Chris Knierim
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| Full name | Christopher Knierim | |||||||||||||||
| Country represented | United States | |||||||||||||||
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November 5, 1987 Tucson, Arizona |
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| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Partner | Alexa Scimeca Knierim | |||||||||||||||
| Former partner | Andrea Poapst, Carolyn-Ann Alba, Brynn Carman, Shawnee Smith | |||||||||||||||
| Coach | Dalilah Sappenfield, Larry Ibarra | |||||||||||||||
| Former coach | Eddie Shipstad | |||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Cindy Stuart | |||||||||||||||
| Former choreographer | Julie Marcotte, Igor Shpilband, Catarina Lindgren, Dalilah Sappenfield | |||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Broadmoor SC | |||||||||||||||
| Training locations | Colorado Springs, Colorado | |||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2000 | |||||||||||||||
| ISU personal best scores | ||||||||||||||||
| Combined total | 207.96 2016 Four Continents |
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| Short program | 72.17 2017 World Championships |
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| Free skate | 140.35 2016 Four Continents |
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Christopher "Chris" Knierim (born November 5, 1987) is an American pair skater. With his wife, Alexa Scimeca Knierim, he is the 2016 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2014 Four Continents bronze medalist and 2015 U.S. national champion.
Christopher Knierim was born November 5, 1987 in Tucson, Arizona. He lived in San Diego, California before settling in Colorado Springs, Colorado in the summer of 2006. He has worked as an auto mechanic. He became engaged to Alexa Scimeca on April 8, 2014. They married on June 26, 2016 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Knierim began skating at age 12. He teamed up with Brynn Carman in February 2006.Dalilah Sappenfield coached the pair at the World Ice Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The pair won the junior silver medal at the 2009 U.S. Championships. They announced the end of their partnership on April 9, 2009.
Knierim began skating with Carolyn-Ann Alba in 2009. They won the junior pairs title at the 2010 Midwestern Sectional Championships and the 2010 U.S. junior pewter medal. They split after the 2010 U.S. Championships.
Knierim began a partnership with Andrea Poapst in July 2010. They won the junior title at the 2011 Midwestern Sectional Championships and the junior silver medal at the U.S. Championships. Poapst/Knierim won gold at the 2011 Ice Challenge, their first senior international together. They parted ways at the end of the 2011–12 season.
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