Leah Keiser

Leah Keiser
Keiser in December 2013
Born	(1997-09-13) September 13, 1997 (age 27) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hometown	Irvine, California
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	United States
Coach	Tammy Gambill
Skating club	All Year FSC Ontario
Began skating	2001

Leah Keiser (born September 13, 1997) is an American former figure skater. She is the 2012 JGP Turkey gold medalist.

Personal life

Leah Keiser was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She has a sister, Emily, a half-sister, Stephanie, and two half-brothers, Alex and Thomas, who play in the NFL for the San Diego Chargers. ^[1] Leah now attends Northwestern University studying chemical engineering with plans to graduate in the spring of 2020.

Career

Keiser debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in the 2012–13 season. She won gold in Istanbul, ^[2] Turkey and placed fourth in her next event, in Chemnitz, Germany. She qualified for the JGP Final in Sochi, Russia, where she finished 6th. She withdrew from the 2013 U.S. Championships.

Keiser finished tenth at the 2014 U.S. Championships. During the 2014–15 JGP series, she won a bronze medal in Ljubljana, Slovenia and then competed in Dresden, Germany.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2014–2015 [3]	Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy	Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms
2013–2014 [4]	Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo	Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
2012–2013 [5]	Intro. and Rondo Capriccioso by Camille Saint-Saëns	Seasons by Alexander Glazunov
2011–2012 [1]		Dr. Zhivago by Maurice Jarre
2010–2011 [1]	Asturias by Isaac Albéniz	Alexander by Vangelis
2009–2010 [1]	Art On Ice by Edvin Marton	Carmen performed by the British Symphony Orchestra

Competitive highlights

2009–present

International: Junior [6]
Event	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15
JGP Final				6th
JGP Germany				4th		8th
JGP Slovenia						3rd
JGP Turkey				1st
Int. Challenge Cup			1st J.
National [1]
U.S. Champ.	1st N		12th	WD	10th	12th
Pacific Coast	3rd N.	6th J.	1st		3rd	2nd
Southwest Pacific	2nd N.	3rd J.	1st
WD = Withdrew; Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

2007–2009

National [1]
Event	2007–08	2008–09
U.S. Junior Championships	1st Jv.
Southwest Pacific Regionals	2nd Jv.	6th I.
Jv. = Juvenile; I. = Intermediate

Detailed results

2014–15 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
November 19–22, 2014	2015 Pacific Coast	Senior	1 59.57	2 102.77	2 162.34
October 1–4, 2014	2014 JGP Germany	Junior	7 49.66	9 78.97	8 128.63
August 27–30, 2014	2014 JGP Slovenia	Junior	8 47.66	3 101.58	3 149.24
2013–14 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
January 5–12, 2014	2014 U.S. Championships	Senior	8 57.41	9 102.92	10 160.33
November 19–23, 2013	2014 Pacific Coast	Senior	1 56.92	3 89.71	3 146.63
2012–13 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
December 6–9, 2012	2012-13 JGP Final	Junior	6 47.23	6 90.21	6 137.44
October 10–13, 2012	2012 JGP Germany	Junior	2 55.14	7 86.01	4 141.15
September 19–22, 2012	2012 JGP Turkey	Junior	3 50.70	1 105.63	1 156.33
2011–12 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 8–11, 2012	2012 Challenge Cup	Junior	1 51.64	1 93.63	1 145.27
January 22–29, 2012	2012 U.S. Championships	Senior	10 52.44	11 93.11	12 145.55

References

1. "Leah Keiser". IceNetwork.
   • Earlier versions: 2012 to 2013 at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
2. "ISU JGP Bosphorus Istanbul 2012, JUNIOR LADIES FREE SKATING" (PDF). isuresults.com. 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
3. "Leah KEISER: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 27, 2014.
4. "Leah KEISER: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014.
5. "Leah KEISER: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013.
6. "Competition Results: Leah KEISER". International Skating Union.

External links

Media related to Leah Keiser at Wikimedia Commons

• Leah Keiser at the International Skating Union
• Leah Keiser at IceNetwork