Alexa Scimeca Knierim

Alexa Scimeca Knierim
nation	United States
birthday	June 10, 1991
place of birth	Addison ,  United States
size	157 cm
Weight	46 kg
Career
Partner	Brandon Frazier
Former partner	Chris Knierim
Trainer	Todd Sand Jenni Meno Rafael Harutjunjan
Former trainers	Dalilah Sappenfield Aljona Savchenko
choreographer	Benoît Richaud
status	active
Medal table
winter Olympics bronze Pyeongchang 2018 team Four continents championships bronze Taipei 2014 Pair skating silver Taipei 2016 Pair skating
Placements in the figure skating Grand Prix
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Grand Prix competitions 0 1 2
last change: February 27, 2020

Alexa Scimeca Knierim (born June 10, 1991 in Addison ) is an American figure skater who competes in pair skating . Together with Chris Knierim , she won a bronze medal in the figure skating team competition at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang . At the Four Continents Championships , the couple won two medals, bronze in 2014 and silver in 2016.

Personal

In 2016, Alexa Scimeca married her partner in pair skating, Chris Knierim. She then took the name Alexa Scimeca Knierim.

Career

Alexa Scimeca trained together with Chris Knierim in Colorado Springs with Dalilah Sappenfield from 2012 . The couple won the silver medal in pair skating when they first competed in the US Championships in 2013, and they won the gold medal in 2015, 2018 and 2020.

After winning gold at the 2020 US Championships, Chris Knierim announced the end of his career. In March 2020, Scimeca Knierim announced that it would compete in competitions with Brandon Frazier from next season .

Results

Together with Chris Knierim in pair skating:

Championship / year	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
winter Olympics						15th
World championships	9.		7th	9.	10.	15th
Four continents championships		3.	5.	2.	6th
American championships	2.	4th	1.	2.		1.	7th	1.
Team competition / year	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
winter Olympics						3.
World Team Trophy			1.
Team Challenge Cup				1.
Grand Prix competition / season	12/13	13/14	14/15	15/16	16/17	17/18	18/19	19/20
Grand Prix Final				7th
NHK Trophy	4th			3.		5.	3.	7th
Cup of China		5.
Cup of Russia		6th
Skate America			4th	2.		5.	4th
Eric Bompard Trophy			4th
Skate Canada								4th

Web links

Commons : Alexa Scimeca  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim in the database of the International Skating Union (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Knierims' Bond Even Stronger as Chris Steps Away from Skating. Retrieved July 13, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier Announce Partnership. Retrieved July 18, 2020 .