Ma
Personal information
Country represented Hong Kong
Born (1999-11-18) November 18, 1999
Hong Kong
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Coach Christine Krall, Damon Allen
Former coach Eddie Shipstad, Rafael Arutyunyan, Nadia Kanaeva, Tammy Gambill, Haijun Gao
Choreographer Cindy Stuart, Stephanee Grosscup
Former choreographer Nadia Kanaeva, Justin Dillon
Skating club Hong Kong Skating Union
Former skating club Ice Town Riverside
Training locations Colorado Springs, Colorado
Former training locations Riverside, California
Began skating 2005

Maisy Hiu Ching Ma (born November 18, 1999) is a Hong Kong figure skater. She has reached the free skate at two ISU Championships.

Career

Ma began skating in 2005.[1] As a child, she was taught by Haijun Gao.[2]

2013–14 season

Ma began appearing on the junior international level in the 2013–14 season. After placing fifth at the Asian Trophy, she debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series, placing 6th in Gdańsk, Poland, in September 2013. She appeared at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, but her 36th place in the short program was insufficient to advance to the free skate. She trained under Tammy Gambill in Riverside, California until the end of the season.[2]

2014–15 season

In the 2014–15 season, Ma was coached by Rafael Arutyunyan and Nadia Kanaeva in California.[3] Ranked 41st in the short, she missed the cut for the free skate at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.

2015–16 season

In the 2015–16 season, Ma joined Christine Krall and Damon Allen in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[1] Making her senior international debut, she finished 11th at the U.S. International Classic, a Challenger Series (CS) event in September 2015. In January 2016, she won the senior silver medal at the Reykjavík International Games. In February, she competed at her first senior ISU Championship, placing 20th in the short, 19th in the free, and 19th overall at the 2016 Four Continents in Taipei, Taiwan. At the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, she qualified for the final segment by placing 11th in the short and went on to finish 15th overall.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2015–16
[1]
2014–15
[3]
  • Historia de un Amor
    by Perez Prado
    choreo. by Cindy Stuart
2013–14
[2]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[4]
Event 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Four Continents 20th
CS U.S. Classic 11th
Reykjavík Int. Games 2nd
International: Junior[4]
Junior Worlds 36th 41st 15th
JGP Japan 13th
JGP Poland 6th 12th
Asian Trophy 5th J. 7th J. 7th J.
Skate Helena 6th J.
J. = Junior level

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Maisy Hiu Ching MA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Maisy Hiu Ching MA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 22, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Maisy Hiu Ching MA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Competition Results: Maisy Hiu Ching MA". International Skating Union.

External links

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