Alexa Knierim

Alexa Knierim
Alexa and Chris Knierim at the 2016 Four Continents Championships
Full name	Alexa Paige Knierim
Born	Alexa Paige Scimeca (1991-06-10) June 10, 1991 (age 33) Addison, Illinois
Hometown	Irvine, California
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	United States
Discipline	Pair skating
Partner	Brandon Frazier (2020–23) Chris Knierim (2012–20) Ivan Dimitrov (2010–12)
Coach	Todd Sand Jenni Meno Chris Knierim
Skating club	DuPage FSC Illinois
Began skating	1998
Event Olympic Games 1 0 1 World Championships 1 1 0 Four Continents Championships 0 1 1 Grand Prix Final 0 1 0 U.S. Championships 5 2 0 World Team Trophy 2 1 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 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 World Team Trophy 2015 Tokyo Team 2023 Tokyo Team 2021 Osaka Team

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.

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.