Laura Anneli Lepistö (born 25 April 1988) is a Finnish former competitive figure skater.

In September 2010, she started her higher education studies at the Aalto University School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland.

[5] She trained in Espoo and Vierumäki in Finland, Boston in the United States, and Tallinn and Tartu in Estonia.

She then missed much of the season due to injury, having developed a stress fracture in her right hip as a result of practicing too many triple loops.

[7] It was also the first time Finns took two spots on the European podium as Susanna Pöykiö won bronze in the event.

Lepistö's assigned Grand Prix events were the 2009 NHK Trophy, where she again finished fifth, the 2009 Skate Canada International, where she received the bronze medal.

[11] She was assigned to 2011 Skate America and 2011 Trophee Eric Bompard for the Grand Prix season.

However, by July when she was training in Toronto with Brian Orser, pain in her foot grew so severe she could not put on her skates.

In November, she said she was unable to wear skates for more than 15 minutes due to the nerve problem and would miss the entire season to allow her leg to heal fully.

[14] Lepistö was invited by Champions on Ice to skate in the 21st annual Paektusan Festival in North Korea in February 2012 which was used to honor the memory of Kim Jong-il.

[15][16][17] After receiving permission from Finland's Ministry of Education and Culture, she performed in the event, along with other elite skaters, but later issued an apology.

[18][19][20] She has worked for the Finnish Olympic Committee, co-founded a sports marketing and athlete management company (Snou Creative), and became an ambassador and TV commentator for the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.