Alex and Maia Shibutani

Alex and Maia Shibutani are American competitive ice dancers. They are two-time Olympic bronze medalists (2018 team and individual ice dance events), three-time World medalists (silver in 2016; bronze in 2011 and 2017), 2016 Four Continents champions, two-time U.S. national champions (2016, 2017) and are members of the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame (first ballot inductees, 2023). They are two-time members of the U.S. Olympic team competing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia (second youngest team in the field) and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

The Shibutanis have made history in their sport on multiple occasions. In 2018, they become the first ice dancers of Asian (non-white) descent to win medals at the Olympics. Their US national titles and ISU Grand Prix series and championship titles and medals were also historic firsts for athletes of Asian descent in the discipline of ice dance. Alex became the first male figure skater of Asian descent to be inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame. They are the second sibling duo to share an Olympic medal as partners in ice dance, and the first from the United States. Their bronze medal at the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships is the highest result for an American team during their debut season at the World championships, and at 16 and 20 years of age, they became the second youngest team to earn world medals in the history of the sport.

As competitors at the senior level, the Shibutanis (Alex and Maia) were the first team in history to earn medals at both of their events during their rookie season, and have won six titles on the Grand Prix circuit. At the junior level, they earned the silver medal at the 2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships (their debut season competing internationally), captured a bronze medal at the 2009–10 JGP Final, and during their four competitive outings over two years on the Junior Grand Prix circuit, earned three gold and one silver medal. From 2005 through 2018, they stood on the podium for 14 consecutive years at the U.S. National Figure Skating Championships (at all 5 competitive levels, including 8 consecutive years at the senior level).

The Shibutani siblings are often referred to by their nickname, the ShibSibs.