Olivia Lisko

Olivia Lisko

Personal information
Born	(2006-05-18) 18 May 2006 (age 19) Turku, Finland
Home town	Helsinki, Finland
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Finland
Discipline	Women's singles
Coach	Virpi Horttana
Skating club	Espoon Jäätaiturit
Began skating	2009
Medal record
Finnish Championships 2025 Rauma Singles 2024 Helsinki Singles 2026 Lahti Singles

Olivia Lisko (born 18 May 2006) is a Finnish figure skater. She is the 2025 CS Tallinn Trophy champion, the 2025 Nordic Championships champion, and the 2024 Finnish national champion.

Personal life

Lisko was born on 18 May 2006 in Turku, Finland. ^[1] She has three younger siblings, Aurora, Alvar, and Iiris, who are also skaters. ^[2]

Career

2019–20 season

Lisko competed at the junior level during the 2019–20 figure skating season, winning two international bronze medals at the 2019 Halloween Cup at the 2020 Nordic Championships. At the 2020 Finnish Championships, Lisko placed third in the short program and second in the free skate, placing second overall. ^[1]

2020–21 season

Lisko did not compete during the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the season, she began training to land a triple axel. ^[3]

2021–22 season

Lisko began the season by competing at the 2021–22 Junior Grand Prix series, finishing eleventh at the 2021 JGP Slovakia and tenth at the 2021 JGP Slovenia, before going on to finish third at the 2021 Tallinn Trophy. ^[1]

Lisko would then go on to compete at the 2022 Finnish Championships, placing fifth at the senior level. ^[4]

During the second half of the season, Lisko made her senior international debut at the 2022 Bavarian Open, placing sixth. She next competed at the 2022 Nordic Championships, winning the bronze medal, and the 2022 Jégvirág Cup, where she won the silver medal. ^[1]

Lisko finished her season at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, where she won the silver medal. ^[4]

2022–23 season

Durign the 2022–23 figure skating season, Lisko competed fully at the senior level. She began the season by ocmpeting at the 2022 Tirnavia Ice Cup and 2022 NRW Trophy, placing seventh and fifth respectively. At the 2023 Finnish Championships, Lisko placed second in the short program and fourth in the free skate, finishing fourth overall and missing the podium by less than a point. ^[4]

Lisko next competed at the 2023 Volvo Open Cup and 2023 Nordic Championships, winning the bronze medal at both competitions. ^[4]

2023–24 season

Lisko opened the 2023–24 figure skating season at the 2023 Jelgava Cup, placing ninth. Lisko competed at her first ISU Challenger Series competition at the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy, finishing seventeenth. She then competed at the 2023 Swiss Open, winning the bronze medal, then the 2023 CS Warsaw Cup, placing eleventh with a new personal best score of 149.21. ^[4]

At the 2024 Finnish Championships, Lisko placed first in the short program and third in the free skate, finishing second overall. This marked her first senior national championship medal. At the 2024 Nordic Championships, Lisko once again won the bronze medal. ^[4]

2024–25 season

Lisko began the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series circuit, finishing fourteenth at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and eighth at the 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur, earning a personal best score of 152.79 at the latter competition. She followed these results up with a second-place finish at the 2024 Volvo Open Cup. ^[4]

Lisko made her ISU Grand Prix debut at the 2024 Finlandia Trophy after being selected as a host pick alongside Janna Jyrkinen. Lisko finished the event in twelfth place. ^[4]

In December, she won her first national title at the 2025 Finnish Championships after winning both the short program and free skate. Lisko would go on to medal at every event she competed in during the rest of the season. Lisko won gold at both the 2025 Volvo Open Cup and 2025 Nordic Championships, bronze at the 2025 Bellu Memorial, and silver at the 2025 Sonja Henie Memorial. ^[4]

2025–26 season

Lisko began her season on the 2025–26 ISU Challenger Series circuit, finishing seventh at the 2025 CS Lombardia Trophy and thirteenth at the 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy. Her score of 173.95 at the Lombardia Trophy marked a 20-point improvement upon her previous personal best score. At the 2025 Swiss Open, Lisko won the silver medal. ^[4]

Lisko was once again selected as a host pick to the Finnish Grand Prix event. At the 2025 Finlandia Trophy, Lisko placed seventh in the short program and ninth in the free skate, finishing ninth overall with a score of 164.67. The next week, Lisko competed at the 2025 CS Tallinn Trophy, where she placed first in both the short program and free skate, finishing first overall and winning her first ISU Challenger Series title. Her final score of 196.23 incresaed her personal best score by over 20 points yet again. ^[4]

