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Alissa Czisny
Czisny at the 2010 Skate Canada International.
Full nameAlissa Czisny
Born (1987-06-25) June 25, 1987 (age 37)
Sylvania, Ohio
HometownBowling Green, Ohio
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Figure skating career
Country United States
CoachYuka Sato
Jason Dungjen
Skating clubDetroit SC
Began skating1989
Medal record
Ladies' Figure Skating
Representing  United States
Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 2010–11 Beijing Ladies' singles
United States National Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 San Jose Ladies' singles
Gold medal – first place 2011 Greensboro Ladies' singles
Gold medal – first place 2009 Cleveland Ladies' singles
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Spokane Ladies' singles

Alissa Czisny (born June 25, 1987) is an American figure skater. She is the 2010–2011 Grand Prix Final champion, two-time (2009, 2011) U.S. national champion, 2012 U.S. silver medalist, 2007 U.S. bronze medalist, two-time (2005, 2010) Skate Canada champion and the 2011 Skate America champion.

Career

Czisny began skating at age 1½ when she and her sister Amber accompanied their mother to the ice skating rink because they didn't want to stay at home with the babysitter. In 1998, she began working with coach Julianne Berlin.[6] Early in Czisny's career, Theresa McKendry was her main choreographer and her sister Amber Czisny assisted.[6]

Czisny finished 4th in her Grand Prix debut at 2004 Skate America, to which she was invited after Michelle Kwan withdrew.[6] She first gained international attention in 2005 when she won the gold medal at the 2005 Skate Canada International[7] and silver at the 2005 Skate America. She qualified for the 2005–2006 Grand Prix Final and placed sixth. She went on to the 2006 U.S. Championships in St. Louis, where she finished seventh overall.

Czisny began the 2006–07 season at the 2006 Skate Canada International where she placed fourth. She also competed at the 2006 Cup of Russia in November. At the 2007 U.S. Championships she was in fifth after the short program, but went on to win the free skate to win the bronze medal and the final U.S. spot to the 2007 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. At the World Championships, she finished 15th.

Czisny finished third at the 2008 Skate Canada International in the 2008–09 Grand Prix series behind Joannie Rochette and Fumie Suguri.[8] At the 2009 U.S. Championships, she won the short program by over five points.[9] She finished third in the long program but won the gold medal due to her lead from the short.[10] Czisny won her first national title, ahead of Rachael Flatt and Caroline Zhang.[11] She earned her second trip to the Four Continents and the World Championships, in which she finished ninth and eleventh, respectively.

In the 2009–10 Grand Prix season, Czisny placed fourth at the 2009 Rostelecom Cup and won the silver medal at the 2009 Skate Canada International. Her short program score of 63.52 was the fourth highest of this ISU Grand Prix season, only surpassed by Yu-Na Kim (two scores) and Joannie Rochette. Czisny placed tenth at the 2010 U.S. Championships; as a result, she did not make the Olympic team and financial support to help cover her mid-five-figure training expenses was cut.[12] She also found out her sister had cancer (in remission as of 2011).[12] Czisny considered retiring but her mentors Brian Boitano and Linda Leaver encouraged her to continue.[13][14]

In February 2010, she left coach Julianne Berlin,[15] who had coached her for twelve years.[16] In May, she said she would remain at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, with new coaches Yuka Sato and Jason Dungjen.[17] She reworked her jump technique with the help of her new coaches,[18][19] who also helped her with her mental approach.[12] She noted, "I finally realized that my results in skating didn't define who I am as a person."[20]

Czisny began the 2010–11 season by winning the 2010 Skate Canada International,[21] her first gold medal on the Grand Prix series since winning 2005 Skate Canada. She also won Midwestern Sectionals, qualifying her to compete at US Nationals in 2011. She won bronze at her second Grand Prix event, 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard, which combined with her Skate Canada result qualified her for the Grand Prix Final.

At the 2010–2011 Grand Prix Final, Czisny won the short program with 63.76 points and placed third in the long program with a new personal best of 116.99 points. She won her first Grand Prix Final title with a new personal best combined total of 180.75 points. At the 2011 U.S. Championships, Czisny placed second in the short program with 62.50,[22] and then placed first in the free skate with 128.74, giving her a combined total of 191.24 to win the gold.[23] She thus won her second national gold medal,[24] finishing 7.86 points ahead of the defending champion Rachael Flatt.[13] It was the first time since Michelle Kwan's ninth win in 2005 that a ladies' single skater won more than one U.S. national title.[23] She placed fifth at the 2011 World Championships, her best ever result at the event. During the off-season, she skated in a number of shows.[25]

