Jimmy Ma

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Jimmy Ma (born October 11, 1995) is an American figure skater. He is the 2025 Four Continents bronze medalist and a three-time ISU Challenger Series bronze medalist. Ma has competed in twelve senior U.S. national championships, achieving his highest result, fifth, in 2023 and 2025.

Born (1995-10-11) October 11, 1995 (age 30)
Queens, New York, U.S.
HometownGreat Neck, New York, U.S.
Height5 ft 5 in (1.64 m)
Country United States
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Jimmy Ma
Ma during his short program at the 2026 U.S. Championships
Personal information
Born (1995-10-11) October 11, 1995 (age 30)
Queens, New York, U.S.
Home townGreat Neck, New York, U.S.
Height5 ft 5 in (1.64 m)
Figure skating career
Country United States
DisciplineMen's singles
CoachAlexei Letov
Olga Ganicheva
Skating clubSkating Club of Boston
Began skating2004
Medal record
Four Continents Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Seoul Singles
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At the junior level, Ma is a two-time U.S. junior national medalist (bronze in 2014, pewter in 2013)

Skating career

Early career

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

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

2018–2019 season: Senior international debut

Ma at 2018 Skate America

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

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

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: Four Continents debut

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

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

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] “I’ve been trying to hold down a lot of emotion,” he said after the free skate. “I’ve been trying to really keep a level head and a level heart throughout this whole season.[21]

2024–2025 season: Four Continents bronze

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]

Ma performing a sit spin during his free skate at the 2026 U.S. Championships

In January, at the 2025 U.S. Championships, Ma placed third in the short program and seventh in the free skate, finishing in fifth place overall.[22][23] Following the withdrawal of Andrew Torgashev, Ma was assigned to compete at the 2025 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea the following month.[24] Ma placed second in the short program and third in the free skate, winning the bronze medal overall.[22][25] With the event taking place a few weeks following the 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision, which killed four members of the Skating Club of Boston, Ma dedicated his medal to the victims, including Evgenia Shishkova, Vadim Naumov, Jinna Han, Spencer Lane, as well as Han and Lane's mothers, Jin Han and Christine Lane.[26]

On March 2, 2025, Ma took part in Legacy on Ice, an ice show organized by U.S. Figure Skating that paid tribute to lives lost aboard American Eagle Flight 5342.[27] He performed to "One Day I'll Fly Away," which was set to be Jinna Han's competitive routine for the upcoming season.[28]

2025–2026 season

Ma started the season by competing on the 2025–26 Challenger Series, finishing seventh at the 2025 CS Cranberry Cup International and tenth at the 2025 CS Kinoshita Group Cup. Going on to compete on the 2025–26 Grand Prix series, Ma placed tenth at the 2025 NHK Trophy and eleventh at the 2025 Finlandia Trophy.[22]

In January, Ma competed at the 2026 U.S. Championships, where he finished in eleventh place.[22]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2011–2012
[4]
2012–2013
[4]
  • Montserrat
    by Orquesta del Plata, Bajofondo
    choreo. by Josh Babb
2013–2014
[3]
2014–2015
[29]
  • Grand Guignol
    by Bajofondo
    choreo. by Josh Babb
2017–2018
[4]
2018–2019
[1]
2019–2020
[30]
2020–2021
[31]
2021–2022
[32]
2022–2023
[33][34]
  • Movie Star
    by CIX
2023–2024
[35]
2024–2025
[36][4][37]
2025–2026
[38][39][40]
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Competitive highlights

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Competition placements at senior level [22]
Season 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Four Continents Championships 10th 9th 3rd
U.S. Championships 18th 16th 20th 11th 10th 13th 6th 6th 5th 6th 5th 11th
GP Cup of China 9th
GP Finland 11th 11th
GP NHK Trophy 10th
GP Skate America 12th 10th 5th
GP Skate Canada 9th
GP Wilson Trophy 7th
CS Autumn Classic 9th
CS Cranberry Cup 3rd 7th
CS Finlandia Trophy 4th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 3rd
CS Kinoshita Group Cup 10th
CS Lombardia Trophy 6th
CS Tallinn Trophy 6th
CS U.S. Classic 3rd 6th 5th
CS Warsaw Cup 16th
Coupe du Printemps 1st
Cranberry Cup 2nd 3rd
Philadelphia Summer 2nd
Shanghai Trophy 5th
U.S. Classic 2nd
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Competition placements at junior level [22]
Season 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
U.S. Championships 4th 3rd
JGP Japan 14th
JGP Latvia 13th
Gardena Spring Trophy 3rd
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Detailed results

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [22]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS250.972021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Short program TSS86.642023 Four Continents Championships
TES47.392023 Four Continents Championships
PCS39.252023 Four Continents Championships
Free skating TSS170.132021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
TES91.032021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
PCS79.102021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
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Senior level

