Liam Kapeikis (born June 28, 2004)
International Skating Union. is an American
figure skater
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. He is the
2020 U.S. national junior bronze medalist.
Personal life
Liam Kapeikis was born on June 28, 2004, in
Wenatchee, Washington to parents, Louise and Paul. Kapeikis has two sisters, Kaela and Danika. His parents and sister, Kaela, have skated with
Disney on Ice
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.
Kapeikis holds citizenship for the United States, Canada, and Great Britain.
Career
Early career
Kapeikis began figure skating at the age of seven. His parents coached him in
Wenatchee, Washington until the age of fifteen when he relocated to
Richmond, British Columbia to be coached by former Canadian figure skater Keegan Murphy.
2019–2020 season
Competing on the
2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix
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, he placed eleventh at
2019 JGP Latvia. In January, he won the junior bronze medal at the
2020 U.S. Championships.
Kapeikis was later assigned to compete at the
2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games in
Lausanne, Switzerland, where he placed 10th.
2020–2021 season
Kapeikis finished ninth at the
2021 U.S. Junior Championships.
2021–2022 season
Kapeikis started the season at the
Skating Club of Boston's
Cranberry Cup, where he finished fifth place at the junior level.
In January 2022, he finished seventh at the
U.S. national championships, placing eighth in the short program and sixth in the free skate. After attending the US junior camp, he was named to the US team for the
2022 World Junior Championships. At the
2022 World Junior Championships, Kapeikis placed fourth in the short program with a clean skate but placed twelfth in the free skate with several jump errors. As a result, he dropped to eighth place overall.
Making his senior international debut, he took the bronze medal at the
Egna Spring Trophy
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in April.
2022–2023 season
After winning gold at the Philadelphia Summer International, Kapeikis made his
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debut at the
2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
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, finishing eighth. Kapeikis then went on to make his senior
Grand Prix
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debut at
2022 Skate America
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, where he placed seventh after finishing eighth in both the short program and free skate segments.
He went on to win the gold medal at the
2022 CS Ice Challenge
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The International Ska ...
.
At the
2023 U.S. Championships, Kapeikis placed fourth in the short program and tenth in the free skate, finishing the event in sixth place overall.
Selected to compete at the
2023 Four Continents Championships in
Colorado Springs,
Colorado, Kapeikis finished fourteenth after placing thirteenth in the short program and fourteenth in the free skate.
International Skating Union.
2023–24 season
Kapeikis began the season with a sixth-place finish at the 2023
Cranberry Cup International
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. He finished thirteenth at the
2023 CS Finlandia Trophy
The 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy was held on October 6–8, 2023, in Espoo, Finland. It was part of the 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
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The Internation ...
.
Programs
Competitive highlights
Detailed results
Senior results
Junior results
References
External links
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2004 births
Living people
American male single skaters
Figure skaters at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics