Mao Asada, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Japanese figure skater
Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1990
Place of Birth: Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Profession: figure skater
Nationality: Japan
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
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About Mao Asada
- Mao Asada (?? ??, Asada Mao, born 25 September 1990) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater.
- She is the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion (2008, 2010, 2014), a three-time Four Continents champion (2008, 2010, 2013), and a four-time Grand Prix Final champion (2005–06, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14).
- She is the first female figure skater who has landed three triple Axel jumps in one competition, which she achieved at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Asada is also the 2005 World Junior champion, the 2004–05 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and a six-time Japanese national champion (2006–2010, 2012–2013). She held the world record for the ladies' short program score, until the record was broken by Evgenia Medvedeva at the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final.
- A former prodigy, Asada is the fifth woman and the first junior girl to land the triple axel, accomplishing this feat at the 2004–05 Junior Grand Prix Final.
- She won her first Grand Prix Final at the age of 15.
- Considered by many to be the best figure skater in the world at that time, Asada was 87 days too young to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
- She is the first figure skater in a singles discipline from Asia to win multiple world championships.
- At the 2013 Skate America, she became the first singles skater, male or female, to win all seven of the current events on the Grand Prix series.
- She holds 15 Grand Prix series titles, the second-highest total among ladies and third-highest total overall.
- At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Asada successfully accomplished 8 triple jumps in her individual free skate, becoming the first lady to ever do so, even though 2 were downgraded for lacking rotations.Due to her artistic interpretation, international success since the young age of 15, rare ability to accomplish the triple Axel, and collection of ISU titles surpassing any other ladies singles figure skater during her time, she has established herself as one of the most highly recognized athletes in Japan and is widely considered to be among the best ladies figure skaters of all time.
- Her rivalry with South-Korean Olympic champion Yuna Kim is also regarded by many as one of the greatest in the history of the sport.
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