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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 ...
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Alexa and Chris Knierim made their move back to Illinois - where they had been living before relocating to California - soon after the 2022/23 season finished, with Chris taking a job as a skating director at a rink in the Chicago area.
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- They Are The First Married Couple to Represent The U.S. Since 1998
- They Teamed Up in April 2012
- Alexa Was Diagnosed with A Life-Threatening Gastrointestinal Condition
- They Are 1 of 3 Couples Currently Performing A Quad Twist Lift
- Their Coach Is Dalilah Sappenfield
Alexa Scimeca-Knierim and Chris Knierim are the first married couple since Jenni Meno and Todd Sand in 1998 to compete for Team USA in pairs at an Olympic Games. Another husband and wife, Ron and Nancy Luddington, are the last to win a U.S. medal in pairs, earning bronze in 1960. Skating has always had a strong influence in their relationship. The ...
Alexa began skating in 1998. In the 2011–12 season, Scimeca competed with Ivan Dimitrov, with whom she trained in Connecticut. It wasn’t until April 2012 that she teamed up with Chris, 30, and they qualified for their first world championships in their first season together, placing ninth. However, Chris broke his leg in the 2014 Olympic season. Ha...
They were married on July 26, 2016, but that summer was also one of concern because of Alexa’s chronic pain and bouts of sickness. Alexa became sick in April 2016, and her illness interrupted the Knierims’ training throughout the summer months that followed. She was properly diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening gastrointestinal condition in Augu...
The Knierims are one of only three couples in the world currently performing a quad twist lift. They have a unique opportunity to compete four times on Olympic ice in PyeongChang. “We’re both really excited being in the team event,”Chris told media on a recent teleconference. “Even if there was another pair team, we would still be doing both of the...
Alexa, who is from Addison, Illinois, and Chris, who is from San Diego, live and train in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They have credited much of their success to their coach, Dalilah Sappenfield. “She changed me to be the athlete I dreamed about being before I moved to her,” Alexa told NBC. “She got a handle on my mentality and was able to use the ...
Alexa Scimeca Knierim (born June 10, 1991) is an American figure skater. With partner Brandon Frazier, she is the 2022 Winter Olympic silver medalist in the team event, the 2022 World champion, the 2022-23 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, and a two-time US national champion (2021 and 2023).
Mar 21, 2017 · It is the morning of pairs figure skater Alexa Scimeca Knierim’s wedding, and she has to push back her hair and makeup appointment. Scimeca Knierim has been awake since 1 a.m., vomiting. “There was no way to describe or call what I was going through when I was getting sick,” she recalls.
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Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim share how they've developed their life together both in and beyond skating.
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Feb 14, 2018 · Alexa Scimeca Knierim began figure skating with her now-husband, Chris Knierim, in 2012. The pair went on to medal at several U.S. Championships, place first in a U.S. International Figure...
