Livia Kaiser

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Livia Kaiser
Livia Kaiser 2024 Worlds Short Program 1.jpg
Kaiser at the 2024 World Championships
Born (2004-10-02) 2 October 2004 (age 19)
Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Hometown Amlikon, Switzerland
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
CoachLinda Van Troyen, Sindra Kriisa
Skating clubDuebendorf SC
Began skating2011

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 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]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2023–2024
[6] [7] [8]
  • 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
[9]
2021–2022
[10]

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 TBD
GP Skate America TBD
CS Budapest Trophy 4th
CS Finlandia Trophy 19th
CS Ice Challenge 7th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 14th4th
CS Warsaw Cup 6th5th
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 J3rd1st3rd
WD = Withdrew
J = Junior

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References

  1. 1 2 Bollhalder, Janine (27 May 2019). "Der Thurgauer Traum vom Glitzer auf Eis" [The Thurgau dream of glitter on ice] (in German). Basellandschaftliche Zeitung.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Livia KAISER: Competition Results". International Skating Union . Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  3. ↑ Slater, Paula (January 13, 2024). "Hendrickx finally clinches gold at Europeans". Golden Skate. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  4. ↑ Zegler, Rachel [@rachelzegler] (January 14, 2024). "this is so cool 😭 sitting here gobsmacked that my voice is being used for such beauty ⛸️🫶🏼" (Tweet). Archived from the original on January 15, 2024 – via Twitter.
  5. ↑ Slater, Paula (March 23, 2024). "Kaori Sakamoto takes third consecutive World title". Golden Skate. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Livia KAISER: 2023/2024 (1st FP)". International Skating Union . Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "Livia KAISER: 2023/2024 (2nd FP)". International Skating Union . Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  8. ↑ "Livia KAISER (SUI) - Women Short Program - Kaunas 2024 - #EuroFigure". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  9. ↑ "Livia KAISER: 2022/2023". International Skating Union . Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "Livia KAISER:2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
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