Liam Kapeikis

Liam Kapeikis
Liam Kapeikis at the 2022 Skate America
Born	(2004-06-28) June 28, 2004 (age 20) Wenatchee, Washington, United States
Hometown	Blaine, Washington
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	United States
Discipline	Men's singles
Coach	Keegan Murphy Louise Kapeikis Eileen Murphy
Skating club	Wenatchee Figure Skating Club
Began skating	2010

Liam Kapeikis (born June 28, 2004) ^[1] is an American figure skater. He is the 2020 U.S. national junior bronze medalist.

Personal life

Liam Kapeikis was born on June 28, 2004, in Wenatchee, Washington to parents, Louise and Paul. ^[2] Kapeikis has two sisters, Kaela and Danika. His parents and sister, Kaela, have skated with Disney on Ice.

Kapeikis holds citizenship for the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. ^{[3] [4]}

Career

Early career

Kapeikis began figure skating at the age of seven. His parents coached him in Wenatchee, Washington until the age of fifteen when he relocated to Richmond, British Columbia to be coached by former Canadian figure skater Keegan Murphy. ^[4]

2019–20 season

Competing on the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix, he placed eleventh at 2019 JGP Latvia. In January, he won the junior bronze medal at the 2020 U.S. Championships. ^[5] Kapeikis was later assigned to compete at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he placed 10th.

2020–21 season

Kapeikis finished ninth at the 2021 U.S. Junior Championships.

2021–22 season

Kapeikis started the season at the Skating Club of Boston's Cranberry Cup, where he finished fifth place at the junior level. In January 2022, he finished seventh at the U.S. national championships, placing eighth in the short program and sixth in the free skate. After attending the US junior camp, he was named to the US team for the 2022 World Junior Championships. At the 2022 World Junior Championships, Kapeikis placed fourth in the short program with a clean skate but placed twelfth in the free skate with several jump errors. As a result, he dropped to eighth place overall. ^[6]

Making his senior international debut, he took the bronze medal at the Egna Spring Trophy in April.

2022–23 season

After winning gold at the Philadelphia Summer International, Kapeikis made his Challenger debut at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, finishing eighth. Kapeikis then went on to make his senior Grand Prix debut at 2022 Skate America, where he placed seventh after finishing eighth in both the short program and free skate segments.

He went on to win the gold medal at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge.

At the 2023 U.S. Championships, Kapeikis placed fourth in the short program and tenth in the free skate, finishing the event in sixth place overall.

Selected to compete at the 2023 Four Continents Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Kapeikis finished fourteenth after placing thirteenth in the short program and fourteenth in the free skate. ^[1]

2023–24 season

Kapeikis began the season with a sixth-place finish at the 2023 Cranberry Cup International. He finished thirteenth at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skate	Exhibition	Ref.
2019–20	Never Enough (from The Greatest Showman) By Benj Pasek & Justin Paul Performed by Boyce Avenue	Les Misérables By Claude-Michel Schönberg	—	[7]
2020–21	Kyrie By Mr. Mister			[8]
2021–22	Man of La Mancha By Mitch Leigh Choreo. by Keegan Murphy & Joey Russell	Moulin Rouge! By Craig Armstrong Choreo. by Keegan Murphy &Joey Russell		[8]
2022–23	Mask of Zorro By James Horner Choreo. by Keegan Murphy & Joey Russell		"Greased Lightnin'" (from Grease) By John Travolta "Shout" By Tears for Fears Performed by Zayde Wølf	[9]
2023–24	Jesus Christ Superstar The Overture Gethsemane By Andrew Lloyd Webber Choreo. by Joey Russell	The Boxer By Simon & Garfunkel Performed by Mumford & Sons Regained Faith By Karl Hugo Choreo. by Joey Russell	"I Lived" By OneRepublic Greased Lightnin'	[10]
2024–25	"Movement" By Hozier Choreo. by Joey Russell			[11]

Competitive highlights

• GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
• JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
• CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series

Competition placements at senior level  ^[12]

Season	2021–22	2022–23	2023-24	2024–25
Four Continents Championships		14th
U.S. Championships	7th	6th	13th	8th
GP Finland			9th
GP Skate America		7th
GP Skate Canada			8th
CS Cranberry Cup			6th	10th
CS Finlandia Trophy			13th
CS Ice Challenge		1st
CS Nebelhorn Trophy		8th
CS Trophée Métropole Nice				7th
Egna Spring Trophy	3rd
Philadelphia Summer		1st		2nd
Road to 26 Trophy				TBD

Competition placements at junior level  ^[12]

Season	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22
Winter Youth Olympics	10th
Winter Youth Olympics (Team event)	8th
World Junior Championships			8th
U.S. Championships	3rd	9th
JGP Latvia	11th
Cranberry Cup			5th

