Asa ANDO

Japan

Alpine Skiing

Date of Birth: 24 Apr 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Place of birth: ASAHIKAWA

Birth Country:

Japan

Residence: ASAHIKAWA

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Alpine Skiing	Women's Giant Slalom	24
	Women's Slalom	DNF

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Technical	Women's Giant Slalom Run 1	Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Technical	Women's Giant Slalom Run 2	Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Technical	Women's Slalom Run 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
DNF	Women's Slalom	2018	PyeongChang, KOR

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
10	Slalom Ladies	2021	Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA	1:42.92
14	Team Parallel Mixed	2021	Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA
27	Giant Slalom Ladies	2019	Are, SWE	2:06.35
35	Giant Slalom Ladies	2017	St. Moritz, SUI	2:12.53

World Cup Rankings
Season	All	Slalom	Giant Slalom
2021/2022	113	47
2020/2021	73	35	51
2019/2020	81	34
2018/2019	127		53
2017/2018	103	46	47

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Parallel	Parallel Giant Slalom	Parallel Slalom
2021/2022	1 x 24th
2020/2021	1 x 15th	1 x 22nd	1 x 26th
2019/2020	1 x 18th			1 x 19th	1 x 28th
2018/2019		1 x 26th
2017/2018	1 x 23rd	1 x 25th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
24	Slalom	2021/2022	Schladming, AUT	1:35.73

Nickname:

Ski Tornado. (skiracing.com, 20 Feb 2021; atomic.com)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

High School Otaru Hokushokotogakko. University Toyo University Faculty of Law (asa-ando.com)

Languages spoken:

Japanese, English

Club name:

Nissin Medical Foods

Debut:

2011 FIS event in Wanlong Ski Area (Slalom - 7th)
2014 World Cup in Soelden (Giant slalom - DNQ1)

National team:

2014

Start:

Started skiing a Pippu Ski Resort when she was two, joining the Asahikawa Junior Alpine Ski Team when she was four. (asa-ando.com)

Training:

Based her preparation period in Innsbruck, with training camps in Saas-Fee and an indoor ski hill in Belgium. (hameblo.jp)

Memorable:

Bcame the first woman from Japan to score a top-10 at World Championships or Olympic Winter Games when she finished 10th in slalom at the World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 2021. (kyodonws.net, 21 Feb 2021)

Influence:

Her family. “My mother and brother always care about me with everything, supporting me every day all the time. I wouldn’t be here without them.” (skiracing.com, 20 Feb 2021)

Milestones

Made her Olympic Winter Games debut in the slalom at PyeongChang 2018.

In three World Championships appearances (2017-21), her top finish of 10th in slalom in 2021 (Cortina d'Ampezzo) is the best finish ever by a Japanese woman.

Has three top-10 World Cup finishes, her best being 15th in slalom in 2020 (Semmering).

Two-time medallist at the 2017 Winter Universiade in Almaty (giant slalom gold, super-G bronze).

Won the 2016 and 2017 overall and giant slalom titles in the Far East Cup.

Social Media

Athlete Blog: https://ameblo.jp/passion424asa/
https://www.facebook.com/asa.ando
https://www.instagram.com/andoasa/
Athlete Website: http://asa-ando.com/
Team Website: http://www.ski-japan.or.jp/player/0949591/?season=2021

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
DNF:: Did Not Finish

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