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Josephine Lee

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Josephine Lee
Lee at the 2025 Skate America
Personal information
Native name
李岱颖
Born (2008-02-03) 3 February 2008 (age 18)
Newport Beach, California
Home townIrvine, California
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Figure skating career
Country United States
DisciplineWomen's singles
CoachAmy Evidente
Ivan Dinev
Jonathan Cassar
Skating clubAll Year Figure Skating Club
Began skating2012
Medal record
U.S. Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Columbus Singles

Josephine Lee (born 3 February 2008) is an American figure skater. She is the 2024 U.S. national silver medalist. On the junior level, she is the 2022 U.S. junior national bronze medalist, as well as the 2023 Cranberry Cup bronze medalist.

Personal life

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Josephine Lee was born on February 3, 2008 in Newport Beach, California, United States.[1] Her mother, Caroline Tseng, is a Taiwanese attorney and her father, Jay Lee, is an applications developer. Lee also has a younger brother, Jonathan.[2][3]

She is currently a student at California Connection Academy. Lee aspires to attend medical school and become a plastic surgeon following her figure skating career.[3][2]

Career

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Early years

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Lee began skating at the age of four when her dad took her to a rink near his office. According to her, she fell in love with the challenge the sport gave her. Her first coaches were Vitali Novikov and Shannon Pecca. At the age of twelve, she began training under Amy Evidente.[4][5]

In 2019, she experienced a stress fracture in her spine due to an overuse injury.[6]

2021–2022 season: Junior international debut

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Lee made her international debut on the Junior Grand Prix series, finishing eighth at 2021 JGP France. She then went on to make her national debut at the 2022 U.S. Junior Championships, winning the bronze medal.[7][8][9] Lee later said, "[That result was] when I realised that it started to get serious and I can actually go somewhere."[4]

2022–2023 season

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Going into the season, Lee was assigned to two Grand Prix events, both in Poland. At the end of September, she finished ninth at the 2022 JGP Solidarity Cup and the following week, placed seventh at the 2022 JGP Baltic Cup.[10][11]

In January, Lee made her senior national debut at the 2023 U.S. Championships. She placed eleventh in the short program and fourth in the free skate to finish in fifth place overall.[7] Selected to compete at the 2023 World Junior Championships the following month, Lee placed fourteenth in the short program and twenty-first in the free skate to finish in nineteenth place overall.[12]

2023–2024 season: U.S. national silver

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Going into the season, Lee underwent a significant growth spurt which she later acknowledged to be a challenging adjustment.[13] She began her season on the junior level by winning the bronze medal at the 2023 Cranberry Cup.[7] Three weeks later, she competed at the 2023 JGP in Austria, finishing in eighth place overall.[14]

In January, Lee competed on the senior level at the 2024 U.S. Championships. After placing fifth in the short program segment, Lee went on to win the free skate and capture the silver medal.[13] Regarding her placement, Lee said, "I cried like three times. After my free skate, my (fake) eyelashes fell off because I cried them off. I was crying so much, but I was also trying to cover my face so no one could see the eyelashes falling off...I didn’t know where I would place. Going into this event, I had no expectations. After my long program, I expected maybe, at most, fourth, so I was just really happy with how I did. I didn’t really think about my placement at the time."[4]

Going on to compete at the 2024 World Junior Championships, garnering new season's best scores across all competition segments and finishing twentieth overall.[15] Following her free skate, Lee shared, "I didn’t expect to come here as I had a pretty rough start of the season. I went into Nationals thinking it would be my last event and just wanted to show what I can do. I want to approach this event the same way."[16]

2024–2025 season

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Lee performing her short program at the 2025 Skate America

Lee began her final junior season in August by competing at 2024 JGP Czech Republic, where she finished in fifth place.[17] A couple months later, Lee won the bronze medal at the 2024 Tallinn Trophy and finished fourth at the 2024 Santa Claus Cup.[7]

