Livia Kaiser (born 2 October 2004) is a

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. 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

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, finishing fourth in

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Personal life

Kaiser was born on 2 October 2004 in

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, Switzerland. She aspires to become either a

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or a figure skating coach.

Career

Early years

Kaiser became inspired to take up figure skating at age seven after watching countrywoman Sarah Meier win the 2011 European Championships. 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 The Volvo Open Cup is an annual international figure skating competition held in Riga, Latvia. In some years, the event is part of the ISU Challenger Series. Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance ...

. She made her first appearance on the Challenger series at the

2021 CS Finlandia Trophy The 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy was held on October 7–10, 2021 in Espoo, Finland. It was part of the 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, pairs, an ...

, coming nineteenth.

2022–23 season

Kaiser was assigned to make her debut on the

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, 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

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, seventh at the

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, and sixth at the

2022 CS Warsaw Cup The 2022 CS Warsaw Cup was held on November 17–20, 2022, in Warsaw, Poland. It was the ninth event of the 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Entries The Inter ...

. At the 2023 Swiss Championships, Kaiser won the gold medal for the first time. She finished the season by making her

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debut at the 2023 edition, where she placed eighteenth.

2023–24 season

Kaiser began the season with three Challenger assignments, coming fourth at both the

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and Budapest Trophies and fifth at the

2023 CS Warsaw Cup The 2023 CS Warsaw Cup was held on November 15–17, 2023, in Warsaw, Poland. It was part of the 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, and ice dance. Entries The International Skating Union pu ...

. She won her second bronze medal at the Swiss Championships. Appearing at the

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, Kaiser set new personal best results in both segments and overall and finished fourth at the competition, 7.57 points back of bronze medalist

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of Belgium. Of the result, Kaiser remarked "I still could do a little bit better but honestly, I am super pleased." 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,

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

2024–25 season

Kaiser started the season by finishing fifth at the

2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy The 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy was held on September 19–21, 2024, in Oberstdorf, Germany. It was part of the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. En ...

. 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 The 2024 Grand Prix de France was the third event of the 2024–25 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Angers IceParc in Angers from November 1–3. Medals were award ...

. She would then go on to compete on the

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, finishing sixth at the

2024 CS Warsaw Cup The 2024 CS Warsaw Cup was held on November 20–24, 2024, in Warsaw, Poland. It was part of the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. Entries The International Skating U ...

and seventh at the

2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb The 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb was held on December 4–7, 2024, in Zagreb, Croatia. It was part of the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. Entries The Internationa ...

. In mid-December, Kaiser won the silver medal at the 2025 Swiss Championships behind

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. 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. Kaiser resumed training shortly before the 2025 World Championships in March, where she placed twenty-third in the short program and remained in twenty-third after the free skate. Her placement, in addition to Kimmy Repond's twelfth-place finish won Switzerland two quotas for women's singles skating at the

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Programs

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

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Detailed results

Senior level

Junior level

References

External links

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