Alysa Liu

Alysa Liu
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born (2005-08-08) 8 August 2005
Clovis, California
Height 4 ft 7 in (1.40 m)[1]
Coach Laura Lipetsky
Choreographer Cindy Stuart[1]
Skating club St. Moritz FSC
Training locations Oakland, California

Alysa Liu (born 8 August 2005) is an American figure skater who competes in the ladies singles discipline. She is the 2018 U.S. junior champion and the 2016 U.S. intermediate champion.

Early life

Liu was born on 8 August 2005, in Clovis, California, the oldest child of Arthur Liu, an attorney who immigrated to the U.S. from China in the 1990s.[2] Liu, like her four siblings, was conceived through an egg donor and a surrogate mother. She started skating at the age of five, when her father, a fan of Michelle Kwan, brought her to the rink. Her coach, Laura Lipetsky, began working with her at 5½ years old. Cindy Stuart has been Liu's choreographer since she was young.[1]

Liu attended Chinese school for three years, then attended the Oakland School for the Arts, which offers an emphasis in figure skating. When she started missing too much school due to traveling to competitions, she began homeschooling at her father's law office in between practices. She used the same online program that other skaters, including fellow Bay Area skaters Karen Chen and Vincent Zhou, have used.[1]

Career

Early career

Liu's first skating competition was as a juvenile in 2015.[3] At the 2016 U.S. Championships, she became the youngest lady to win the Intermediate gold medal, winning by less than a point.[4][5] She was first out of the short program, with 2 level-4 spins, a double axel, and a triple Salchow. Liu's free skate program included 2 triple Salchows, the first of which was completed in combination with a double toe loop.[4]

In 2017, Liu skated as a novice, coming in 4th place at the U.S. Championships.[3] She was in first place after her short program, with a 1.22 point lead. Her short program included "a triple lutz-triple toe combination out of a split jump",[5] which was ruled under-rotated, and a triple flip. Liu fell to 4th place after the long program, where she landed two triple-triple combinations but did not earn sufficient program component scores to retain her narrow lead.[6]

2017–18 season

Liu opened her season at the 2017 Asian Open Trophy, where she won silver behind Japan's Mana Kawabe.[7] Liu was the youngest skater to compete in the junior division at the 2018 U.S. Championships in San Jose, California. She won the competition, despite suffering from a cold and sore throat.[1][8] She skated a clean short program, earning a season's best and an almost 7-point lead going into the free skate. Her short program included 3 level-4 spins, a triple flip-triple toe loop combination, and a triple lutz, earning her 63.83 points.[9] She earned 120.33 points during her long program, with 2 double axels and 7 triple jumps, which were backloaded in the second half of the program, including triple lutz-triple toe and triple flip-loop-triple salchow combinations. Liu was given extra points in all her jumps, except for the flip loop-salchow combinations. She earned an overall 184.16 points, almost 18 more than the silver medalist and the 2nd highest-ever score in the junior level.[8][10][11] Despite winning the gold, Liu was ineligible to compete at the 2018 World Junior Championships because she was not old enough. She was sent to the 2018 International Challenge Cup instead, where she won the advanced novice silver medal behind Hanna Yoshida of Japan.[12][13]

2018—19 season

In August 2018, Liu competed as a novice at the 2018 Asian Open Trophy in Bangkok, Thailand. She won the gold, earning over 10 points above the silver medalist Sara Honda of Japan.[14] She landed a ratified triple axel in the free skate, becoming the youngest skater in history to perform a clean triple axel in an international competition and the third American to do so, following Tonya Harding and Mirai Nagasu.[15]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2017–2018
2016–2017

Competitive highlights

Event 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
International: Novice
Asian Trophy3rd1st
Challenge Cup2nd
National
U.S. Champ.1st I4th N1st J
Pacific Coast1st I2nd N1st J
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew;
Levels: J = Junior; N = Advanced novice;I = Intermediate;

