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Alysa Liu’s Olympic run came with terms. Her choreographer helps her express them

2026-02-19 20:30:00 UTC

Liu is the best U.S. hope for an Olympic medal in women’s figure skating, which would be the country’s first in the competition since 2006.

What's on Alysa Liu's teeth? The story behind figure skater's style

2026-02-19 20:30:00 UTC

Olympic skater Alyssa Liu’s ‘smiley’ piercing may look cool - but the trend poses serious health risks

2026-02-19 20:30:00 UTC

The athlete did the piercings herself. But dentists say doing so could leave people vulnerable to serious infections

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Alysa Liu (born August 8, 2005) is an American figure skater. She is a 2026 Olympic Games team event gold medalist, the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships champion, 2022 World bronze medalist, 2025–26 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time Grand Prix medalist, a four-time Challenger Series champion, and a two-time U.S. national champion (2019, 2020). At age 16, she competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics, placing sixth. At the junior level, Liu is the 2020 World Junior bronze medalist, the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a two-time Junior Grand Prix champion, and the 2018 U.S. junior national champion.

Liu became the youngest-ever U.S. women's national champion when she won her first title at age 13. At age 14, she became the youngest skater to win two senior national titles. Liu is the first woman to win two consecutive U.S. titles since Ashley Wagner in 2012 and 2013. She is also the first woman to win the junior and senior titles back-to-back since Mirai Nagasu in 2008. At the 2025 World Championships in Boston, she became the first U.S. woman to win the world title since Kimmie Meissner in 2006.