1) she is a happy soul.
2) Alysa_Liu conceived by egg donor-surrogate mother.
3) coached by Frank Carroll, who trained 4 world champions, including Michelle Kwan.
On March 28 at the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, Liu won the gold medal, winning both the short and free programs. Liu dethroned three-time defending champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan, and became the first American woman to win the World title since Kimmie Meissner in 2006.[98] Liu's victory marked a meteoric comeback after stepping away from the sport in 2022.[99][100]
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4).. She landed two triple Axels in the first 65 seconds of her program and then completed six more triple jumps.[59] Liu told reporters afterward, "This year I’m thinking, it’s a new decade, like, wow, what a good start!"[60] At the age of 14, Liu's win made her the youngest two-time women's U.S. champion and the first woman in seven years to win back-to-back U.S. championships, since Ashley Wagner in 2012 and 2013 and since Michelle Kwan won 8 consecutive titles. Bell and Tennell assisted Liu to the top tier of the podium during the awards ceremony, recreating what they had done the previous year.[59][33]
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Early life and family
[edit]Alysa Liu was born on August 8, 2005, in Clovis, California, the oldest child of Arthur Liu, an attorney who immigrated to the U.S. from a small mountain village in Sichuan, China, in the 1990s at the age of 25.[1][2] Liu is the oldest of five children; like her siblings, she was conceived through an anonymous egg donor and a surrogate mother.[3] At the time of Liu's birth, her father was still married to Yan "Mary" Qingxin, whom Liu and her siblings refer to as their mother and who acts as their legal guardian, even after her divorce from Arthur.[4]
Awards and recognition
[edit]In 2019, Liu was named to the inaugural Time 100 Next list that shines a light on the next generation of rising leaders. Michelle Kwan authored the recognition article.[109] In May 2020, Liu became a Gold House A100 Honoree.[113] The A100 List is released annually by Gold House and honors the 100 most impactful Asian Pacific leaders across a variety of industries such as business, technology, fashion and beauty, entertainment, music and sports.[114]
Personal life and education
[edit]Liu attended Chinese school for three years and before transferring to Oakland School for the Arts which, at the time, offered a figure skating program. When Liu started missing too many classes for travel related to competitions, she enrolled in California Connections Academy and began homeschooling at her father's law office in between practices.[8] Liu graduated from high school in June 2021 at age 15.[115] In fall 2023, she enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she currently studies psychology.[87][40]
In 2020, she limited her social media use after an abundance of very negative comments on her posts, causing her to find it "not worth it" and "exhausting."[44]
