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Jimmy Ma

Jimmy Ma (born October 11, 1995) is an American figure skater. He is the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalist, the 2018 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic bronze medalist, the Philadelphia Summer International silver medalist, and the 2021 Cranberry International silver medalist. Ma has competed in nine senior U.S. national championships, achieving his highest result, 5th, in 2023.

Jimmy Ma
Ma at the 2018 Skate America
Born (1995-10-11) October 11, 1995 (age 29)
Queens, New York
HometownGreat Neck, New York
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country United States
DisciplineMen's singles
CoachAlexei Letov
Olga Ganicheva
Skating clubSkating Club of Boston
Began skating2004

Skating career

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Early career

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Ma began learning to skate in 2004.[1] He grew up in Great Neck where he skated at Parkwood Sports Complex and Chelsea Piers.[2] He made his ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in August 2013, placing 13th in Riga, Latvia. Elaine Zayak, Steven Rice and Hongyun Liu coached him in Hackensack, New Jersey.[3]

2017–2018 season

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Ma placed eleventh at the 2018 U.S. Championships.

2018–2020 season

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As of the 2018–2019 season, Ma is coached by Darlene Cain and Peter Cain in Euless, Texas and by Nikolai Morozov in Hackensack, New Jersey.[4] He began his season with silver at the Philadelphia Summer International and then took bronze at the 2018 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic. He made his Grand Prix debut at the 2018 Skate America.

2019–2020 season

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Ma won the gold medal at the 2020 Eastern Sectionals, earning him a spot at the 2020 U.S. Championships, where he placed thirteenth. He competed internationally at two Challenger events, placing sixth at the U.S. Classic and fourth at Finlandia Trophy.

2020–2021 season

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Due to the coronavirus pandemic limiting travel, Ma was assigned to compete on the Grand Prix at the 2020 Skate America.[5] He placed tenth at the event.[6]

Ma placed sixth at the 2021 U.S. Championships, the best result of his senior career.[7]

2021–2022 season

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Ma started his season with a silver medal at the Cranberry Cup. A couple of weeks later, he won another silver medal at the U.S. Classic. He was named to the team for the 2021 Asian Open Trophy, but the entire American team was later withdrawn. He was later named to the team for the 2021 Skate America as a replacement for Yaroslav Paniot.[8] He placed fifth overall at the event, including an unexpected third place in the short program.[9] Ma was subsequently assigned to two additional Challenger events, coming sixteenth at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup before winning a bronze medal at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.[10]

Hoping to qualify for the American Olympic team, Ma competed at the 2022 U.S. Championships but finished in sixth place.[11] He was instead sent to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, where he finished tenth.[12]

2022–2023 season

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At the 2022 CS U.S. Classic, Ma initially placed eighth in the short program. He rebounded in the free skate, finishing third in that segment and rising to fifth place overall.[13] On the Grand Prix at the 2022 Skate Canada International, Ma finished ninth.[14] He came seventh at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy.[10]

Ma finished fifth at the 2023 U.S. Championships.[15] This in turn earned him an assignment to the 2023 Four Continents Championships.[16] Despite a slight underrotation on his triple Axel in the short program at Four Continents, Ma placed third in the segment, winning a bronze small medal. He said that he was "really glad that I was able to retire this program on a good note."[17][18] The free skate proved more difficult, and he dropped to ninth.[19][20]

2023–2024 season

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Ma won the bronze medal at the Skating Club of Boston's Cranberry Cup event, before coming ninth at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International and fifth at the Shanghai Trophy. Ma subsequently competed on the 2023–24 Grand Prix circuit, finishing ninth at the 2023 Cup of China and eleventh at the 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo. He then closed off the season with a sixth-place finish at the 2024 U.S. Championships.[10]

2024–2025 season

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Ma began the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, winning bronze at the 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International, finishing sixth at the 2024 CS Lombardia Trophy, and sixth at the 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy.[10]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024–2025
[4][21]
2023–2024
[22]


  • Movie Star
    by CIX
2022–2023
[23]
2021–2022
[24] 		Attack on Titan:
2020–2021
[25]
2019–2020
[26]
2018–2019
[1]
2017–2018
[4]
2014–2015
[27]
  • Grand Guignol
    by Bajofondo
    choreo. by Josh Babb
2013–2014
[3]
  • Montserrat
    by Orquesta del Plata, Bajofondo
    choreo. by Josh Babb
2012–2013
[4]
  • Heart of Courage
    by Two Steps from Hell
  • Lacrimosa Dominae
    by Two Steps from Hell
    choreo. by Josh Babb
2011–2012
[4]

Competitive highlights

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Competition placements at senior level [28]
Season 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Four Continents Championships 10th 9th
U.S. Championships 18th 16th 20th 11th 10th 13th 6th 6th 5th 6th
GP Cup of China 9th
GP Finland 11th
GP Skate America 12th 10th 5th
GP Skate Canada 9th
GP Wilson Trophy 7th
CS Autumn Classic 9th
CS Cranberry Cup 2nd 3rd 3rd
CS Finlandia Trophy 4th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 3rd
CS Lombardia Trophy 6th
CS Tallinn Trophy 6th
CS U.S. Classic 3rd 6th 2nd 5th
CS Warsaw Cup 16th
Coupe du Printemps 1st
Philadelphia Summer 2nd
Shanghai Trophy 5th
Competition placements at junior level [28]
Season 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
U.S. Championships 4th 3rd
JGP Japan 14th
JGP Latvia 13th
Gardena Spring Trophy 3rd

