Alysa Liu

Liu at the 2025 World Championships

Personal Information

Country Represented

USA

Born

August 8, 2005

Clovis, California

Home Town

Richmond, California

Alma Mater

University of California, Los Angeles (currently)
Connections Academy
Oakland School for the Arts

Age

20 years

Club

St. Moritz FSC

Languages

English

Costume Designers

Lisa McKinnon

Career Info

Coaches

Massimo Scali, Phillip DiGuglielmo

Former Coaches

Christy Krall, Drew Meekins, Eddie Shipstad, Jeremy Abbott, Laura Lipetsky, Lee Barkell, Lorenzo Magri, Lori Nichol, Viktor Pfeifer

Choreographers

Massimo Scali

Former Choreographers

Cindy Stuart, Jean-Luc Baker, Justin Dillon, Lori Nichol, Massimo Scali, Rohene Ward

Training Locations

Lakewood, California

Former Training Locations

Colorado Springs, Colorado
Oakland, California
Egna, Italy

Began Skating

2010 (Aged 5)

(WS) World Standing

21

Physical Description

Height

158 cm (5' 2")

Gender

Female (She/They)

Eye Color

Brown

Ethnicity

Chinese / Caucasian (specific ethnicity unknown)

Personal International Bests

Alysa Liu (born August 8, 2005) is an American figure skater. She is the 2025 World champion, the 2022 World bronze medalist, a two-time US national champion (2019 & 2020), and the 2021 Lombardia Trophy champion. On the junior level, she is the 2020 World Junior bronze medalist, the 2019-20 JGP Final silver medalist, and the 2018 US junior champion. She is the first American woman to land a quadruple lutz in competition, and is currently the youngest American US senior champion in women's singles, at 13 years of age.

Personal Life[]

Liu was born on August 8, 2005 in Clovis, California. She is the oldest of five children (two boys, three girls). She was conceived through an anonymous egg donor and surrogate mother, and the identity of her biological mother remains unknown.

Liu's father, Arthur Liu, is an attorney originally from Sichuan Province, China. During the late 1980s, he was a Chinese democracy activist. Upon learning he was wanted for arrest, he fled his home country, arriving in Oakland at age 25.

Programs[]

Season	Short Program	Freeskate
2024-2025	Promise _{by Dan Wilson & Laufey performed by Laufey choreo. by Massimo Scali}	MacArthur Park _{by Jimmy Webb covered by Donna Summer choreo. by Massimo Scali}
2021-2022	Gypsy Dance (from Don Quixote) _{by Ludwig Minkus choreo. by Massimo Scali}	Violin Concerto _{by Pyotr Tchaikovsky performed by Joshua Bell choreo. by Massimo Scali}
2020-2021	La Strada _{by Nino Rota choreo. by Lori Nichol}	The Storm _{by Balázs Havasi choreo. by Lori Nichol}
2019-2020	Don't Rain on My Parade (from Funny Girl) _{by Jule Styne performed by Barbra Streisand choreo. by Rohene Ward}	Symphony No. 9 _{by Antonín Dvořák performed by Jennifer Thomas choreo. by Lori Nichol}
2019-2020	Initial SP: I Got Rhythm _{by George Gershwin choreo. by Lori Nichol}
2018-2019	Don't Rain on My Parade (from Funny Girl) _{by Jule Styne performed by Barbra Streisand choreo. by Rohene Ward}	The Witches of Eastwick _{by John Williams choreo. by Cindy Stuart}
2017-2018	Spanish Flame _{by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Cindy Stuart}	Les Misérables _{by Claude-Michel Schönberg choreo. by Cindy Stuart}
2016-2017	Puttin' On the Ritz _{by Irving Berlin}	Sing, Sing, Sing _{by Louis Prima choreo. by Justin Dillon}
2015-2016	Puttin' On the Ritz _{by Irving Berlin}	The Addams Family _{by Marc Shaiman}

Exhibitions[]

Music	Season
2024-2025	Hero _{by Mariah Carey & Walter Afanasieff performed by Mariah Carey}
2024-2025	Let You Break My Heart Again _{by Laufey performed by Laufey & Philharmonia Orchestra}
2021-2022	Run2U _{by FLYT, Jeon Goon, Kyu-Sung Choi, & Rado performed by STAYC}
	Loco _{by Atenna, Star Wars, & Woo Bin performed by Itzy choreo. by Jean-Luc Baker}
	Rainbow _{by Kacey Musgraves, Natalie Hemby, & Shane McAnally performed by Kacey Musgraves}
2020-2021	It's Oh So Quiet _{by Hans Lang performed by Björk}
2019-2020	Party Happening People _{by DJ Ani & DJ Dmitry performed by Deee-Lite}
2019-2020	Don't Rain on My Parade (from Funny Girl) _{by Jule Styne performed by Barbra Streisand choreo. by Rohene Ward}
2018-2019	Don't Rain on My Parade (from Funny Girl) _{by Jule Styne performed by Barbra Streisand choreo. by Rohene Ward}

Competitive Results[]

International
Event	17-18	18-19	19-20	20-21	21-22	24-25
Olympics					7th
Worlds					3rd	1st
World Team Trophy						1st
GP NHK					4th	4th
GP Skate Canada					5th	6th
CS Lombardia					1st
CS Nebelhorn					1st
CS Budapest						1st
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb						1st
Cranberry Cup					1st
International: Junior
Event	17-18	18-19	19-20	20-21	21-22	24-25
Junior Worlds			3rd
JGP Final			2nd
JGP Poland			1st
JGP US			1st
International: Novice
Asian Trophy	2nd	1st
Challenge Cup	2nd
National
US Champ.	1st J	1st	1st	4th	WD	2nd
Pacific Coast Sect.	1st J	1st
Central Pacific Reg.	1st J	1st
ISP Points Chall.				4th
J = Junior; WD = Withdrew

Early Seasons[]

National
Event	14-15	15-16	16-17
US Championships		1st I	4th N
Pacific Coast Sect.		1st I	2nd N
Central Pacific Reg.	6th JV	2nd I	2nd N
I = Intermediate; JV = Juvenile; N = Novice

Detailed ISU Results[]

(Season bests highlighted in bold, personal bests italicized)

2024-2025 Season
Date	Competition	SP	FS	Total
April 17 - 20	2025 World Team Trophy	1 75.70	1 150.97	1 226.67
March 25 - 30	2025 World Championships	1 74.58	1 148.39	1 222.97
February 19 - 23	2025 Four Continents Championships	4 67.09	4 131.46	4 198.55
December 5 - 7	2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb	2 68.06	1 129.65	1 197.71
November 8 - 10	2024 NHK Trophy	4 65.03	4 125.72	4 190.75
October 25 - 27	2024 Skate Canada	2 67.68	7 120.01	6 187.69
October 11 - 13	2024 Budapest Trophy	1 68.83	2 123.94	1 192.77

2021-2022 Season
Date	Competition	SP	FS	Total
March 21 - 27	2022 World Championships	5 71.91	3 139.28	3 211.19
February 4 - 20	2022 Winter Olympics	8 69.50	7 139.45	7 208.95
November 12 - 14	2021 NHK Trophy	4 67.72	3 135.18	4 202.90
October 28 - 31	2021 Skate Canada	4 73.63	7 132.90	5 206.53
November 20 - 25	2021 Nebelhorn Trophy	1 70.86	1 136.54	1 207.40
September 9 - 12	2021 Lombardia Trophy	1 74.31	1 144.93	1 219.24
August 11 - 15	2021 Cranberry Cup International	1 71.42	1 134.32	1 205.74

2019-2020 Season
Date	Competition	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 2 - 8	2020 World Junior Championships	Junior	4 67.52	3 137.31	3 204.83
December 4 - 8	2019-20 JGP Final	Junior	1 71.19	2 133.46	2 204.65
September 18 - 21	2019 JGP Poland	Junior	4 64.11	1 138.99	1 203.10
August 28 - 31	2019 JGP USA	Junior	1 69.30	1 138.80	1 208.10
2018-2019 season
Date	Competition	Level	SP	FS	Total
August 1 - 5	2018 Asian Open Trophy	Adv. Novice	1 50.25	1 88.20	1 138.45

2017-2018 season
Date	Competition	Level	SP	FS	Total
February 22 - 25	2018 International Challenge Cup	Adv. Novice	1 42.79	2 86.99	2 129.78
August 2 - 7	2017 Asian Open Trophy	Adv. Novice	3 38.74	3 69.60	2 108.34

Medal Record[]

(In chronological order)

Type	Competition	Season	Level
Gold	2025 World Team Trophy	2024-25	Senior
Gold	2025 World Championships	2024-25	Senior
Silver	2025 US Championships	2025-25	Senior
Gold	2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb	2024-25	Senior
Gold	2024 Budapest Trophy	2024-25	Senior
Bronze	2022 World Championships	2021-22	Senior
Gold	2021 Nebelhorn Trophy	2021-22	Senior
Gold	2021 Lombardia Trophy	2021-22	Senior
Gold	2021 Cranberry Cup International	2021-22	Senior
Pewter	2021 US Championships	2021-22	Senior
Bronze	2020 World Junior Championships	2019-20	Junior
Gold	2020 US Championships	2019-20	Senior
Silver	2019-20 JGP Final	2019-20	Junior
Gold	2019 JGP Poland	2019-20	Junior
Gold	2019 JGP USA	2019-20	Junior
Gold	2019 US Championships	2018-19	Senior
Gold	2019 Pacific Coast Sectionals	2018-19	Senior
Gold	2019 Central Pacific Regionals	2018-19	Senior
Gold	2018 Asian Open Trophy	2018-19	Novice
Silver	2018 International Challenge Cup	2017-18	Novice
Gold	2018 US Championships	2017-18	Junior
Gold	2018 Pacific Coast Sectionals	2017-18	Junior
Gold	2018 Central Pacific Regionals	2017-18	Junior
Silver	2017 Asian Open Trophy	2017-18	Novice
Pewter	2017 US Championships	2016-17	Novice
Silver	2017 Pacific Coast Sectionals	2016-17	Novice
Silver	2017 Central Pacific Regionals	2016-17	Novice
Gold	2016 US Championships	2015-16	Int.
Gold	2016 Pacific Coast Sectionals	2015-16	Int.
Silver	2016 Central Pacific Regionals	2015-16	Int.

Small Medal Record[]

Type	Competition	Season	Segment	Level
Gold	2025 World Championships	2024-25	Short Program	Senior
Gold	2025 World Championships	2024-25	Freeskate	Senior
Bronze	2022 World Championships	2021-22	Freeskate	Senior
Bronze	2020 World Junior Championships	2019-20	Freeskate	Junior