Alisa Efimova

Alisa Borisovna Efimova (, born 8 June 1999) is a Finnish pair skater of Russian ancestry who competes for the United States. With her current partner and husband, Misha Mitrofanov, she is the 2026 Four Continents champion, a two-time U.S. national champion (2025–26), a two-time Grand Prix medalist, and a three-time Challenger Series medalist.

Competing for Germany with Ruben Blommaert, she is the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo silver medalist, a two-time Challenger Series silver medalist, and the 2022 German national silver medalist.

Earlier in her career, she represented Russia with Alexander Korovin. The pair won one Grand Prix medal, silver at the 2018 Skate America, and six medals on the ISU Challenger Series, including gold at the 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.

Personal life Efimova was born in Kouvola, Finland. They skated a clean free skate, however, winning that competition segment and winning the gold medal overall.

A few days following the pair's win, however, eleven skaters and four figure skating coaches were killed in the Potomac River mid-air collision. Four of the victims were members of the Skating Club of Boston, where Efimova/Mitrofanov train. Speaking on the tragedy, Efimova shared, "This has been some of the hardest times for the sports community... We are lucky to see the family members that are with us. It is a very tough topic, but I feel just carrying the memory of those kids, parents and coaches and keeping their passion alive is something we can do and help them too maybe to handle all this. It is beautiful how the skating community and people outside of the skating community have come together, and I feel this will keep them alive or with us, part of them with us for a long time. I hope forever." Speaking on the experience of skating at Worlds in his hometown, Mitrofanov shared, "It was absolutely unbelievable! To have Worlds in Boston, it was everything I could hope and dream for. We had that slight extra pressure, you know, like, this is home, this is worlds. So, you really want to do well. But to be honest, the support from the crowd was absolutely amazing. That’s what really helped." Gordeeva herself also assisted in the program's creation.

They opened the season in August at 2025 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition where they took silver, and followed up with a bronze medal at 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. A couple months later, Efimova/Mitrofanov placed fifth at 2025 NHK Trophy and followed up with a silver medal at 2025 Finlandia Trophy. "It feels amazing! It is great that we beat the 200-mark today," said Efimova after the free skate. "We are happy with today, happy with all the work that we have put in." They were instead named to the 2026 Four Continents team and the 2026 World team.

Less than two weeks later, Efimova/Mitrofanov competed at the 2026 Four Continents Championships. They placed third in the short program and won the free skate, winning the gold medal overall. "This is my first gold medal in Four Continents championships, and I'm happy to win it with Misha," said Efimova. "I am proud of us. But overall, the athletic career and life is a long path; we just keep on moving forward."

At the 2026 World Championships, the pair finished in 6th place.

Programs

Pair skating with Misha Mitrofanov (for the United States) Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2023–24 186.17|2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 67.05|2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 37.79|2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 29.26|2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 119.23|2023 World Championships 60.72|2023 World Championships 61.68|2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy

2021–2022 season Date Event SP FS Total December 9–11, 2021 2022 German Championships 2 66.20 2 118.03 2 184.23 2022–2023 season Date Event SP FS Total March 22–26, 2023 2023 World Championships 7 65.23 10 119.23 10 184.46 January 25–29, 2023 2023 European Championships 3 62.77 5 110.89 4 173.66 November 25–27, 2022 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo 4 62.46 2 108.29 2 170.75 October 28–30, 2022 2022 Skate Canada International 7 51.49 WD WD October 4–9, 2022 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 2 62.54 2 114.57 2 177.11 September 21–24, 2022 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 3 67.05 2 119.12 2 186.17

Pair skating with Alexander Korovin

2019–2020 season Date Event SP FS Total 24–29 December 2019 2020 Russian Championships 4 72.83 10 113.14 9 185.97 22–24 November 2019 2019 NHK Trophy 4 64.94 4 124.40 4 189.34 8–10 November 2019 2019 Cup of China 6 63.97 8 106.22 8 170.19 11–13 October 2019 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy 2 69.12 3 125.16 2 194.28 25–28 September 2019 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 8 59.94 7 111.52 7 171.46 2018–2019 season Date Event SP FS Total 7–9 March 2019 2019 Winter Universiade 2 57.72 1 113.29 1 171.01 19–23 December 2018 2019 Russian Championships 6 70.61 6 129.06 6 199.67 5–8 December 2018 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 1 65.84 2 118.05 1 183.89 16–18 November 2018 2018 Rostelecom Cup 4 65.46 5 116.16 5 181.62 19–21 October 2018 2018 Skate America 2 62.38 3 116.60 2 178.98 26–29 September 2018 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 4 56.42 1 122.52 1 178.94 2017–2018 season Date Event SP FS Total 21–24 December 2017 2018 Russian Championships 8 63.44 10 113.19 9 176.63 21–26 November 2017 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy 2 64.58 3 98.04 2 162.62 21–23 September 2017 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 3 61.82 3 109.40 3 171.22 14–17 September 2017 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy 5 56.54 6 104.16 5 160.70 2016–2017 season Date Event SP FS Total 28 February – 5 March 2017 2017 Cup of Tyrol 2 59.88 2 101.70 2 161.58 20–26 December 2016 2017 Russian Championships 6 63.69 8 112.91 8 176.60 20–27 November 2016 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy 2 57.62 1 103.06 2 160.68 4–6 November 2016 2016 Rostelecom Cup 6 61.27 7 103.80 7 165.07 2015–2016 season Date Event SP FS Total 23–28 February 2016 2016 Hellmut Seibt Memorial 2 50.21 2 112.26 2 162.47 23–27 December 2015 2016 Russian Championships 11 54.34 9 106.96 9 161.30