Livia Kaiser

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Livia Kaiser
Livia Kaiser 2024 Worlds Short Program 1.jpg
Livia Kaiser at the 2024 World Championships
Born (2004-10-02) 2 October 2004 (age 20)
Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Hometown Amlikon, Switzerland
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Discipline Women's singles
CoachLinda Van Troyen
Sindra Kriisa
Skating clubDuebendorf Skating Club
Began skating2011
Medal record
Swiss Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Chur Singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Geneva Singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Lucerne Singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Küsnacht Singles

Livia Kaiser (born 2 October 2004) is a Swiss figure skater. She is the 2023 Swiss national champion, a two-time Swiss national bronze medalist, and the 2021 Volvo Open Cup silver medalist. Kaiser has represented Switzerland at the European Championships, finishing fourth in 2024.

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Personal life

Kaiser was born on 2 October 2004 in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. She aspires to become either a veterinarian or a figure skating coach. [1]

Career

Early years

Kaiser became inspired to take up figure skating at age seven after watching countrywoman Sarah Meier win the 2011 European Championships. [1]

In the 2021–22 season, Kaiser reached the Swiss national podium for the first time as bronze medalist, and won silver medals internationally at the junior level at the Trophée Métropole Nice and the senior level at the Volvo Open Cup. She made her first appearance on the Challenger series at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, coming nineteenth. [2]

2022–23 season

Kaiser was assigned to make her debut on the Junior Grand Prix, placing thirteenth at the 2022 JGP France and twentieth at the 2022 JGP Italy. She made three appearances on the Challenger circuit, finishing fourtheenth at the Nebelhorn Trophy, seventh at the Ice Challenge, and sixth at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup. [2]

At the 2023 Swiss Championships, Kaiser won the gold medal for the first time. She finished the season by making her European Championship debut at the 2023 edition, where she placed eighteenth. [2]

2023–24 season

Kaiser during her free skate at the 2024 World Championships Livia Kaiser 2024 Worlds Free Skate 1.jpg
Kaiser during her free skate at the 2024 World Championships

Kaiser began the season with three Challenger assignments, coming fourth at both the Nebelhorn and Budapest Trophies and fifth at the 2023 CS Warsaw Cup. She won her second bronze medal at the Swiss Championships. [2]

Appearing at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Kaiser set new personal best results in both segments and overall and finished fourth at the competition, 7.57 points back of bronze medalist Nina Pinzarrone of Belgium. Of the result, Kaiser remarked "I still could do a little bit better but honestly, I am super pleased." [3] Her new free skate program that she adopted for the second half of the season included music from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes , and drew praise from the film's star, Rachel Zegler. [4]

In the leadup to the 2024 World Championships, Kaiser won gold at the 2024 Bavarian Open. [2] At the World Championships, she came in ninth, and said she was "very happy I could finish my season with another good competition." [5]

2024–25 season

Kaiser started the season by finishing fifth at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. One month later, she debuted on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, finishing eighth at 2024 Skate America and ninth at the 2024 Grand Prix de France. She would then go on to compete on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing sixth at the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup and seventh at the 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. [2]

In mid-December, Kaiser won the silver medal at the 2025 Swiss Championships behind Kimmy Repond. [6] She was assigned to compete at the 2025 European Championships; however, she withdrew after she injured herself in training two days before she was to leave to compete. [7]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024–2025
[8]
2023–2024
[9] [10] [11]
  • Impromptu No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra
  • Concerto Grosso in C Minor + End Credits
  • Andante Moderato – End Credits
  • Succession – Main Title Theme
    (from Succession )
    by Nicholas Britell
    choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2022–2023
[12]
  • Impromptu No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra
  • Concerto Grosso in C Minor + End Credits
  • Andante Moderato – End Credits
  • Succession – Main Title Theme
    (from Succession )
    by Nicholas Britell
    choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2021–2022
[13]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix.