In the 2011–2012 season, Czisny was assigned to 2011 Skate America and 2011 Trophée Eric Bompard as her Grand Prix events. She won the gold medal at Skate America and bronze at Trophee Bompard. She was first in the free program at Bompard with 121.90 points, setting a new personal best international free skate score. Czisny qualified for the Grand Prix Final. She sustained a calf injury during a practice session on December 8, explaining "it was the way I picked on a flip jump."[26] After team doctors determined that she would not make the injury worse, Czisny went on to compete and finished 5th at the event.[26] She won the silver medal at the 2012 U.S. Championships. Czisny was not offered a spot to the 2012 Four Continents[27] but would compete at the 2012 World Championships. She won the bronze medal at the 2012 Challenge Cup. After the event, she decided not to include the double axel-triple toe combination in her program at Worlds.[28] Czisny fell two times in the short program at the 2012 Worlds and five times in the free skate. She placed 22nd overall. Czisny was invited to the World Team Trophy but her coach Jason Dungjen declined and Gracie Gold was selected instead.[citation needed] A month and a half after Worlds an MRI revealed that Czisny had a torn labrum of the left hip. Czisny said she would not have competed at Worlds if she had known she was injured. She is scheduled for surgery.

Skating technique

Unlike most skaters, Czisny spins and jumps clockwise. She is known for her excellent spins.[29] She said, "When I was younger, my sister and I always practiced our spins together. We would spin for hours, seeing who could hold their spin longer and/or who could spin faster. We also tried to come up with as many variations as possible."[30] Of the jumps, Czisny is least confident on the triple salchow, which she did not perform in competition since 2005, but planned to attempt it in the 2011–2012 season.[31]

Personal life

Czisny has taken ballet lessons from a young age to improve her flexibility and strength.[30] Her fraternal twin sister, Amber, was also a figure skater who retired due to injuries and became a coach and choreographer.[30]

Czisny is a summa cum laude graduate of Bowling Green State University where she was on a full academic scholarship[6][15] and majored in international studies, French and Russian.[29] She took online classes due to her skating.[30] She also wants to learn Japanese.[29] She was one of four up-and-coming figure skaters featured on the 2006 TLC series, Ice Diaries. Czisny is a vegetarian[32] and a Christian.[30] In 2011, she made a brief appearance in a Super Bowl commercial for Chrysler and Detroit, and then starred in Chrysler's Perseverance video.[33] Czisny is a shortened version of a Prussian name. She is part Norwegian, Swedish, French, English, Russian and Icelandic.

Programs

Czisny at the 2011 Grand Prix Final
Czisny at the 2011 Grand Prix Final
Czisny at a 2010 Stars on Ice show
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2011–12 La Vie en rose
by Édith Piaf
choreo. by Yuka Sato, Pasquale Camerlengo[25] 		Valse triste
by Jean Sibelius
choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo[25] 		Dancing with Myself
by Nouvelle Vague
Moon River
soundtrack from the 1961 movie Breakfast at Tiffany's
2010–11 Romance
from Violin Concerto in D
by Erich Wolfgang Korngold 		Selections from Winter into Spring
by George Winston
choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo[34] 		You'll Never Walk Alone
by Barbra Streisand
I Like the Way (You Move)
by Bodyrockers
Dancing with Myself
by Nouvelle Vague
Moon River
soundtrack from the 1961 movie Breakfast at Tiffany's
2009–10 The Mask of Zorro
soundtrack from the 1998 movie
by James Horner 		Doctor Zhivago
soundtrack by Maurice Jarre 		You'll Never Walk Alone
by Barbra Streisand
I Like the Way (You Move)
by Bodyrockers
2008–09 The Swan
by Camille Saint-Saëns 		Doctor Zhivago
soundtrack from the 1965 movie
by Maurice Jarre 		I, Don Quixote
by Linda Eder
Bridge Over Troubled Water
by Simon and Garfunkel
2007–08 The Swan
by Camille Saint-Saëns 		West Side Story
by Leonard Bernstein
and O. Sonstadt
2006–07 Prelude & Quadukka-I-Mayas
by Jesse Cook
performed by the
Hamzy Egyptian Strings Ensemble 		Excerpts from Sabrina (1995 film)
soundtrack by John Williams 		Man of La Mancha
by Mitch Leigh
vocals by Joe Darion
2005–06 Prelude & Quadukka-I-Mayas
by Jesse Cook
performed by the
Hamzy Egyptian Strings Ensemble 		La Bayadère
by Leon Minkus 		Someone Like You
by Linda Eder
2004–05 The Mission
soundtrack from the 1986 movie
by Ennio Morricone 		Swan Lake
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 		Un Bel di Vedremo
from Madame Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
performed by Opera Babes
2003–04 The Mission
soundtrack from the 1986 movie
by Ennio Morricone 		Swan Lake
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 		Un Bel di Vedremo
from Madame Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
performed by Opera Babes
2002–03 Rushing Wings of Dawn
by Tim Janis 		Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
by Sergei Rachmaninoff 		Romeo and Juliet
soundtrack from the 1968 movie
by Nino Rota and André Rieu
2001–02 Rushing Wings of Dawn
by Tim Janis 		Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
by Sergei Rachmaninoff 		Romeo and Juliet
soundtrack from the 1968 movie
by Nino Rota and André Rieu
2000–01 Moonlight Sonata
by Ludwig van Beethoven 		Faust
by Charles Gounod