At the 2026 Finnish Championships, Lisko placed first in the short program and second in the free skate, finishing first overall behind Iida Karhunen. ^[4]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2025–2026 [5]	I Knew I Loved You by Le Muse choreo. by Sari Hakola	Across the Stars from Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Julian Riem & John Williams choreo. by Sari Hakola
2024–2025 [6]		Invierno Porteño by Astor Piazzolla performed by Gidon Kremer & Kremerata Baltica choreo. by Sari Hakola
2023–2024 [7]	Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin performed by Rodrigo y Gabriela choreo. by Sari Hakola
2022–2023 [8]	I Love Paris by Mathieu Boogaerts & Cole Porter choreo. by Sari Hakola	Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra on Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin performed by John Williams, Joshua Bell, & London Symphony Orchestra choreo. by Sari Hakola
2021–2022 [9]

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
• WD – Withdrew from competition
• C – Event was cancelled

Competition placements at senior level  ^[4]

Season	2021-22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	2025–26
Finnish Championships	5th	4th	2nd	1st	2nd
GP Finland				12th	9th
CS Budapest Trophy			17th
CS Lombardia Trophy					7th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy				14th
CS Tallinn Trophy					1st
CS Trialeti Trophy					13th
CS Trophée Métropole Nice				8th
CS Warsaw Cup			11th
Bavarian Open	6th
Bellu Memorial				3rd
Challenge Cup		11th
Jégvirág Cup	2nd
Nordic Championships	3rd	3rd	3rd	1st
NRW Trophy		5th
Sonja Henie Trophy			4th	2nd
Swiss Ice Skating Open			3rd		2nd
Tallink Hotels Cup		4th
Tallinn Trophy	3rd
Tirnavia Ice Cup		7th
Volvo Open Cup		3rd	5th	1st
Volvo Open Cup [a]				2nd

1. 52nd Volvo Cup Open

Competition placements at junior level  ^[4]

Season	2019–20	2021–22
Finnish Championships	2nd
JGP Slovakia		11th
JGP Slovenia		10th
Challenge Cup	7th
European Youth Olympic Festival		2nd
Halloween Cup	3rd
Mentor Toruń Cup	10th
Nordic Championships	3rd
Tallinn Trophy	4th

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System  ^[4]

Segment	Type	Score	Event
Total	TSS	196.23	2025 CS Tallinn Trophy
Short program	TSS	67.47	2025 CS Tallinn Trophy
	TES	37.28	2025 CS Tallinn Trophy
	PCS	30.19	2025 CS Tallinn Trophy
Free skating	TSS	128.76	2025 CS Tallinn Trophy
	TES	65.08	2025 CS Tallinn Trophy
	PCS	63.68	2025 CS Tallinn Trophy

Senior level

Results in the 2021–22 season   ^[4]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Nov 16–21, 2021	2021 Tallinn Trophy	2	55.27	4	98.94	3	154.21
Dec 17–19, 2021	2022 Finnish Championships	5	50.90	5	95.84	5	146.74
Jan 18–23, 2022	2022 Bavarian Open	7	52.34	6	98.76	6	151.10
Jan 27–30, 2022	2022 Nordic Championships	5	49.52	3	100.11	3	149.63
Feb 11–13, 2022	2022 Jégvirág Cup	4	52.49	1	113.89	2	166.38

Results in the 2022–23 season   ^[4]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 28–29, 2022	2022 Tirnavia Ice Cup	2	53.16	7	77.40	7	130.56
Nov 24–27, 2022	2022 NRW Trophy	2	56.45	7	83.58	5	140.03
Dec 16–18, 2022	2023 Finnish Championships	2	55.26	4	100.40	4	155.66
Jan 19–22, 2023	48th Volvo Open Cup	2	57.74	3	113.56	3	171.30
Feb 2–5, 2023	2023 Nordic Championships	4	55.91	2	110.25	3	166.16
Feb 16–19, 2023	2023 Tallink Hotels Cup	5	57.40	4	102.70	4	160.10
Feb 23–26, 2023	2023 International Challenge Cup	15	51.14	10	109.13	11	160.27

