Emmy Ma

Emmy Ma
Born	(2001-01-19) January 19, 2001 Manhasset, New York
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Chinese Taipei
Coach	Peter Johansson, Mark Mitchell
Skating club	Skating Club of Boston
Began skating	2007

Emmy Ma (born January 19, 2001) is an American-Taiwanese figure skater. She is the 2019 Taiwanese national champion. Representing the United States, she won bronze at the 2017 ISU Junior Grand Prix in 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.

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 will represent Taiwan from the 2019–20 figure skating season.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2017–2018	One More Try by George Michael performed by Brenna Whitaker choreo. by Jamie Isley	The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber choreo. by Jamie Isley
2016–2017	Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix by Camille Saint-Saëns	The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber choreo. by Jamie Isley

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

For Chinese Taipei

National
Event	2019–20
Taiwanese Champ.	1st

For the United States

International
Event	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19
CS Golden Spin							5th
CS Finlandia Trophy								WD
International: Junior
Junior Worlds							19th
JGP Latvia							3rd
JGP Poland							5th
Challenge Cup							1st
National
U.S. Champ.		3rd I				4th J	16th	9th
U.S. Junior Champ.	9th V
Eastern Sectionals		2nd I	6th N	7th N	6th N	2nd J
New England Reg.				1st N	2nd N	1st J
North Atlantic Reg.	1st V	1st I	1st N
WD = Withdrew Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice; J = Junior

Detailed results

For Chinese Taipei

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
November 16–20, 2016	2017 Eastern Sectional	Junior	1 57.55	2 99.57	2 157.12