Leah Keiser (born September 13, 1997) is an American former
figure skater
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. She is the 2012
JGP Turkey gold medalist.
Personal life
Leah Keiser was born in
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. She has a sister, Emily, a half-sister, Stephanie, and two half-brothers, Alex and
Thomas, who play in the
NFL
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for the
San Diego Chargers
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.
[ Leah now attends Northwestern University studying chemical engineering with plans to graduate in the spring of 2020.
]
Career
Keiser debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in the 2012–13
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season. She won gold in Istanbul,Chemnitz
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, Germany. She qualified for the JGP Final in Sochi
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, Russia, where she finished 6th. She withdrew from the 2013 U.S. Championships.
Keiser finished tenth at the 2014 U.S. Championships. During the 2014–15 JGP series, she won a bronze medal in Ljubljana, Slovenia and then competed in Dresden, Germany.
Programs
Competitive highlights
2009–present
2007–2009
Detailed results
References
External links
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Leah Keiser
at IceNetwork
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1997 births
American female single skaters
Living people
Sportspeople from Pittsburgh
21st-century American women