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Results in the 2014–15 season [22]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 18–25, 2015 United States 2015 U.S. Championships 16 59.09 18 105.65 18 164.74
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Results in the 2015–16 season [22]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 15–24, 2016 United States 2016 U.S. Championships 15 51.95 17 109.68 16 161.63
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Results in the 2016–17 season [22]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 14–22, 2017 United States 2017 U.S. Championships 15 70.41 21 110.66 20 181.07
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Results in the 2017–18 season [22]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Dec 29 – Jan 8, 2018 United States 2018 U.S. Championships 11 75.28 11 147.13 11 222.41
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Results in the 2018–19 season [22]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 3–5, 2018 United States 2018 Philadelphia Summer International 4 67.32 2 131.56 2 198.88
Sep 12–16, 2018 United States 2018 CS U.S. Classic 4 73.21 3 132.89 3 206.10
Nov 11–18, 2018 United States 2018 Skate America 7 71.85 12 113.53 12 185.06
Jan 19–27, 2019 United States 2019 U.S. Championships 10 74.84 11 132.08 10 206.92
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Results in the 2019–20 season [22]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 17–22, 2019 United States 2019 CS U.S. Classic 6 67.34 6 132.96 6 200.30
Oct 11–13, 2019 Finland 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy 8 66.48 2 147.01 4 213.49
Jan 20–26, 2020 United States 2020 U.S. Championships 12 71.54 13 122.31 13 193.85
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Results in the 2020–21 season [22]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 23–24, 2020 United States 2020 Skate America 11 63.36 10 133.62 10 196.98
Jan 11–21, 2021 United States 2021 U.S. Championships 6 82.30 8 148.48 6 230.78
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Results in the 2021–22 season [22]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 11–15, 2021 United States 2021 Cranberry Cup International 2 78.30 2 152.29 2 230.59
Sep 14–17, 2021 United States 2021 U.S. Classic 2 84.07 2 149.51 2 233.58
Oct 22–24, 2021 United States 2021 Skate America 3 84.52 10 143.60 5 228.12
Nov 17–20, 2021 Poland 2021 CS Warsaw Cup 10 71.49 19 123.60 16 195.09
Dec 7–11, 2021 Croatia 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 5 80.84 2 170.13 3 250.97
Jan 3–9, 2022 United States 2022 U.S. Championships 5 91.62 8 135.36 6 226.98
Jan 18–23, 2022 Estonia 2022 Four Continents Championships 9 69.98 9 145.14 10 215.12
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Results in the 2022–23 season [22]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 13–16, 2022 United States 2022 CS U.S. Classic 8 69.98 3 146.88 5 216.76
Oct 28–30, 2022 Canada 2022 Skate Canada International 9 61.73 9 142.66 9 204.39
Nov 11–13, 2022 United Kingdom 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy 6 77.72 7 137.75 7 214.47
Jan 23–29, 2023 United States 2023 U.S. Championships 7 73.88 5 169.21 5 243.09
Feb 7–12, 2023 United States 2023 Four Continents Championships 3 86.64 13 134.40 9 221.04
Mar 17–19, 2023 Luxembourg 2023 Coupe du Printemps 1 80.94 1 141.79 1 222.73
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Results in the 2023–24 season [22]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 9–13, 2023 United States 2023 Cranberry Cup International 1 83.05 3 139.44 3 222.49
Sep 14–17, 2023 Canada 2023 CS Autumn Classic International 9 66.03 9 125.05 9 191.08
Oct 3–5, 2023 China 2023 Shanghai Trophy 5 62.30 4 137.03 5 199.23
Nov 10–12, 2023 China 2023 Cup of China 7 77.29 10 127.87 9 205.16
Nov 17–19, 2023 Finland 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo 3 80.19 11 111.07 11 191.26
Jan 22–28, 2024 United States 2024 U.S. Championships 9 76.54 6 162.03 6 238.57
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Results in the 2024–25 season [22]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 8–11, 2024 United States 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International 7 78.24 2 158.53 3 236.77
Sep 13–15, 2024 Italy 2024 CS Lombardia Trophy 7 73.01 5 156.40 6 229.41
Nov 12–17, 2024 Estonia 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy 11 66.27 4 143.44 6 209.71
Jan 20–26, 2025 United States 2025 U.S. Championships 3 91.91 7 144.87 5 236.78
Feb 19–23, 2025 South Korea 2025 Four Continents Championships 2 82.52 3 162.49 3 245.01
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Results in the 2025–26 season [22]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 7–10, 2025 United States 2025 CS Cranberry Cup International 1 78.74 11 128.79 7 207.53
Sep 5–7, 2025 Japan 2025 CS Kinoshita Group Cup 5 83.52 11 135.00 10 218.52
Nov 7–9, 2025 Japan 2025 NHK Trophy 10 69.44 9 139.12 10 208.56
Nov 21–23, 2025 Finland 2025 Finlandia Trophy 10 67.99 11 128.12 11 196.11
Jan 4–11, 2026 United States 2026 U.S. Championships 11 75.56 8 150.15 11 225.71
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Junior level

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Results in the 2012–13 season [22]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 20–27, 2013 United States 2013 U.S. Championships (Junior) 4 57.88 3 118.21 4 176.09
Apr 2–3, 2017 Italy 2013 Gardena Spring Trophy 4 55.08 3 98.90 3 153.98
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Results in the 2013–14 season [22]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 28–31, 2013 Latvia 2013 JGP Latvia 10 56.31 15 91.48 13 147.79
Jan 5–12, 2014 United States 2014 U.S. Championships (Junior) 2 63.46 3 119.27 3 182.73
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Results in the 2013–14 season [22]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 10–14, 2014 Japan 2014 JGP Latvia 14 47.81 14 91.90 14 139.71
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