Alysa Liu

Alysa Liu is an American figure skater who won the U.S. national championship in 2022 and the world championship in 2025.

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2025 World Figure Skating Championships: The 2025 international championships that crowned world champions in figure skating. Liu won the women's singles title, her first world championship.
Massimo Scali: An Italian-American ice dancer and figure-skating coach. He coached Liu during her return to competition.
Figure skating: A sport in which athletes perform jumps, spins, and steps on ice, judged for technical and artistic quality. Liu competes in its women's singles discipline.
Retirement from sport: The decision to end participation in a competitive sporting career. Liu retired in 2022, soon after reaching the Olympics and world podium.
2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championships: The 2022 national championships organized by U.S. Figure Skating. Liu won her second consecutive U.S. women's singles title there.
Laura Lipetsky: An American figure-skating coach based in Oakland, California. She coached Liu through much of her early competitive career.
Women's singles: A figure-skating discipline in which one woman performs a short program and a free skate. This is the discipline in which Liu won her national and world titles.
Comeback: A return to high-level activity after an absence or withdrawal. Her return to elite skating culminated in the 2025 world title.
2022 Winter Olympics: The international multisport winter competition held in Beijing in 2022. Liu represented the United States in women's singles and the team event.
Arthur Liu: A Chinese-born American attorney and father of figure skater Alysa Liu. He supported Liu's early training and helped manage her skating career.