Alexa Knierim

Alexa Paige Knierim ( Scimeca; born June 10, 1991) is an American former competitive 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.

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.

Personal life Alexa Scimeca was born June 10, 1991, in Addison, Illinois.

Skating career Early career Scimeca began skating in 1998.

Scimeca/Knierim won SKATING magazine's 2015 Readers' Choice Skaters of the Year Award, also known as the Michelle Kwan Trophy.

2015–2016 season: First Grand Prix medals and silver at Four Continents Scimeca/Knierim began their season at 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy, where they won the silver medal behind reigning Olympic champions Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov. In January 2024, the Court of Arbitration for Sport disqualified her, and the gold medal was awarded to the U.S. team in August 2024. They placed a strong third in the short program segment with a clean skate and earned a new personal best score of 75.00 points.

During the 2024 Paris Olympics, a medal ceremony was held for Knierim/Frazier and their teammates from the 2022 Olympic Figure Skating Team Event, where they were awarded their newly allocated Olympic team gold medals.

Programs

Pair skating with Brandon Frazier Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2022–2023