Luc Maierhofer

Luc Maierhofer (born 24 May 2002) is an Austrian figure skater who currently competes in the pairs discipline with Gabriella Izzo. With Izzo, he is the 2026 Austrian national champion and the 2024 Ice Challenge champion.

With previous partner, Giorgia Ghedini, he is the 2023 Austrian junior national champion.

As a singles skater, he is the 2019 Golden Bear of Zagreb silver medalist and the 2022 Austrian national champion. On the junior level, he is the 2016 Dragon Trophy champion, the 2016 Skate Helena silver medalist, and a two-time Austrian junior national champion (2016, 2019).

Personal life Maierhofer was born 24 May 2002 in Vienna, Austria. His brother, Johannes Maierhofer, and half-sister Belinda Schönberger have also competed in figure skating.

Career Single skating career Early career Maierhofer began learning to skate in 2008. The pair trained at in Egna, Italy and were coached by Daniel Aggiano at the Young Goose Academy.

Together, the team won gold at the 2023 Austrian Junior Championships and silver on the junior level of the 2023 International Challenge Cup. It was subsequently announced that the pair would be coached by Severin Kiefer in Salzburg while also making trips to Norwood, Massachusetts, to work with Izzo's coaches, Aleksey Letov and Olga Ganicheva.

The pair made their international debut in November, winning the gold medal at the 2024 Ice Challenge. There, the pair also received the required minimum technical element scores to compete at the European and World Championships. They went on to compete on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing tenth at the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup and ninth at the 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. but they later had to withdraw due to illness.

The pair ended the season by making their World Championship debut, where they finished in twenty-third place. Padam, padam... Milord Troy Hector's Death Achilles Leads the Myrmadons Remember 2024–25