Åsa Persson

Åsa Persson (born 17 October 1983 in Osby) is a Swedish former competitive figure skater. She is the 2003 Swedish national champion and 1998 & 1999 junior national champion. She competed in the free skate at four ISU Championships – 2000 Junior Worlds in Oberstdorf, Germany; 2002 Junior Worlds in Hamar, Norway; 2002 Worlds in Nagano, Japan; and 2003 Europeans in Malmö, Sweden. Her highest placement, 14th, came at 2002 Junior Worlds. She was coached by Jan Ullmark.^[1]

After retiring from competition, Persson became the Ice Captain on board the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Allure of the Seas.

Programs[edit]

Season	Short program	Free skating
2002–2003 ^[2]	Kashmir by John Bonham, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant London Philharmonic Orchestra	Leija's Game by Astor Piazzolla Fuga Y Misterio by Astor Piazzolla Invierno Porteno by Astor Piazzolla Bailongo by Astor Piazzolla
2001–2002 ^[3]	Cinderella Prepares for the Ball	Temptation by Fred Brown Bésame Mucho by Consuelo Velasques M. Petrucciani with Griffiti String Orchestra Mambo en Sax by Perez Prado and Orchestra Mambo Caliente by Arturo Sandoval Orchestra Mambo Kings

International^[4]
Event	95–96	96–97	97–98	98–99	99–00	00–01	01–02	02–03
World Champ.							23rd
European Champ.							26th	25th
Golden Spin							9th
Nordics							2nd
Schäfer Memorial							4th
International: Junior^[4]
World Junior Champ.					23rd		14th
JGP Canada								13th
JGP Czech Republic							7th
JGP Mexico						11th
JGP Sweden							5th
Grand Prize SNP				15th J
Nordics				2nd J
Triglav Trophy			9th J
National^[4]
Swedish Champ.	3rd N	1st N	1st J	1st J	3rd			1st
JGP = Junior Grand Prix Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

^ Mittan, Barry (10 June 2002). "Sweden's Persson Prepares for 2003 Europeans". Golden Skate.
^ "Asa PERSSON: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 January 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Asa PERSSON: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Asa PERSSON". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 February 2017.

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