Former country(ies) represented France Former coach Romain Haguenauer Training locations Lyon, France Country represented Japan Training location Lyon | Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 ⁄2 in) Skating club Osaka SC Partner Emi Hirai Former choreographer Romain Haguenauer | |
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Born February 6, 1989 (age 28) ( 1989-02-06 ) Lyon, France Former partner Chloé Ibanez, Rowan Musson Coaches Muriel Boucher-Zazoui, Olivier Schoenfelder, Rie Arikawa | ||
Marien de la Asuncion (born 6 February 1989) is a French ice dancer who competes for Japan with skating partner Emi Hirai. Together, they are four-time Japanese national silver medalists and have competed at four Four Continents Championships.
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Career
De la Asuncion began skating in 2001. Following a partnership with Rowan Musson in the 2007–08 season, he competed with Chloé Ibanez in 2008–09 and 2009–10.
In 2011, de la Asuncion teamed up with Emi Hirai to compete for Japan. They took the silver medal at the 2011–12 Japan Championships. Making their international debut, they placed 14th at the 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy and 11th at the 2013 Four Continents Championships.
Hirai and de la Asuncion have appeared at two Grand Prix events, placing 8th at the 2014 NHK Trophy and 2015 NHK Trophy.
Programs
With Hirai
Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix