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.
| Livia Kaiser | |
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 Kaiser at the 2024 World Championships | |
| Born | 2 October 2004 Frauenfeld, Switzerland |
| Hometown | Amlikon, Switzerland |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  Switzerland |
| Coach | Linda Van Troyen, Sindra Kriisa |
| Skating club | Duebendorf SC |
| Began skating | 2011 |
Personal life edit
Kaiser was born on 2 October 2004 in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. She aspires to become either a veterinarian or a figure skating coach.[1]
Career edit
Early years edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2023–2024 [6][7][8] |
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| 2022–2023 [9] |
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| 2021–2022 [10] |
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Competitive highlights edit
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix.
| International[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 19–20 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 |
| Worlds | 9th | |||
| Europeans | 18th | 4th | ||
| CS Budapest Trophy | 4th | |||
| CS Finlandia Trophy | 19th | |||
| CS Ice Challenge | 7th | |||
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 14th | 4th | ||
| CS Warsaw Cup | 6th | 5th | ||
| Bavarian Open | 1st | |||
| Swiss Open | 5th | |||
| Volvo Open Cup | 2nd | |||
| International: Junior[2] | ||||
| Junior Worlds | 21st | |||
| JGP France | 13th | |||
| JGP Italy | 20th | |||
| Alpenpokal | 1st | |||
| Dragon Trophy | 6th | |||
| Prague Ice Cup | 3rd | |||
| Santa Claus Cup | 8th | WD | 4th | |
| Trophée Métropole Nice | 2nd | |||
| National[2] | ||||
| Swiss Champ. | 8th J | 3rd | 1st | 3rd |
| WD = Withdrew J = Junior | ||||
References edit
- ^ a b Bollhalder, Janine (27 May 2019). "Der Thurgauer Traum vom Glitzer auf Eis" [The Thurgau dream of glitter on ice] (in German). Basellandschaftliche Zeitung.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Livia KAISER: Competition Results". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ Slater, Paula (January 13, 2024). "Hendrickx finally clinches gold at Europeans". Golden Skate. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Slater, Paula (March 23, 2024). "Kaori Sakamoto takes third consecutive World title". Golden Skate. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
- ^ "Livia KAISER: 2023/2024 (1st FP)". International Skating Union. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Livia KAISER: 2023/2024 (2nd FP)". International Skating Union. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Livia KAISER (SUI) - Women Short Program - Kaunas 2024 - #EuroFigure". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Livia KAISER: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ "Livia KAISER:2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.