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System  ^[12]

Segment	Type	Score	Event
Total	TSS	223.02	2022 CS Ice Challenge
Short program	TSS	79.83	2022 World Junior Championships
	TES	43.55	2022 World Junior Championships
	PCS	37.39	2023 Skate Canada International
Free skating	TSS	148.56	2023 Skate Canada International
	TES	75.36	2023 Skate Canada International
	PCS	74.38	2022 World Junior Championships

Senior level

Results in the 2021–22 season   ^[12]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Jan 3–9, 2022	2022 U.S. Championships	8	73.77	6	147.54	7	221.31
Apr 7–10, 2022	2022 Egna Spring Trophy	3	71.52	2	148.29	3	219.81

Results in the 2022–23 season   ^[12]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 4–7, 2022	2022 Philadelphia Summer International	1	72.91	1	136.65	1	209.56
Sep 21–24, 2022	2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	8	67.48	9	124.24	8	191.72
Oct 21–23, 2022	2022 Skate America	8	74.29	8	145.21	7	219.50
Nov 9–13, 2022	2022 CS Ice Challenge	1	76.46	2	146.56	1	223.02
Jan 23–29, 2023	2023 U.S. Championships	4	82.27	10	144.58	6	226.55
Feb 7–12, 2023	2023 Four Continents Championships	13	71.43	14	126.57	14	198.00

Results in the 2023–24 season   ^[12]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 9–13, 2023	2023 Cranberry Cup International	3	74.31	9	117.68	6	193.39
Oct 4–8, 2023	2023 CS Finlandia Trophy	14	67.27	13	113.76	13	181.03
Oct 27–29, 2023	2023 Skate Canada International	10	71.59	7	148.56	8	220.15
Nov 17–19, 2023	2023 Grand Prix of Espoo	9	69.10	10	127.84	9	196.94
Jan 22-28, 2024	2024 U.S. Championships	10	72.44	15	120.05	9	192.69

Results in the 2024–25 season   ^[12]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Jul 31–Aug 4, 2024	2024 Philadelphia Summer Championships	4	68.96	2	136.69	2	205.65
Aug 8–11, 2024	2024 CS Cranberry Cup International	11	65.96	9	130.68	10	196.64
Oct 16–20, 2024	2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur	10	68.15	7	140.78	7	208.93
Jan 20–26, 2025	2025 U.S. Championships	5	84.01	14	129.69	8	213.70

Junior level

Results in the 2019–20 season   ^[12]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 4–7, 2019	2019 JGP Latvia	7	64.76	16	97.57	11	162.33
Jan 10–15, 2020	2020 Winter Youth Olympics	14	49.57	9	112.02	10	161.59
Jan 10–15, 2020	2020 Winter Youth Olympics (Team event)	—	—	4	117.28	8	—
Jan 20–26, 2020	2020 U.S. Championships (Junior)	2	68.12	4	121.03	3	189.15

Results in the 2020–21 season   ^[12]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Jan 11–21, 2021	2021 U.S. Championships (Junior)	10	58.37	9	104.52	9	162.89

Results in the 2021–22 season   ^[12]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 11–15, 2021	2021 Cranberry Cup International	8	51.33	5	109.03	5	160.36
Apr 13–17, 2022	2022 World Junior Championships	4	79.83	12	131.11	8	210.94

References

1. "Competition Results - Liam Kapeikis (USA)". International Skating Union .
2. Lamb, Kyle (January 10, 2022). "Wenatchee Figure Skater Takes 7th in U.S. Championships". News Radio 560 KPQ. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
3. "Liam Kapeikis". ISU Results. ISU. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
4. "Liam Kapeikis' Grand Prix dreams to come true at Skate America". Figure Skaters Online. October 13, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
5. "First Junior Champions Crowned at U.S. Championships". ijs.usfigureskating.org. January 22, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
6. "Ilia Malinin Captures Men's Title at World Junior Championships". ijs.usfigureskating.org. April 16, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
7. "Liam Kapeikis: 2019/2020". International Skating Union . Archived from the original on September 21, 2019.
8. "Liam Kapeikis". US Figure Skating Fan Zone. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
9. "Liam Kapeikis: 2022/2023". International Skating Union . Archived from the original on February 10, 2023.
10. "Liam Kapeikis: 2023/2024". International Skating Union . Archived from the original on April 21, 2024.
11. "Liam Kapeikis: 2024/2025". International Skating Union . Archived from the original on August 22, 2024.
12. "USA–Liam Kapeikis". SkatingScores.

External links

• Liam Kapeikis at the International Skating Union
• Liam Kapeikis at SkatingScores