Competitive highlights

Czisny (center) with the other medalists at the 2010 Skate Canada International.

Post-2004 results

Event 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
World Championships 15th 11th 5th 22nd
Four Continents Championships 5th 9th 5th
World Junior Championships 6th 6th
U.S. Championships 7th 7th 3rd 9th 1st 10th 1st 2nd
U.S. Collegiate Championships 1st 1st
Grand Prix Final 6th 1st 5th
Trophée Eric Bompard 3rd 3rd
Skate Canada 1st 4th 3rd 2nd 1st
Cup of Russia 9th 4th 4th
NHK Trophy 6th
Cup of China 9th
Skate America 4th 2nd 1st
Nebelhorn Trophy 4th 1st 1st
Ondrej Nepela Memorial 2nd
Int. Challenge Cup 3rd
Midwestern Sectionals 2nd 1st
Eastern Great Lakes Regionals 1st 1st

Pre-2004 results

Event 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999-00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04
U.S. Championships 2nd J. 11th 10th 12th
Junior Grand Prix Final 5th
Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria 5th
Junior Grand Prix, Slovakia 2nd
Junior Grand Prix, France 2nd
Gardena Spring Trophy 1st J.
Triglav Trophy 1st J.
Midwestern Sectionals 5th I. 9th J. 1st J. 2nd 2nd 2nd
Eastern Great Lakes Regionals 4th Ju. 1st I. 10th N. 3rd J. 1st J. 2nd 1st
Ju. = Juvenile level; I. = Intermediate level; N. = Novice level; J. = Junior level

