Marien de la Asuncion explained

Marien de La Asuncion
Country:	Japan
Formercountry:	France
Birth Date:	February 6, 1989
Birth Place:	Lyon, France
Partner:	Emi Hirai
Formerpartner:	Chloé Ibanez, Rowan Musson
Coach:	Muriel Zazoui, Olivier Schoenfelder, Rie Arikawa, Diana Ribas
Formercoach:	Romain Haguenauer
Choreographer:	Diana Ribas
Formerchoreographer:	Romain Haguenauer
Skating Club:	Osaka SC
Currenttraininglocations:	Lyon, France
Beganskating:	2001
Retired:	May 8, 2017
Dance Score:	127.92
Dance Date:	2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Sd Score:	51.04
Sd Date:	2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Fd Score:	76.88
Fd Date:	2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb

Marien de La Asuncion (born 6 February 1989) is a French retired ice dancer who competes for Japan with skating partner Emi Hirai. Together, they are four-time Japanese national silver medalists and have competed at four Four Continents Championships.

Career

De La Asuncion began skating in 2001. Following a partnership with Rowan Musson in the 2007–08 season, he competed with Chloé Ibanez in 2008–09 and 2009–10.

In 2011, de La Asuncion teamed up with Emi Hirai to compete for Japan. They took the silver medal at the 2011–12 Japan Championships. Making their international debut, they placed 14th at the 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy and 11th at the 2013 Four Continents Championships.

Hirai and de La Asuncion have appeared at two Grand Prix events, placing 8th at the 2014 NHK Trophy and 2015 NHK Trophy.

Hirai and de la Asuncion announced their retirement on May 8, 2017, on de la Asuncion's Twitter page.

Programs

With Hirai

Season	Short dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2016–17	I Just Want to Love Puttin' On the Ritz	Kiss Purple Rain U Got the Look	I Just Want to Love Puttin' On the Ritz
2015–16	Il Terzo Fuochista Everything Is Illuminated Il Terzo Fuochista	Fantasy on Puccini's Turandot Nessun dorma Fantasy on Puccini's Turandot
2014–15	Garcia Lorca Farrucas	Peter Gunn Theme Riot in Cell Block Number 9 Shake a Tail Feather
2013–14	Love Bug Creep Love Bug	James Bond music Skyfall Breadcrumbs Silhouette GoldenEye James Bond Theme
2012–13	Feuerfest, op. 269 The Blue Danube, op 314 Radetzky March	Solace Tango de los exilados

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Hirai for Japan

International
Event	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17
align=left			11th	11th	8th	12th	12th
align=left					8th	8th	9th
align=left							9th
align=left						4th
align=left					6th
align=left				9th
align=left				10th
align=left			14th
align=left						5th
align=left	Trophy of Lyon		7th
National
align=left		bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

With Musson and Ibanez for France

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International
Event	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
align=left				bgcolor=gold	1st
International: Junior
align=left				18th
align=left		12th
National
align=left				4th
align=left		6th	9th	5th