Leah Keiser | |
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Keiser in December 2013
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Personal information | |
Country represented | United States |
Born |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
September 13, 1997
Home town | Irvine, California |
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) |
Coach | Tammy Gambill |
Former coach | John Nicks, Frank Carroll, Christa Fassi |
Choreographer | Lori Nichol, Justin Dillon |
Former choreographer | Phillip Mills |
Skating club | All Year FSC Ontario |
Training locations |
Riverside, California Aliso Viejo, California |
Began skating | 2001 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 156.33 2012 JGP Turkey |
Short program | 55.14 2012 JGP Germany |
Free skate | 105.63 2012 JGP Turkey |
Leah Keiser (born September 13, 1997) is an American figure skater. She is the 2012 JGP Turkey gold medalist.
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 for the San Diego Chargers. Leah now attends Northwestern University studying chemical engineering with plans to graduate in the spring of 2020.
Keiser debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in the 2012–13 season. She won gold in Istanbul, Turkey and placed fourth in her next event, in Chemnitz, Germany. She qualified for the JGP Final in Sochi, 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.