Meet our young talents and learn about their passion for figure skating. Find out more about their stories and their enthusiasm for this fascinating sport.
The Talent Team has grown. In the 2025 audition, nine talents held their own in front of the jury and are part of the Talent Team 2026.
The 17-year-old athlete from Wollerau took up figure skating at the age of six. She trains in Switzerland and in Oberstdorf, Germany. She impresses with clean technique and a strong presence on the ice. In 2024, she finished sixth at the World Junior Championships, and last year she won bronze in the senior women’s category at the Swiss Championships.
16-year-old Gion Schmid from Wädenswil (Canton of Zurich) has been skating since 2015 and has been part of the Art on Ice young talents programme since 2024. In 2026, he had the opportunity to perform at Art on Ice. The highlights of his career so far: a bronze medal at the European Youth Olympic Festival and the Swiss junior title.
Elisabeth Dibbern has been part of the Art on Ice young talents programme since 2024. The 15-year-old has been skating since 2016 and trains with the Eislaufclub Dübendorf. She has already won bronze twice on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit and is the reigning Swiss junior silver medallist.
The 16-year-old has been competing for Switzerland since last season. She lives in Valais and trains with world champion Stéphane Lambiel in Champéry. In her very first season with Swiss Ice Skating, she made her mark with top-ten finishes on the Junior Grand Prix and at the World Junior Championships.
The 15-year-old from Fribourg was the 2024/25 Swiss champion in the Advanced Novice (U16) category. In 2026, she was selected to perform in the Art on Ice show. Last season, she won her first international ISU junior competition, Skate Celje in Slovenia.
Leandra Tzimpoukakis is in her element on the ice. The 17-year-old loves to jump and to captivate the audience. She is already the Swiss senior women’s champion and has represented Switzerland at the World Junior Championships and at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF), where she won bronze.
Olivia Bacsa stand bereits als 3-Jährige auf dem Eis. Musik, Tanz und das Eislaufen sind für die 17-Jährige ein wichtiger Teil ihres Lebens. Olivia war bereits zweimal Teil der Show-Tour von Art on Ice.
15-year-old Marina followed her older sister Eugenia onto the ice. She skates for the Eislaufclub Fribourg and brings elegance and incredible flexibility to the ice.
At just 13, Mayuka is the youngest member of the talent team and was also the youngest performer at Art on Ice 2026. The skater from Hochdorf in the Canton of Lucerne already lands all the triple jumps. She is a two-time Swiss U12 champion and the reigning Swiss U14 champion. This season, she has already won two international junior medals.
The talented Leandra Tzimpoukakis, Olivia Bacsa and Ean Weiler were the first ‘young talents’ to make their debut at Art on Ice in 2024.
In 2025, the line-up included Ava D’Andrea, Elisabeth Dibbern, Ean Weiler, Olivia Bacsa and Tammaro Wyss.
In 2026, Noélie Haymoz, Gion Schmid, Elisabeth Dibbern and Mayuka Süess were able to realise their dream of taking centre stage at the Art on Ice show.
