Lukas Britschgi

Lukas Britschgi (born 17 February 1998) is a Swiss figure skater. He is the 2025 European champion, 2023 European bronze medalist, a two-time Grand Prix medalist, an eight-time ISU Challenger Series medalist (including gold at the 2023 Warsaw Cup), and a six-time Swiss national champion (2019–20, 2022, 2024–26).

He represented Switzerland at the 2022 and the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Britschgi is the first Swiss man to win the European Championships title since 1947.

Personal life Britschgi was born on February 17, 1998, in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Coming from a family of athletes, Britschgi's mother is a former competitive ice dancer and his brother is a soccer player.

He started his season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, winning silver at the 2024 Budapest Trophy and the 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. Two weeks later, Britsghi delivered stronger performances at the 2024 Finlandia Trophy, where he placed fifth. He finished in twelfth place overall and won Switzerland a quota in the men's event at the upcoming 2026 Winter Olympics. “Next, I actually have to take eight weeks off to do rehabilitation for my knee,” he said. “That means eight weeks off the ice. Three of those weeks, I’ll use for vacation." After the event, Britschgi was officially named to the 2026 Winter Olympic team.

On 10 February, Britschgi competed in the short program segment of the 2026 Winter Olympics. He placed nineteenth in the short program after missing a planned quad toe. "My practices were perfect," he said following his performance. "I did not make a single mistake or almost no mistakes, all the run-throughs I did were really, really good. Today I was hesitating on my quads while thinking I have to do it the same way. But hesitating was the mistake... We were on a really high level and I felt at the same level to be honest. But I was not able to show it today on the ice. That's the tough part about figure skating. I have to come back." Two days later, he delivered a stronger free skate performance, placing thirteenth in that segment and moving up to fourteenth place overall.

Programs Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2025–2026