Detailed results

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [28]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 250.97 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Short program TSS 86.64 2023 Four Continents Championships
TES 47.39 2023 Four Continents Championships
PCS 39.25 2023 Four Continents Championships
Free skating TSS 170.13 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
TES 91.03 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
PCS 79.10 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb

Senior level

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Results in the 2015-16 season [28]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 15–24, 2016   2016 U.S. Championships 15 51.95 17 109.68 16 161.63
Results in the 2016-17 season [28]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 14–22, 2017   2017 U.S. Championships 15 70.41 21 110.66 20 181.07
Results in the 2017-18 season [28]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Dec 29 – Jan 8, 2018   2018 U.S. Championships 11 75.28 11 147.13 11 222.41
Results in the 2018-19 season [28]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 3–5, 2018   2018 Philadelphia Summer International 4 67.32 2 131.56 2 198.88
Sep 12–16, 2018   2018 CS U.S. Classic 4 73.21 3 132.89 3 206.10
Nov 11–18, 2018   2018 Skate America 7 71.85 12 113.53 12 185.06
Jan 19–27, 2019   2019 U.S. Championships 10 74.84 11 132.08 10 206.92
Results in the 2019-20 season [28]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 17–22, 2019   2019 CS U.S. Classic 6 67.34 6 132.96 6 200.30
Oct 11–13, 2019   2019 CS Finlandia Trophy 8 66.48 2 147.01 4 213.49
Jan 20–26, 2020   2020 U.S. Championships 12 71.54 13 122.31 13 193.85
Results in the 2020-21 season [28]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 23–24, 2020   2020 Skate America 11 63.36 10 133.62 10 196.98
Jan 11–21, 2021   2021 U.S. Championships 6 82.30 8 148.48 6 230.78
Results in the 2021-22 season [28]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 11–15, 2021   2021 Cranberry Cup International 2 78.30 2 152.29 2 230.59
Sep 14–17, 2021   2021 U.S. Classic 2 84.07 2 149.51 2 233.58
Oct 22–24, 2021   2021 Skate America 3 84.52 10 143.60 5 228.12
Nov 17–20, 2021   2021 CS Warsaw Cup 10 71.49 19 123.60 16 195.09
Dec 7–11, 2021   2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 5 80.84 2 170.13 3 250.97
Jan 3–9, 2022   2022 U.S. Championships 5 91.62 8 135.36 6 226.98
Jan 18–23, 2022   2022 Four Continents Championships 9 69.98 9 145.14 10 215.12
Results in the 2022-23 season [28]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 13–16, 2022   2022 CS U.S. Classic 8 69.98 3 146.88 5 216.76
Oct 28–30, 2022   2022 Skate Canada International 9 61.73 9 142.66 9 204.39
Nov 11–13, 2022   2022 MK John Wilson Trophy 6 77.72 7 137.75 7 214.47
Jan 23–29, 2023   2023 U.S. Championships 7 73.88 5 169.21 5 243.09
Feb 7–12, 2023   2023 Four Continents Championships 3 86.64 13 134.40 9 221.04
Mar 17–19, 2023   2023 Coupe du Printemps 1 80.94 1 141.79 1 222.73
Results in the 2023-24 season [28]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 9–13, 2023   2023 Cranberry Cup International 1 83.05 3 139.44 3 222.49
Sep 14–17, 2023   2023 CS Autumn Classic International 9 66.03 9 125.05 9 191.08
Oct 3–5, 2023   2023 Shanghai Trophy 5 62.30 4 137.03 5 199.23
Nov 10–12, 2023   2023 Cup of China 7 77.29 10 127.87 9 205.16
Nov 17–19, 2023   2023 Grand Prix of Espoo 3 80.19 11 111.07 11 191.26
Jan 22–28, 2024   2024 U.S. Championships 9 76.54 6 162.03 6 238.57
Results in the 2024–25 season [28]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 8–11, 2024   2024 CS Cranberry Cup International 7 78.24 2 158.53 3 236.77
Sep 13–15, 2024   2024 CS Lombardia Trophy 7 73.01 5 156.40 6 229.41
Nov 12–17, 2024   2024 CS Tallinn Trophy 11 66.27 4 143.44 6 209.71

Junior level

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2014–15 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 18–25, 2015 2015 U.S. Championships Senior 16
59.09 		18
105.65 		18
164.74
February 11–14, 2014 2014 JGP Japan Junior 14
47.81 		14
91.90 		14
139.71
2013–14 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 5–12, 2014 2014 U.S. Championships Junior 2
63.46 		3
119.27 		3
182.73
August 28–31, 2013 2013 JGP Latvia Junior 10
56.31 		15
91.48 		13
147.79
2012–13 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
April 2–3, 2013 2013 Egna Spring Trophy Junior 4
55.08 		3
98.90 		3
153.98
January 20–27, 2013 2013 U.S. Championships Junior 4
57.88 		3
118.21 		4
176.09

References

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  2. ^ ArbitalJacoby, Sheri (2018-01-29). "Figure Skater Turns A Half Million Heads". Great Neck Record. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
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    "Earlier versions: 2014–2018". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "2020 Skate America". International Figure Skating. October 20, 2020. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
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  8. ^ "Jimmmy Ma Added to 2021 Guaranteed Rate Skate America". U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone. U.S. Figure Skating. October 11, 2021.
  9. ^ Capellazzi, Gina (25 October 2021). "Vincent Zhou wins his first-ever Skate America title". Figure Skaters Online.
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  11. ^ Slater, Paula (January 9, 2022). "Chen seizes sixth consecutive U.S. national title". Golden Skate.
  12. ^ Slater, Paula (January 23, 2022). "Third time's the charm for Junhwan Cha". Golden Skate.
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  22. ^ "Jimmy MA: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 8, 2024.
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