Yi Christy Leung, also known as Liang Yi, (; born December 12, 2002) is a Hong Kong figure skater. She has finished within the top twelve at three ISU Championships. She is the 2019 Chinese national champion.

Career Early years Leung began learning to skate in 2009. In the 2015–2016 season, she placed fourth in the senior ranks at the 2016 Chinese Championships but was ineligible for senior and junior internationals due to her age.

2016–2017 season Making her junior international debut, Leung placed fifth at the Asian Open Trophy in August 2016 and tenth at an October Junior Grand Prix event in Dresden, Germany. In March, she ranked eighth in the short program, tenth in the free skate, and ninth overall at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei. She became the first Hong Kong skater to finish in the top ten at an ISU Championship. Her result allowed Hong Kong to send two ladies' single skaters to the 2018 edition.

2017–2018 season Leung finished eleventh at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

2018–2019 season In her senior international debut, Leung finished fourth at the 2018 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy in Bangkok, Thailand in August 2018. She finished fourth at the 2019 JGP Slovakia in Bratislava, Slovakia in August 2018, where she achieved her personal best short program score of 61.96 and personal best total score of 177.22. She next made her Challenger series debut at the 2018 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic, where Leung also ranked fourth. At the 2018 JGP Slovenia in October 2018, Leung ranked seventh. She finished sixth at the 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy, her second Challenger event of the year. In December 2018, Leung won the gold medal at the Chinese Figure Skating Championships.

Leung ranked twelfth at the 2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships and twenty-first in the 2019 World Junior Championships. At the 2019 World Championships in March 2019, she ranked fourteenth in the short program with a score of 58.60 and fourteenth in the free skate with a score of 118.62, to finish fourteenth overall with a repeat of her personal best total score of 177.22.

2019–2020 season Leung began the season at the 2019 Shanghai Trophy, where she finished fourth. Leung was invited to make her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2019 Skate America, replacing an injured Elizabet Tursynbaeva, and was also named as one of China's selections for the 2019 Cup of China. She placed ninth at Skate America and eighth at the Cup of China.

After withdrawing from the Four Continents Championships, Leung was assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

2020–2021 season Leung was scheduled to compete for the only time in the pandemic-constrained season at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, the first of two qualifiers for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. On arrival, however, she twisted her foot in a practice session and was forced to withdraw.

Programs Season Short program Free skating 2020–2022 Black Swan Breath of Life 2019–2020 Whatever Lola Wants Cirque du Soleil Réveil Seisouso Réveil 2018–2019 Scène d'amour Breath of Life 2017–2018 California Dreamin' Romantic Revenge 2016–2017 Hana's Eyes

Competitive highlights GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix International Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 Worlds 14th C WD Four Continents 12th WD Cup of China 8th Skate America 9th Asian Open 4th 5th Tallinn Trophy 6th U.S. Classic 4th Shanghai Trophy 4th U.S. Classic WD International: Junior Junior Worlds 9th 11th 21st Australia 14th Germany 10th Slovakia 4th Slovenia 7th Asian Open 5th 6th Cup of Nice 2nd National Hong Kong 1st J 1st J Chinese Champ. 6th 4th 5th 1st TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled Levels: J = Junior

Detailed results Senior 2019–20 season Date Event SP FS Total November 8–10, 2019 2019 Cup of China 8 53.90 9 103.57 8 157.47 Oct. 30 – Nov. 3, 2019 2019 CS Asian Open 4 58.34 6 93.11 5 151.45 October 18–20, 2019 2019 Skate America 10 54.25 7 109.43 9 163.68 October 3–5, 2019 2019 Shanghai Trophy 5 52.47 4 100.73 4 153.20

Junior 2018–19 season Date Event Level SP FS Total March 18–24, 2019 2019 World Championships Senior 14 58.60 14 118.62 14 177.22 March 4–10, 2019 2019 World Junior Championships Junior 22 47.62 20 88.23 21 135.85 February 7–10, 2019 2019 Four Continents Championships Senior 15 53.93 11 110.86 12 164.79 December 27–30, 2018 2019 Chinese Nationals Senior 2 65.93 1 124.24 1 190.17 November 26 – December 2, 2018 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy Senior 5 56.70 6 115.25 6 171.95 October 3–6, 2018 2018 JGP Slovenia Junior 7 50.16 5 109.25 7 159.41 September 12–16, 2018 2018 CS U.S. International Classic Senior 5 58.10 3 115.73 4 173.83 August 22–25, 2018 2018 JGP Slovakia Junior 4 61.96 5 115.26 4 177.22 August 1–5, 2018 2018 CS Asian Open Senior 3 57.99 4 103.02 4 161.01 2017–18 season Date Event Level SP FS Total March 5–11, 2018 2018 World Junior Championship Junior 11 56.97 13 99.25 11 156.22 August 23–26, 2017 2018 Junior Grand Prix, Australia Junior 12 38.81 15 69.07 14 107.88 August 2–5, 2017 2017 Asian Open Trophy Junior 6 42.88 6 89.25 6 132.13

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