Alexa Knierim
Alexa Paige Knierim, née Scimeca (born June 10, 1991) is an American pair skater. With her skating partner, Brandon Frazier, she is the 2022 World champion, the 2023 World silver medalist, a 2022 Olympic gold medalist in the figure skating team event, the 2022 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a two-time U.S. National champion (2021, 2023), and a three-time Grand Prix gold medalist.
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Alexa and Chris Knierim at the 2016 Four Continents Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Alexa Paige Knierim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Alexa Paige Scimeca June 10, 1991 Addison, Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Irvine, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Brandon Frazier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Todd Sand Jenni Meno Chris Knierim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | DuPage FSC Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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With her husband and former skating partner, Chris Knierim, she is a 2018 Olympic bronze medalist in the figure skating team event, a two-time Four Continents medalist (2016 silver, 2014 bronze), a three-time Grand Prix medalist (1 silver, 2 bronze), and a three-time U.S. National champion (2015, 2018, 2020). At the 2018 Winter Olympics, the Knierims became the first American pair, and the second pair ever in history, to perform a quad twist at the Olympic Games.