Results in the 2023–24 season   ^[4]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 16–17, 2023	2023 Jelgava Cup	6	46.78	9	81.06	9	127.84
Oct 13–15, 2023	2023 CS Budapest Trophy	17	50.34	19	90.85	17	141.19
Oct 26–29, 2023	2023 Swiss Ice Skating Open	4	51.91	3	90.57	3	142.48
Nov 16–19, 2023	2023 CS Warsaw Cup	8	53.89	13	95.32	11	149.21
Dec 15–17, 2023	2024 Finnish Championships	1	61.67	3	110.11	2	171.78
Jan 18–21, 2024	51st Volvo Open Cup	7	44.78	5	83.45	5	128.23
Feb 1–4, 2024	2024 Nordic Championships	2	51.67	2	102.30	3	153.97
Mar 8–10, 2024	2024 Sonja Henje Trophy	4	49.96	4	93.21	4	143.17

Results in the 2024–25 season   ^[4]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 19–21, 2024	2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	12	50.74	14	85.63	14	136.37
Oct 16–20, 2024	2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur	14	48.08	6	104.71	8	152.79
Oct 31 – Nov 3, 2024	52nd Volvo Open Cup	3	55.53	1	102.70	2	158.23
Nov 15–17, 2024	2024 Finlandia Trophy	10	54.68	12	98.99	12	153.67
Dec 13–15, 2024	2025 Finnish Championships	1	62.10	1	107.83	1	169.93
Jan 16–19, 2025	53rd Volvo Open Cup	1	55.34	1	111.55	1	166.89
Feb 1–4, 2024	2024 Nordic Championships	3	55.88	1	109.98	1	165.86
Feb 18–23, 2025	2025 Bellu Memorial	5	54.96	3	109.30	3	164.26
Mar 6–9, 2025	2025 Sonja Henje Trophy	1	60.18	2	114.04	2	174.22

Results in the 2025–26 season   ^[4]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 11–14, 2025	2025 CS Lombardia Trophy	8	63.15	7	110.80	7	173.95
Oct 8–11, 2025	2025 CS Trialeti Trophy	11	51.38	11	106.06	13	157.44
Oct 23–26, 2025	2025 Swiss Ice Skating Open	3	58.41	3	112.99	2	171.40
Nov 21–23, 2025	2025 Finlandia Trophy	7	61.00	9	103.67	9	164.67
Nov 25–30, 2025	2025 CS Tallinn Trophy	1	67.47	1	128.76	1	196.23
Dec 12–14, 2025	2026 Finnish Championships	1	65.10	2	116.58	2	181.68

Junior level

Results in the 2019–20 season   ^[4]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 17–19, 2019	2019 Halloween Cup	6	44.34	3	82.92	3	127.26
Nov 11–17, 2019	2019 Tallinn Trophy	6	44.34	4	85.84	3	130.32
Dec 13–15, 2019	2020 Finnish Championships	3	47.16	2	89.34	2	136.50
Jan 7–12, 2020	2020 Mentor Toruń Cup	15	36.60	9	80.10	10	116.70
Feb 5–9, 2020	2020 Nordic Championships	13	38.69	3	82.28	3	120.97
Feb 20–23, 2020	2020 International Challenge Cup	6	52.61	7	90.38	7	142.99

Results in the 2020–21 season   ^[4]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 1–4, 2021	2021 JGP Slovakia	17	43.21	11	88.67	11	131.88
Sep 22–25, 2021	2021 JGP Slovenia	11	49.93	10	96.28	10	146.21
Mar 20–25, 2022	2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival	1	57.94	4	97.09	2	155.03

References

1. "Olivia LISKO: Competition Results". International Skating Union . Retrieved 23 November 2025.
2. "Liskot luistelivat pääkaupunkiseudulle" [Liskos skated to the capital region] (in Finnish). Skating Finland.
3. [hhttps://www.skatingfinland.fi/henkilot/laura-karhunen-ja-olivia-lisko-kolmea-kierrosta-ylittamassa/ "Seura- ja maajoukkuekaverit Laura Karhunen ja Olivia Lisko"] [Club and national team teammates Laura Karhunen and Olivia Lisko] (in Finnish). Skating Finland.
4. "FIN-Olivia LISKO". SkatingScores.com.
5. "Olivia LISKO: 2025/2026". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 October 2025.
6. "Olivia LISKO: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 December 2024.
7. "Olivia LISKO: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 November 2023.
8. "Olivia LISKO: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
9. "Olivia LISKO: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021.