Alysa Liu: podcast appearances and interviews

Alysa Liu is an American figure skater born on August 8, 2005. She has achieved numerous notable titles, including the 2026 Olympic gold medal in both the women's singles and team events. Liu is the 2025 World champion, the 2022 World bronze medalist, and the champion of the 2025-26 Grand Prix Final. She has also earned medals at the Grand Prix series and has been a U.S. national champion twice. Her accomplishments at the junior level include the 2020 World Junior bronze medal, a silver medal at the 2019-20 Junior Grand Prix Final, and being a two-time Junior Grand Prix champion. In 2018, she became the U.S. junior national champion. As a teenager, Liu made history by becoming the youngest-ever U.S. women's national champion at age 13, and the youngest skater to win two senior national titles. She was also the first woman to win consecutive U.S. titles since 2012 and 2013 and the first since 2008 to win junior and senior titles back-to-back. After a period of retirement, Liu returned to competitive skating and claimed the world title in 2025, the first U.S. woman to do so since 2006. Her Olympic success in 2026 marked the first American individual medal since 2006 and the first gold since 2002. Liu is known for her technical prowess as an accomplished jumper, being the first woman to land both a quadruple jump and a triple Axel in the same program, as well as landing a triple Axel-triple toe loop combination. She has made numerous pioneering achievements in American and international figure skating.