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Alissa Czisny

Czisny at the 2008 Skate Canada.
Personal information
Full name:	Alissa Czisny
Country represented:	United States
Date of birth:	June 25, 1987 (1987-06-25) (age 22)
Place of birth:	Sylvania, Ohio
Home town:	Bowling Green, Ohio
Residence:	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Height:	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Coach:	Julianne Berlin Yuka Sato Linda Leaver Brian Boitano Natalia Deller
Former coach:	Theresa McKendry
Choreographer:	David Wilson
Former choreographer:	Lori Nichol
Skating club:	Detroit SC
ISU personal best scores
Combined total:	168.32 2005 Skate Canada
Short program:	63.52 2009 Skate Canada
Free skate:	109.78 2005 Skate Canada

Alissa Czisny (born June 25, 1987) is an American figure skater. She is the 2009 U.S. national champion and 2007 bronze medalist. She won the 2005 Skate Canada International, and is the 2008 Nebelhorn Trophy and 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy champion.

Personal life

Czisny is a graduate of Bowling Green State University where she was on a full academic scholarship. Alissa's fraternal twin sister, Amber, was also a figure skater.

Unlike most skaters, Czisny spins and jumps clockwise. Czisny skated in Jackson Proflex hinged boots, and was the most successful skater to do so, however before the 08-09 season she returned to using normal skates.

Czisny was one of four up-and-coming figure skaters featured on the 2006 TLC series, Ice Diaries.

Career

Czisny performs a forward inside edge spiral during her long program at the 2008 Skate Canada.

Czisny began skating at age 1 1/2 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.

Czisny gained international attention in 2005 when she won the 2005 Skate Canada International and placed second 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. Figure Skating Championships in St. Louis, where she finished seventh overall.

She 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 United States Figure Skating 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 Figure Skating Championships in Tokyo, Japan. At the World Championships, she finished 15th.

She finished third at the 2008 Skate Canada International in the 2008–2009 Grand Prix of Figure Skating series behind Joannie Rochette and Fumie Suguri.^[1]

For the 2009-10 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating season, Alissa finished in fourth place at the Rostelecom Cup and she received the silver medal at Skate Canada International. She also had the fourth highest short program score of the 2009-10 season out of all the ISU ladies with a tally of 63.52. Only Yu-Na Kim (who had the two highest scores) and Joannie Rochette scored higher.

Programs

Competitive highlights

Czisny (right) with the other medalists at 2008 Skate Canada.

Post-2004

Pre-2004

• J = Junior level

References

• Alissa Czisny at the United States Figure Skating Association
• Alissa Czisny at the International Skating Union

External links

• Official website
• Alissa Czisny at the United States Olympic Committee.