International [2]
Event 19–20 21–22 22–23 23–24 24–25
Worlds 9th
Europeans 18th4th
GP France 9th
GP Skate America 8th
CS Budapest Trophy 4th
CS Finlandia Trophy 19th
CS Golden Spin 7th
CS Ice Challenge 7th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 14th4th5th
CS Warsaw Cup 6th5th6th
Bavarian Open 1st
Swiss Open5th
Volvo Open Cup 2nd
International: Junior [2]
Junior Worlds 21st
JGP France 13th
JGP Italy 20th
Alpenpokal1st
Dragon Trophy 6th
Prague Ice Cup3rd
Santa Claus Cup 8thWD4th
Trophée Métropole Nice 2nd
National [2]
Swiss Champ. 8th J3rd1st3rd2nd

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System 
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS194.72 2024 European Championships
Short program TSS66.312024 European Championships
TES37.422024 European Championships
PCS29.74 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Free skating TSS128.412024 European Championships
TES68.702024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
PCS59.892024 European Championships

Senior level

ISU personal bests highlighted in bold. Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

2024–25 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
13–15 December 2024 2025 Swiss Championships 2
54.83		2
115.05		2
169.88
4–7 December 2024 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 15
45.35		5
115.95		7
161.30
20–24 November 2024 2024 CS Warsaw Cup 5
56.98		5
109.91		6
166.89
1–3 November 2024 2024 Grand Prix de France 8
58.35		9
109.92		9
168.27
18–20 October 2024 2024 Skate America 8
58.72		8
118.95		8
177.67
19–21 September 2024 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 3
62.87		4
128.37		5
191.24
2023–2024 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
18–24 March 2024 2024 World Championships 10
64.05		9
123.19		9
187.24
10–14 January 2024 2024 European Championships 4
66.31		4
128.41		4
194.72
15–17 December 2023 2024 Swiss Championships 5
46.90		3
111.17		3
158.07
15–17 November 2023 2023 CS Warsaw Cup 1
65.21		5
107.99		5
173.20
26–29 October 20232023 Swiss Open1
63.61		8
73.94		5
137.55
13–15 October 2023 2023 CS Budapest Trophy 3
62.77		6
107.62		4
170.39
20–23 September 2023 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 6
57.72		4
111.75		4
169.47
2022–23 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
25–29 January 2023 2023 European Championships 9
60.25		20
90.95		18
151.20
16–17 December 2022 2023 Swiss Championships 1
60.46		2
115.47		1
175.93
9–13 November 2022 2022 CS Ice Challenge 4
58.25		7
103.34		7
161.59
21–24 September 2022 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 14
47.21		14
81.13		14
128.34
2021–22 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
27–28 November 2021 2022 Swiss Championships 2
60.45		3
104.00		3
164.45
3–7 November 2021 2021 Volvo Open Cup 2
56.35		2
113.02		2
169.37
7–10 October 2021 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 20
49.52		19
94.62		19
144.14

Junior level

2022–23 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
27 February–5 March 2023 2023 World Junior Championships 18
52.71		23
78.24		22
130.95
28 November–4 December 2022 2022 Santa Claus Cup 24
39.60		2
108.49		4
148.09
12–15 October 2022 2022 JGP Italy 21
44.78		16
90.09		20
134.87
24–27 August 2022 2022 JGP France 16
44.13		13
88.06		13
132.19
2021–22 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
10–13 February 2022 2022 Dragon Trophy 7
45.79		6
88.85		6
134.64
6–12 December 2021 2021 Santa Claus Cup 8
51.78		WDWD
6–12 December 2021 2021 Cup of Nice 2
49.87		2
101.62		2
151.49
2019–20 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
7–8 December 2019 2020 Swiss Championships 4
44.58		9
64.84		8
109.42
2–8 December 2019 2019 Santa Claus Cup 6
41.26		9
70.91		8
112.17
8–10 November 20192019 Prague Ice Cup9
42.34		2
90.42		3
132.76

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