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.

Alexa Knierim
Alexa and Chris Knierim at the 2016 Four Continents Championships
Full nameAlexa Paige Knierim
BornAlexa Paige Scimeca
(1991-06-10) June 10, 1991
Addison, Illinois
HometownIrvine, California
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
Country United States
DisciplinePair skating
PartnerBrandon Frazier
CoachTodd Sand
Jenni Meno
Chris Knierim
Skating clubDuPage FSC Illinois
Began skating1998
Event
Olympic Games – Team event 1 0 1
World Championships 1 1 0
Four Continents Championships 0 1 1
Grand Prix Final 0 1 0
World Team Trophy 2 1 0
U.S. Championships 5 2 0
Medal list
Olympic Games
2022 Beijing Team
2018 Pyeongchang Team
World Championships
2022 Montpellier Pairs
2023 Saitama Pairs
Four Continents Championships
2016 Taipei Pairs
2014 Taipei Pairs
Grand Prix Final
2022-23 Turin Pairs
World Team Trophy
2015 Tokyo Team
2023 Tokyo Team
2021 Osaka Team
U.S. Championships
2015 Greensboro Pairs
2018 San Jose Pairs
2020 Greensboro Pairs
2021 Las Vegas Pairs
2023 San Jose Pairs
2013 Omaha Pairs
2016 Saint Paul Pairs

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.

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