Liam Kapeikis

Liam Kapeikis (born June 28, 2004)[1] is an American figure skater. He is the 2020 U.S. national junior bronze medalist.

Liam Kapeikis
Kapeikis 2022 Skate America
Born (2004-06-28) June 28, 2004
Wenatchee, Washington
HometownBlaine, Washington
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
Country United States
CoachLouise Kapeikis
Paul Kapeikis
Keegan Murphy
Skating clubWenatchee FSC
Began skating2012

Personal life

Liam Kapeikis was born on June 28, 2004, in Wenatchee, Washington to parents, Louise and Paul.[2] Kapeikis has two sisters, Kaela and Danika. His parents and sister, Kaela, have skated with Disney on Ice.

Kapeikis holds citizenship for the United States, Canada, and Great Britain.[3][4]

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.[5]

2019–2020 season

Competing on the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix, he placed eleventh at 2019 JGP Latvia. In January, he won the junior bronze medal at the 2020 U.S. Championships.[6] 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.[7]

Making his senior international debut, he took the bronze medal at the Egna Spring Trophy in April.

2022–2023 season

After winning gold at the Philadelphia Summer International, Kapeikis made his Challenger debut at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, finishing eighth. Kapeikis then went on to make his senior Grand Prix debut at 2022 Skate America, 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.

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.[1]

2023–24 season

Kapeikis began the season with a sixth-place finish at the 2023 Cranberry Cup International. He finished thirteenth at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy.

Programs
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023-2024
2022–2023
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2021–2022
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2020–2021
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2019–2020
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Competitive highlights
Competition placements at senior level 
Season 2021–22 2022–23 2023-24
Four Continents 14th
GP Skate America 7th
GP Skate Canada TBD
CS Finlandia Trophy 13th
CS Ice Challenge 1st
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 8th
Cranberry Cup 6th
Egna Spring Trophy 3rd
Philadelphia 1st
U.S. Championships 7th 6th
Competition placements at junior level 
Season 2018–19 2019–20 2020-21 2021-22
World Junior Championships 8th
Winter Youth Olympics 10th
JGP Latvia 11th
Cranberry Cup 5th
U.S. Championships 5th N 3rd 9th

Detailed results
ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE system 
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS223.022022 CS Ice Challenge
Short program TSS79.832022 World Junior Championships
TES43.552022 World Junior Championships
PCS36.872023 Four Continents Championships
Free skating TSS146.562022 CS Ice Challenge
TES73.802022 CS Ice Challenge
PCS74.382022 World Junior Championships

Senior results
Results in the 2021–22 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 3–9, 2022 United States 2022 U.S. Championships 8 73.77 6 147.54 7 221.31
Apr 7–10, 2022 Italy 2022 Egna Springs Trophy 3 71.52 2 148.29 3 219.81
Results in the 2022–23 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 7, 2022 United States 2022 Philadelphia Summer International 1 72.91 1 136.65 1 209.56
Sep 21–24, 2022 Germany 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 8 67.48 9 124.24 8 191.72
Oct 21–23, 2022 United States 2022 Skate America 8 74.29 8 145.21 7 219.50
Nov 9–13, 2022 Austria 2022 CS Ice Challenge 1 76.46 2 146.56 1 223.02
Jan 23–29, 2023 United States 2023 U.S. Championships 4 82.27 10 144.58 6 226.55
Feb 7–12, 2023 United States 2023 Four Continents Championships 13 71.43 14 126.57 14 198.00
Results in the 2023–24 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 9–13, 2023 United States 2023 Cranberry Cup International 3 74.31 9 117.68 6 193.39
Oct 4–8, 2023 Finland 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy 14 67.27 13 113.76 13 181.03
Oct 27–29, 2023 Canada 2023 Skate Canada International

Junior results
Results in the 2019–20 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 4–7, 2019 Latvia 2019 JGP Latvia 7 64.76 16 97.57 11 162.33
Jan 10–15, 2020 Switzerland 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 14 49.57 9 112.02 10 161.59
Jan 10–15, 2020 Switzerland 2020 Winter Youth Olympics (Team Trophy) – – 4 117.28 8 (4) –
Jan 20–26, 2020 United States 2020 U.S. Championships 2 68.12 4 121.03 3 189.15
Results in the 2020–21 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 11–21, 2021 United States 2021 U.S. Championships 10 58.37 9 104.52 9 162.89
Results in the 2021–22 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 11–15, 2021 United States 2021 Cranberry Cup International 8 51.33 5 109.03 5 160.36
Apr 13–17, 2022 United States 2022 World Junior Championships 4 79.83 12 131.11 8 210.94

References
  1. . International Skating Union.
  2. Lamb, Kyle (January 10, 2022). "Wenatchee Figure Skater Takes 7th in U.S. Championships". News Radio 560 KPQ. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  3. "Liam Kapeikis". ISU Results. ISU. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  4. "Liam Kapeikis' Grand Prix dreams to come true at Skate America". Figure Skaters Online. Figure Skaters Online. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  5. "Liam Kapeikis' Grand Prix dreams to come true at Skate America". Figure Skaters Online. Figure Skaters Online. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  6. "First Junior Champions Crowned at U.S. Championships". ijs.usfigureskating.org. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  7. "Ilia Malinin Captures Men's Title at World Junior Championships". ijs.usfigureskating.org. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  8. . U.S. Figure Skating.
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