Detailed results

2018–19 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total Ref
1-5 August 2018 2018 Asian Figure Skating Trophy Advanced Novice 1
50.25		 1
88.20		 1
138.45		 [16][17][14]
2017–18 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total Ref
22–25 February 2018 2018 International Challenge Cup Advanced Novice 1
42.79		 2
86.99		 2
129.78		 [18][19]
29 December 2017, to 8 January 2018 2018 U.S. Championships Junior 1
63.83		 1
120.33		 1
184.16		 [20]
13–17 September 2017 2017 Novice and Junior Challenge Skate Junior 3
56.94		 4
105.89		 1
162.83		 [21]
2–5 August 2017 2017 Asian Figure Skating Trophy Advanced Novice 3
38.74		 3
69.60		 3
108.3		 [22][23]
2016–17 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total Ref
14–22 January 2017 2017 U.S. Figure Skating Championships Novice 1
48.89		 6
82.79		 4
131.68		 [24]
14–18 September 2016 2016 Novice and Junior Challenge Skate Novice 5
39.58		 4
74.84		 4
114.42		 [25]
2015–16 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total Ref
15–24 January 2016 2016 U.S. Championships Intermediate 1
40.24		 1
70.00		 1
110.24		 [26]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Almond, Elliot (28 December 2017). "Could this 12-year-old Richmond girl be figure skating's next big thing?". The Mercury News. San Jose, Calif. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Zhu, Lia (3 February 2018). "California skater, 12, a rising star". China Daily. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Alysa Liu". Golden Skate.com. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  4. 1 2 Whetstone, Mimi (17 January 2016). "Tkachenko and Kiliakov, Fendis repeat as champs". Icenetwork.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  5. 1 2 Rutherford, Lynn (16 January 2017). "Liu leads after impressive novice ladies short". Ice Network.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  6. 1 2 Rutherford, Lynn (17 January 2017). "Huang beats out tough novice ladies field for gold". Ice Network.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "2017 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy Advanced Novice Girls Result". isujudgingsystem.com. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 Almond, Elliot (2 January 2018). "Richmond's Alysa Liu pulls off another stunner". East Bay Times. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  9. 1 2 Rutherford, Lynn (1 January 2018). "Liu lands triple flip-triple toe, leads junior ladies". Ice Network.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  10. 1 2 Rutherford, Lynn (3 January 2018). "Precocious Liu storms her way to junior crown". Ice Network.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  11. ↑ Lee, Vic (3 January 2018). "Young Richmond figure skater could get the gold". ABC7News.com. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "Challenge Cup Ladies Advanced Novice – Short Program Result Details". isujudgingsystem.com. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  13. ↑ "Challenge Cup Ladies Advanced Novice – Free Skating Result Details". isujudgingsystem.com. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  14. 1 2 "2018 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy Advanced Novice Girls Result". isufs.org. International Skating Union. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  15. ↑ Almond, Elliott (2 August 2018). "This East Bay figure skater just landed an historic jump". The Mercury News. San Jose, Calif. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  16. ↑ "2018 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy Advanced Novice Girls - Short Program". isufs.org. International Skating Union. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  17. ↑ "2018 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy Advanced Novice Girls - Free Skating Result Details". isufs.org. International Skating Union. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  18. ↑ "Challenge Cup Ladies Advanced Novice – Short Program Result Details". isujudgingsystem.com. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  19. ↑ "Challenge Cup Ladies Advanced Novice – Free Skating Result Details". isujudgingsystem.com. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  20. ↑ "Junior Ladies". U.S. Figureskating. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  21. ↑ "Junior Ladies". U.S. Figure Skating. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  22. ↑ "2017 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy Advanced Novice Girls – Free Skating Result Details". isujudgingsystem.com. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  23. ↑ "2017 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy Advanced Novice Girls Result". isujudgingsystem.com. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  24. ↑ "Novice Ladies". U.S. Figure Skating. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  25. ↑ "Novice Ladies". U.S. Figure Skating. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  26. ↑ "Junior Ladies". U.S. Figure Skating. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
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