Alexa Scimeca
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| Full name | Alexa Paige Scimeca Knierim | |||||||||||||||
| Country represented | United States | |||||||||||||||
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June 10, 1991 Addison, Illinois |
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| Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) | |||||||||||||||
| Partner | Chris Knierim | |||||||||||||||
| Former partner | Ivan Dimitrov | |||||||||||||||
| Coach | Dalilah Sappenfield, Larry Ibarra | |||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Julie Marcotte | |||||||||||||||
| Former choreographer | Igor Shpilband, Catarina Lindgren, Dalilah Sappenfield | |||||||||||||||
| Skating club | DuPage FSC Illinois | |||||||||||||||
| Training locations | Colorado Springs, Colorado | |||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1998 | |||||||||||||||
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| Combined total | 207.96 2016 Four Continents |
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| Short program | 71.37 2016 World Championships |
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| Free skate | 140.35 2016 Four Continents |
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Alexa Paige Scimeca Knierim (born June 10, 1991) is an American pair skater. With her husband, Chris Knierim, she is the 2016 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2014 Four Continents bronze medalist, and the 2015 U.S. national champion.
Alexa Scimeca was born June 10, 1991 in Addison, Illinois. She became engaged to Chris Knierim on April 8, 2014. They married on June 26, 2016 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Scimeca began skating in 1998. She was coached by Trish Cazeau Brown and Sergei Telenkov from 1998 to 2008, by Maria Jezak-Athey in 2008-09, and by Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova from 2009 to 2011.
In the 2011–12 season, Scimeca competed with Ivan Dimitrov, with whom she trained in Connecticut.
Scimeca teamed up with Chris Knierim in April 2012. They train together in Colorado Springs, Colorado under coaches Dalilah Sappenfield and Larry Ibarra.
The pair won gold at their first international event, the 2012 Coupe de Nice. After a number of withdrawals by other teams, they received a Grand Prix assignment, the 2012 NHK Trophy, where they finished fourth.
Scimeca/Knierim won the silver medal at the 2013 U.S. Championships. They were assigned to the 2013 Four Continents Championships but withdrew just before the event — Scimeca injured her right foot in practice. Scimeca/Knierim were named to the U.S. team for the 2013 World Championships after Caydee Denney / John Coughlin withdrew. They placed ninth in their World Championships debut.
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