Mao Asada

Mao Asada is a Japanese former competitive figure skater who won the silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics. She was a three-time world champion, in 2008, 2010 and 2014, a three-time Four Continents champion and a four-time Grand Prix Final champion. She became the first woman to land three triple Axel jumps in one competition, which she did at the 2010 Olympics, and she is the first singles skater from Asia to win multiple world titles. A prodigy who won the 2005 World Junior title, she was too young by 87 days to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics.