Maisy Ma Explained

Native Name:馬曉晴
Country:Hong Kong
Birth Date:November 18, 1999
Birth Place:Hong Kong
Coach:Christine Krall, Damon Allen
Formercoach:Rafael Arutyunyan, Tammy Gambill, Haijun Gao
Choreographer:Stephanee Grosscup
Formerchoreographer:Nadia Kanaeva, Justin Dillon, Cindy Stuart
Skating Club:Hong Kong Skating Union
Currenttraininglocations:Colorado Springs, Colorado
Formertraininglocations:Riverside, California
Beganskating:2005
Combined Total:138.11
Combined Date:2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
Sp Score:52.69
Sp Date:2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
Fs Score:85.42
Fs Date:2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

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

Career

Ma's family moved to Beijing with her family when she was three years old. Her nursery school was next to an ice rink. She was entranced by the skaters and started skating herself for fun.[1]

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

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 Figure Skating Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, but did not advance to the free skate. She trained under Tammy Gambill in Riverside, California until the end of the season.

2014–15 season

In the 2014–15 season, Ma was coached by Rafael Arutyunyan and Nadia Kanaeva in California. She appeared at the 2014 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, but did not advance to the freeskate.

2015–16 season

In the 2015–16 season, Ma joined Christine Krall and Damon Allen in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 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 at 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.

2016–17 season and after

At the beginning of the 2017–18 season, Ma planned to participate in the Asian Figure Skating Trophy, but had to withdraw due to a recurring ankle injury.

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skating
2016–2017
2015–2016
  • Adagio in G minor
2014–2015
  • Historia de un Amor
2013–2014
  • The Storm

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event13–1414–1515–1616–17
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International: Junior
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National
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J = Junior level

Notes and References

  1. http://discovery.cathaypacific.com/tribes-hong-kong-figure-skaters/ Tribes of Hong Kong: The Figure Skaters