Alissa Czisny (born June 25, 1987) is an American former competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time Skate Canada champion (2005, 2010), the 2011 Skate America champion, and a two-time U.S. national champion (2009, 2011).
Alissa Czisny was born together with a fraternal twin sister, Amber, on June 25, 1987 in Sylvania, Ohio. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Bowling Green State University where she was on a full academic scholarship and majored in international studies, French and Russian. She took online classes due to her skating. She also expressed interest in learning Japanese. Czisny is a vegetarian and a Christian. She took ballet lessons from a young age to improve her flexibility and strength.
Czisny began skating at age 1½ when she and her sister, Amber, accompanied their mother to the ice skating rink because they did not want to stay at home with the babysitter. Julianne Berlin became her coach in 1998. Early in her career, Theresa McKendry was her main choreographer, assisted by Amber Czisny.