Detailed results

2011–2012 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 26–31, 2012 2012 World Championships 16
48.31 		22
75.80 		22
124.11
March 8–11, 2012 2012 International Challenge Cup 2
59.82 		5
92.92 		3
152.74
January 21–29, 2012 2012 U.S. Championships 2
63.14 		2
116.86 		2
180.00
December 8–11, 2011 2011–2012 Grand Prix Final 4
60.30 		5
96.67 		5
156.97
November 17–20, 2011 2011 Trophée Eric Bompard 3
57.25 		1
121.90 		3
179.15
October 21–23, 2011 2011 Skate America 1
64.20 		2
113.28 		1
177.48
October 1, 2011 2011 Japan Open 5
107.64
2010–2011 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 25 – May 1, 2011 2011 World Championships 4
61.47 		5
120.78 		5
182.25
February 15–20, 2011 2011 Four Continents Championships 5
58.94 		5
109.87 		5
168.81
January 22–30, 2011 2011 U.S. Championships 2
62.50 		1
128.74 		1
191.24
December 8–12, 2010 2010–2011 Grand Prix Final 1
63.76 		3
116.99 		1
180.75
November 25–28, 2010 2010 Trophee Eric Bompard 4
55.50 		4
104.30 		3
159.80
November 11–13, 2010 2011 Midwestern Sectional Championships 1
56.98 		1
104.47 		1
161.45
October 28–31, 2010 2010 Skate Canada 4
55.95 		1
116.42 		1
172.37
2009–2010 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 14–24, 2010 2010 U.S. Championships 7
54.18 		11
86.19 		10
140.37
November 19–22, 2009 2009 Skate Canada 2
63.52 		4
100.01 		2
163.53
October 22–25, 2009 2009 Rostelecom Cup 2
57.64 		4
100.66 		4
158.30
September 23–26, 2009 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy 2
60.38 		6
91.02 		1
151.40
2008–2009 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 22–29, 2009 2009 World Championships 14
53.28 		8
106.50 		11
159.78
February 2–8, 2009 2009 Four Continents Championships 7
55.62 		9
104.19 		9
159.81
January 18–25, 2009 2009 U.S. Championships 1
65.75 		3
112.31 		1
178.06
October 20–23, 2008 2008 Cup of Russia 5
53.50 		4
97.53 		4
151.03
October 30 – November 2, 2008 2008 Skate Canada 6
49.66 		2
108.26 		3
157.92
September 25–28, 2008 2008 Nebelhorn Trophy 1
56.55 		1
111.73 		1
168.28
August 7–9, 2008 2008 U.S. Collegiate Championships 1
56.61 		1
95.29 		1
151.90
2007–2008 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 20–27, 2008 2008 U.S. Championships 9
50.58 		9
95.80 		9
146.38
November 28 – December 2, 2007 2007 NHK Trophy 4
58.24 		6
86.08 		6
144.32
November 7–11, 2007 2007 Cup of China 5
51.08 		11
69.35 		9
120.43
2006–2007 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 20–25, 2007 2007 World Championships 18
49.43 		12
98.31 		15
147.74
February 7–10, 2007 2007 Four Continents Championships 4
54.64 		6
99.39 		5
154.03
January 21–28, 2007 2007 U.S. Championships 5
58.15 		1
119.59 		3
177.74
November 24–26, 2006 2006 Cup of Russia 8
44.98 		10
76.23 		9
121.21
November 2–5, 2006 2006 Skate Canada 4
56.12 		3
107.57 		4
163.69
October 10–14, 2006 2007 Eastern Great Lakes Regional Championships 1
52.85 		1
108.49 		1
161.34
2005–2006 season
Date Event Level QR SP FS Total
March 6–12, 2006 2006 World Junior Championships Junior 3
83.40 		4
50.36 		11
73.82 		6
124.18
January 7–15, 2006 2006 U.S. Championships Senior – 5
54.51 		7
95.00 		7
149.51
December 16–18, 2005 2005–2006 Grand Prix Final Senior – 6
48.26 		6
92.64 		6
140.90
October 27–30, 2005 2005 Skate Canada Senior – 1
58.54 		1
109.78 		1
168.32
October 20–23, 2005 2005 Skate America Senior – 3
52.82 		1
106.48 		2
159.30
October 8, 2005 2005 Campbell's FS Classics Senior – – 5
84.81 		–
September 22–25, 2005 2005 Ondrej Nepela Memorial Senior – 2
49.06 		1
91.04 		2
140.10
2004–2005 season
Date Event Level QR SP FS Total
February 28 – March 6, 2005 2005 World Junior Championships Junior 8
69.26 		2
52.91 		8
84.08 		6
136.99
January 9–16, 2005 2005 U.S. Championships Senior – 8 7 7
December 3, 2004 Marshalls World Cup Senior – – 5 –
November 18–20, 2004 2005 Midwestern Sectional Championships Senior – 1 2 2
October 21–24, 2004 2004 Skate America Senior – 3
50.20 		4
91.16 		4
141.36
October 12–16, 2004 2005 Eastern Great Lakes Regional Championships Senior – 1 1 1
September 2–5, 2004 2004 Nebelhorn Trophy Senior – 4
44.64 		4
79.39 		4
124.03
August 5–7, 2004 2004 U.S. Collegiate Championships Senior 1 1 1 1
2003–2004 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 3–11, 2004 2004 U.S. Championships Senior 8 15 12
November 20–22, 2003 2004 Midwestern Sectional Championships Senior 2 2 2
October 14–18, 2003 2004 Eastern Great Lakes Regional Championships Senior 1 1 1
September 11–14, 2003 2003 Sofia Cup Junior 6 5 5
2002–2003 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 12–19, 2003 2003 U.S. Championships Senior 14 9 10
December 12–15, 2002 2002–2003 Junior Grand Prix Final Junior 4 5 5
November 14–16, 2002 2003 Midwestern Sectional Championships Senior 1 2 2
October 3–6, 2002 2002 Skate Slovakia Junior 6 1 2
August 21–25, 2002 2002 ISU JGP Courchevel Junior 2 2 2
2001–2002 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 27–31, 2002 2002 Gardena Spring Trophy Junior 1 1 1
January 6–13, 2002 2002 U.S. Championships Senior 11 11 11
November 15–17, 2001 2002 Midwestern Sectional Championships Senior 3 2 2
October 1–6, 2001 2002 Eastern Great Lakes Regional Championships Senior 1 2 2
2000–2001 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
April 18–22, 2001 2001 Triglav Trophy Junior 2 1 1
January 14–21, 2001 2001 U.S. Championships Junior 5 1 2
November 16–18, 2000 2001 Midwestern Sectional Championships Junior 1 1 1

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