Alexa Knierim

Alexa Knierim
Alexa Knierim
	Alexa and Chris Knierim at the 2016 Four Continents Championships
Full name	Alexa Paige Knierim
Born	Alexa Paige Scimeca; June 10, 1991; Addison, Illinois, U.S.
Hometown	Irvine, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
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
Retired	2023
Medal record
Medal list
Olympic Games
World Championships
Four Continents Championships
Grand Prix Final
U.S. Championships
World Team Trophy

Alexa Paige Knierim (née Scimeca; born June 10, 1991) is an American former competitive 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.