| Pairs | |||||||||||
| Date of birth: | 10.06.1991 | Alexa SCIMECA KNIERIM | |||||||||
| Place of birth: | Addison, IL | ||||||||||
| Height: | 157 cm | USA | |||||||||
| Home town: | Irvine, CA | ||||||||||
| Profession: | associates degree | ||||||||||
| Hobbies: | baking, fishing, poetry, everything sparkling, make up, cats | ||||||||||
| Start sk. / Club: | 1998 / DuPage FSC Illinois | ||||||||||
| Internet / Social Media contact: | Twitter: Lexxapaige; Instagram: alexa_knierim | ||||||||||
| Internet / Social Media contact (Couple): | Twitter: @Scimeca_Knierim; http://figureskatersonline.com/scimeca-knierim | ||||||||||
| Former Partners: | Ivan DIMITROV | ||||||||||
| Date of birth: | 05.11.1987 | Chris KNIERIM | |||||||||
| Place of birth: | Tucson AZ | ||||||||||
| Height: | 187 cm | USA | |||||||||
| Home town: | Irvine, CA | ||||||||||
| Profession: | athlete | ||||||||||
| Hobbies: | fishing, working on cars, racing, camping | ||||||||||
| Start sk. / Club: | 1999 / Broadmoor SC | ||||||||||
| Internet / Social Media contact: | Twitter: @chrisknierim; Facebook & Instagram: Chris Knierim | ||||||||||
| Internet / Social Media contact (Couple): | Twitter: @Scimeca_Knierim; http://figureskatersonline.com/scimeca-knierim | ||||||||||
| Former Partners: | Brynn CARMAN, Andrea POAPST | ||||||||||
| Coach: | Todd Sand, Jenni Meno, Rafael Arutunian | ||||||||||
| Choreographer: | Benoit Richaud | ||||||||||
| Former Coach: | Aljona Savchenko, Dalilah Sappenfield | ||||||||||
| Practice low season: | 15 h/week Irvine, CA | ||||||||||
| Practice high season: | 15 h/week Irvine, CA | ||||||||||
| Music Short Program as of season 2019/2020 | |||||||||||
| At Last performed by Beyonce, arranged by Maxime Rodriguez | |||||||||||
| Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2019/2020 | |||||||||||
| Drop of Fragrance by Maxime Rodriguez Experience by Ludovico Einaudi | |||||||||||
| Personal Best Total Score | 202.41 | 27.09.2019 | ISU CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2019 | ||||||||
| Personal Best Score Short Program | 71.28 | 25.10.2019 | ISU GP Skate Canada International 2019 | ||||||||
| Personal Best Score Free Skating | 131.58 | 27.09.2019 | ISU CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2019 | ||||||||
| 12/13 | 13/14 | 14/15 | 15/16 | 16/17 | 17/18 | 18/19 | 19/20 | ||||
| Olympic Games | 15, | ||||||||||
| World Champ. | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 15 | ||||||
| European Champ. | |||||||||||
| Four Continents | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| World Juniors | |||||||||||
| National Champ. | 2.S | 4.S | 1.S | 2.S | 1.S | 7.S | 1.S | ||||
| S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice | |||||||||||
| (1): Andrea POAPST / Chris KNIERIM (USA) | |||||||||||
| International Competition | Year | Place | International Competition | Year | Place | ||||||
| ISU GP 2017 Bridgestone Skate America, Lake Placid, NY | 2017 | 5. | ISU CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 2018, Zagreb | 2018 | 2. | ||||||
| ISU CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2018, Oberstdorf | 2018 | 2. | ISU CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2019, Oberstdorf | 2019 | 2. | ||||||
| ISU GP Skate America 2018, Everett, WA | 2018 | 4. | ISU GP Skate Canada International 2019, Kelowna, BC | 2019 | 4. | ||||||
| ISU GP NHK Trophy 2018, Hiroshima | 2018 | 3. | ISU GP NHK Trophy 2019, Sapporo | 2019 | 7. | ||||||
| Scimeca/Knierim are bronze medalists in the Team Event at the 2018 Olympic Games. They teamed up in 2012. Scimeca competed in singles until 2009 before switching to pair skating. Scimeca/Knierim have performed the quad twist in competition (since 2015 National Championships). They got married to each other in June 2016. The couple missed the first half of the 2016/17 season as she underwent surgery. Coaches Jenni Meno and Todd Sand are three-time World Pairs medalists (bronze in 1995 and 1996, silver in 1998). | |||||||||||
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