Li Yu-Hsiang
Li Yu-Hsiang is a Taiwanese figure skater. He is the 2024 Chinese Taipei national champion and the 2025 Asian Open Trophy silver medalist. He is the second Taiwanese figure skater to qualify for the Winter Olympics, after David Liu, and the first to be born in Taiwan.
Personal life
Li Yu-Hsiang was born in Taipei, Taiwan. Li had poor health as a child and began trying various sports at the advice of his doctor. At the age of eight, Li began figure skating, enjoying the combination of art and technique.At eight years old, Li moved in with his grandmother while his parents worked to financially support him. Since he began skating, Li's grandmother has supported in his training, accompanying him to practice every day.
In December 2025, Allianz Taiwan Life named Li as their Olympic and Paralympic Movements ambassador.
Career
Early years
Li began learning how to skate in 2014. He first competed at the novice level, winning the Asian Open Trophy at the basic novice level in 2017, winning silver at the basic novice level in 2018, and silver at the advanced novice level in 2019.As a junior starting in the 2021–22 season, Li competed competed on the Junior Grand Prix, placing as high as seventh. He qualified for two World Junior Championships, placing twenty-eighth in 2023 and sixteenth in 2024. Li won the Chinese Taipei Championships at the junior level four times, from 2020-23.
2023-24 season
Li first competed at the senior level at the 2024 Thailand Open Trophy, placing first with a score of 186.22, over 35 points above second place medalist Ze Zeng Fang.2024–25 season
Li elected to turn senior during the 2024–25 season, making his senior international debut at the 2024 Asian Open Trophy. Li placed seventh in the short program and sixth in the free skate, finishing eighth overall. Li next competed at his first ISU Challenger Series competition, finishing twentieth at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. At the 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur, Li finished in ninth with a personal best score of 206.40, earning the minimum technical score required to compete at the 2025 World Championships.At the 2024 Chinese Taipei Championships, Li won his first senior national championships. At the 2024 Santa Claus Cup, Li placed fourth in the short program and first in the free skate, winning the title overall. At the 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, Li finished tenth.
Li was the sole Taiwanese figure skating representative at the 2025 Asian Winter Games. Aiming for a top ten finish, Li finished eleventh in the short program and 8th in the free skate, ultimately placing eighth.
Li was once again the sole Taiwanese representative at the 2025 Four Continents Championships and 2025 World Championships. At Four Continents, Li finished seventeenth in the short program and tenth in the free skate, placing fourteenth overall. Li finished thirtieth at the 2025 World Championships, failing to qualify for the free skate.
2025-26 season
Li began the 2025-26 season competing at the 2025 Asian Open Trophy, placing second behind Kim Hyun-gyeom of South Korea. At the 2025 Skate to Milano, Li placed eighth in the short program, third in the free skate, and fifth overall, 0.86 points ahead of sixth place Davide Lewton Brain. With his placement, Li narrowly qualified for the 2026 Winter Olympics, becoming the second figure skater representing Chinese Taipei to qualify for the Olympics.In November, Li competed at the 2025 Santa Claus Cup, winning the gold medal. Two months later, he took the silver medal at the 2026 Sofia Trophy. In January, Li finished eighteenth at the 2026 Four Continents Championships in Beijing, China.