In January, Lee concluded her season with a seventh-place finish at the 2025 U.S. Championships.[18][19] She said afterward, "I'm really relieved that I just got through everything coming into this competition, I had pneumonia, like a week and a half ago, so I just had, like, one week of training, so I was a little worried that I wouldn’t be able to get through this program. But thankfully, I got through, and I did a lot more than I expected."[20]

2025–2026 season: Senior international debut

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Lee opened her season by making her senior international debut by competing on the Challenger Series, finishing fifth at the 2025 CS Cranberry Cup International and fourth at the 2025 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge.[7]

Selected as one of the host picks for 2025 Skate America, Lee made her senior Grand Prix debut at the event where she placed twelfth in both the short program and free skate segments to finish in twelfth place overall.[21][7]

In January, Lee competed at the 2026 U.S. Championships. After placing eighth in the short program, she struggled throughout her free skate where she fell three times and received a number of under-rotation and downgrade calls from the technical panel. She ultimately placed eighteenth in that competition segment, dropping to sixteenth place overall.[22]

Programs

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Competition programs by season 
Season Short program Free skate program
2021–22
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"Please Don't Make Me Love You"
  1. Pas de deux
  2. Act: Entrée of Basil, Scene of Kitri & Basil
  3. Act IV: Coda
  • Composed by Ludwig Minkus
  • Choreo. by Derrick Delmore & Cindy Stuart
2022–23
[23]
"Letting Go"
  1. O Fortuna
  2. In trutina
  • Composed by Carl Orff
  • Choreo. by Massimo Scali & Jamie Isley
2023–24
 [24]
  1. Poeta en el viento
  2. Amor, Dulce Muerte
  • Composed by Vicente Amigo
  • Choreo. by Massimo Scali & Cindy Stuart
2024–25
 [25]
  1. I. Maestoso
  2. II. Adagio sostenuto
  3. III. Allegro Scherzando
    • Performed by Boris Berezovsky, Orchestre Philharmonique de l'Oural, & Dmitry Liss
2025–26
 [1]
"Objection (Tango)"
  1. II. Lento
  2. III. Andantino quasi allegretto
  3. IV. Allegro molto

Competitive highlights

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Competition placements at senior level [7][26]
Season 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
U.S. Championships 5th 2nd 7th 16th
GP Skate America 12th
CS Cranberry Cup 5th
CS Denis Ten Memorial 4th
Competition placements at junior level [7][26]
Season 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
World Junior Championships 19th 20th
U.S. Championships 3rd
JGP Austria 8th
JGP Czech Republic 5th
JGP France 8th
JGP Poland I 9th
JGP Poland II 7th
Cranberry Cup 3rd
Santa Claus Cup 4th
Tallinn Trophy 3rd

Detailed results

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [7]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS169.422022 JGP Poland
Short program TSS61.722022 JGP Poland
TES34.362022 JGP Poland
PCS27.932023 World Junior Championships
Free skating TSS115.142022 JGP Poland
TES61.742022 JGP Poland
PCS55.002025 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge

Senior level

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Results in the 2022–23 season [7]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 23–29, 2023 United States 2023 U.S. Championships 11 55.60 4 132.08 5 187.68
Results in the 2023–24 season [7]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 22–28, 2024 United States 2024 U.S. Championships 5 65.28 1 138.85 2 204.13
Results in the 2024–25 season [7]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 20–26, 2024 United States 2025 U.S. Championships 10 60.10 6 122.59 7 182.69
Results in the 2025–26 season [7]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 7–10, 2025 United States 2025 CS Cranberry Cup 5 56.04 5 104.95 5 160.99
Oct 1–4, 2025 Kazakhstan 2025 CS Denis Ten Memorial 3 54.15 5 106.77 4 160.92
Nov 14–16, 2025 United States 2025 Skate America 12 54.24 12 93.04 12 147.28
Jan 4–11, 2026 United States 2026 U.S. Championships 8 62.79 18 89.52 16 152.31

Junior level

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Results in the 2021–22 season [7]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 25–28, 2021 France 2021 JGP France II 7 51.30 7 93.67 8 144.97
Jan 4–9, 2022 United States 2022 U.S. Championships (Junior) 3 60.61 4 111.47 3 172.08
Results in the 2022–23 season [7]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 28 – Oct 1, 2022 Poland 2022 JGP Solidarity Cup 13 53.87 7 115.14 9 169.01
Oct 5–8, 2022 Poland 2022 JGP Baltic Cup 4 61.72 7 107.70 7 169.42
Feb 27 – Mar 5, 2023 Canada 2023 World Junior Championships 14 56.09 21 82.13 19 138.22
Results in the 2023–24 season [7]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 10–14, 2023 United States 2023 Cranberry Cup 1 57.20 5 99.51 3 156.71
Aug 30 – Sep 2, 2023 Austria 2023 JGP Austria 7 51.15 9 100.25 8 151.40
Feb 26 – Mar 3, 2024 Chinese Taipei 2024 World Junior Championships 20 54.33 19 107.41 20 161.74
Results in the 2024–25 season [7]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 4–7, 2024 Czech Republic 2024 JGP Czech Republic 7 57.65 8 108.89 5 166.54
Nov 12–17, 2024 Estonia 2024 Tallinn Trophy 7 53.27 1 120.75 3 174.02
Nov 27 – Dec 2, 2024 Hungary 2024 Santa Claus Cup 6 50.48 3 107.14 4 157.62

References

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  1. 1 2 "Josephine LEE: 2025/2026". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 November 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Josephine Lee". U.S. Figure Skating. U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  3. 1 2 Henneman, Kristen (27 February 2024). "Josephine Lee Looks to Show Off Newfound Confidence at World Junior Championships". U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 Capellazzi, Gina (4 February 2024). "Getting to know U.S. silver medalist Josephine Lee". Figure Skaters Online. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Josephine LEE: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021.
  6. ↑ Clarke, Robyn (14 September 2021). "Josephine Lee: Ready for New Challenges". U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "USA–Josephine Lee". Skating Scores. Skating Scores. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "2022 TOYOTA U.S. Figure Skating Championships". ijs.usfigureskating.org. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "2022 US National Championships - High Performance News & Events - The Rinks". www.therinks.com. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "ISU JGP Solidarity Cup 2022 - Junior Women". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "ISU JGP Baltic Cup 2022 - Junior Women". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  12. ↑ "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2023 - Junior Women". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  13. 1 2 Elliott, Helene (12 February 2024). "Teenager Josephine Lee announces her presence on figure skating's big stage". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  14. ↑ "ISU JGP Cup of Austria 2023 - Junior Women". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  15. ↑ "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2024 - Junior Women". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  16. ↑ Golden Skate [@goldsk8]; (28 February 2024). "I didn't expect to come here as I had a pretty rough start of the season. I went into Nationals thinking it would be my last event and just wanted to show what I can do. I want to approach this event the same way" – via Instagram.
  17. ↑ "ISU JGP Czech Skate 2024". isu-skating.com. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  18. ↑ "Josephine Lee - National Team: Figure Skating". U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  19. ↑ "2025 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships". ijs.usfigureskating.org. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  20. ↑ Golden Skate [@goldsk8]; (24 January 2025). "I'm really relieved that I just got through everything coming into this competition, I had pneumonia, like a week and a half ago, so I just had, like, one week of training, so I was a little worried that I wouldn't be able to get through this program. But thankfully, I got through, and I did a lot more than I expected" – via Instagram.
  21. ↑ @AnythingGOE (14 July 2025). "🇺🇸 Starr Andrews and Josephine Lee have been assigned to Skate America" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
  22. ↑ "2026 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships - Championship Women". ijs.usfigureskating.org. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  23. ↑ "Josephine LEE: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022.
  24. ↑ "Josephine LEE: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023.
  25. ↑ "Josephine LEE: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 December 2024.
  26. 1 2 "Josephine LEE: Competition Results". International Skating Union. Internationals Skating Union. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
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