Mao Asada

Mao Asada (September 25, 1990 -), a famous Japanese figure skater, was born in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. Mao Asada is the first Asian female single skater to win three gold medals at the World Figure Skating Championships and the title of "World Champion" three times (2008, 2010, 2014). She gained attention at the 2005 World Youth Skating Championships when she became the youngest figure skater in history to complete the triple axel. In addition, he has won three Four Continents Figure Skating Championships and three International Skating Union Figure Skating Grand Prix Finals. She was also the silver medalist in women's single figure skating at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. She successfully completed three perfect Axar triple axels in the event, which was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records. She is the first single skater in history to win gold medals in a total of 7 events in the Grand Prix series (France, Japan, Canada, Russia, China, the United States) and the finals. She broke her personal best score of 78.66 points at the 2014 World Figure Skating Championships and set a new world record. On April 10, 2017, he announced his retirement on his blog.