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Liang at the 2008 U.S. Championships.
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Personal information | |||||||||||||
Full name | Beatrisa Liang | ||||||||||||
Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||
Born |
Tarzana, California |
March 31, 1988 ||||||||||||
Residence | Granada Hills, California | ||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) | ||||||||||||
Former coach | Frank Carroll, Ken Congemi, Tiffany Chin, Christy Ness | ||||||||||||
Former choreographer | Renée Roca, Braden Overett, Lori Nichol | ||||||||||||
Skating club | All Year FSC | ||||||||||||
Former training locations | El Segundo, California | ||||||||||||
Began skating | 1994 | ||||||||||||
Retired | 2010 | ||||||||||||
ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||
Combined total | 159.91 2006 Four Continents |
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Short program | 61.04 2006 Four Continents |
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Free skate | 98.87 2006 Four Continents |
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Medal record
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Beatrisa "Bebe" Liang (born March 31, 1988) is an American figure skater. She is the 2006 Four Continents bronze medalist, 2006 Nebelhorn Trophy champion, and 2007 U.S. national pewter medalist.
Liang was coached by Tiffany Chin for ten years until 2004.
Making her senior national debut, Liang placed sixth at the 2001 U.S. Championships, at the age of thirteen. She was assigned to the 2002 World Junior Championships and placed fourth. The following season, Liang won a pair of silver medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and qualified for the JGP Final, where she placed fourth. She finished sixth at the 2003 World Junior Championships.
Liang debuted on the senior Grand Prix series in the 2003–04 season, placing fourth at the 2003 Trophée Lalique and fifth at the 2003 Cup of Russia.
In 2004, Liang changed coaches to Christy Ness in Oakland, California, commuting five hours each way. She placed fifth at the 2005 U.S. Championships and was assigned to the 2005 Four Continents Championships where she placed seventh.
In May 2005, Liang changed coaches to Frank Carroll and Ken Congemi at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, California. She won bronze at the 2005 Nebelhorn Trophy and placed fourth at the 2005 Skate America. After another fifth-place finish at the U.S. Championships, Liang was sent to the 2006 Four Continents Championships and won the bronze medal. She was one of four figure skaters featured on the 2006 TLC series Ice Diaries.