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Alisa Borisovna Efimova (Russian: Алиса Борисовна Ефимова, born 8 June 1999) is an American pair skater. With her current partner, Misha Mitrofanov, she is the 2024 U.S. national silver medalist and 2024 Skate America bronze medalist.
Competing for Germany with Ruben Blommaert, she is the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo silver medalist.
Earlier in her career, she represented Russia with Alexander Korovin. The pair won one Grand Prix medal, silver at the 2018 Skate America, and five medals on the ISU Challenger Series, including gold at the 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.
Personal life
Efimova was born in Kouvola, Finland. Her mother, Marina Shirshova, is figure skating who currently works in Lappeenranta, Finland, while her father, Boris Efimov, is a physician. She also has a younger brother named Nikita.
Efimova is multilingual, able to communicate in Finnish, Russian, English and German fluently. Additionally, she has also studied French and Swedish. Following the end of her competitive figure skating career, Efimova has expressed interest in pursuing a career in the field of medicine.
Career
= Early years
=Efimova began learning to skate in 2002 at the age of 2. She represented Finland internationally until 2014 when she moved to Moscow and switched from singles to pairs.
= Partnership with Korovin
=2016–2017 season
Efimova began competing with her first pair skating partner, Alexander Korovin, in 2014. Their international debut came in February 2016 at the Hellmut Seibt Memorial. They won the silver medal, finishing second to Italy's Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek.
Coached by Natalia Pavlova and Alexander Zaitsev in Moscow, Efimova/Korovin debuted on the Grand Prix series, placing seventh at the 2016 Rostelecom Cup in November. Later that month, the two received the silver medal at the 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy, having ranked second in the short program, first in the free skate, and second overall behind Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin of Russia. After placing eighth at the 2017 Russian Championships, they took silver at the Cup of Tyrol in March 2017.
2017–2018 season
Efimova/Korovin relocated to Saint Petersburg to be coached by Oleg Vasiliev and Tamara Moskvina. In September, the pair placed fifth at their season opener, the 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy and then won bronze at the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy a week later. In November, they took silver at the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy behind Australia's Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor. They had no Grand Prix assignments. They finished ninth at the 2018 Russian Championships.
2018–2019 season
In September, Efimova/Korovin won their first international gold medal at their first event of the season, the 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Ranked fourth in the short program and first in the free skate, they outscored the silver medalists, Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim, by 1.72 points.
Efimova/Korovin competed at two Grand Prix events, the 2018 Skate America and 2018 Rostelecom Cup. In October, Efimova/Korovin won their first Grand Prix medal, silver, at the 2018 Skate America. Ranked second in the short program and third in the free skate, they won the silver medal behind their teammates Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov. In mid-November, they competed at the 2018 Rostelecom Cup, where they finished fifth after placing fourth in the short program and fifth in the free skate.
In early December, Efimova/Korovin won their second Challenger Series gold medal of the season at the 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. Ranked first in the short program and second in the free skate, they again narrowly beat Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim. This time Efimova/Korovin beat them by 1.05 points. At this event, Efimova/Korovin also scored their personal best score of 183.89 points.
At the 2019 Russian Championships, Efimova/Korovin placed sixth. They then finished the season by winning gold at the 2019 Winter Universiade.
2019–2020 season
Beginning the season on the Challenger series, Efimova/Korovin were seventh at the 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, then won the silver medal at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy. They finished eighth of eight teams at the 2019 Cup of China. They placed fourth at the 2019 NHK Trophy.
At the 2020 Russian Championships, Efimova/Korovin placed fourth in the short program. The free skate was a struggle, with them placing tenth in that segment and dropping to ninth place overall.
The pair parted ways following the season.
= Partnership with Bloomaert
== 2021–2022 season
=In 2021, it was announced that Efimova had teamed up with German pair skater, Ruben Blommaert and that they would be coached in Oberstorf by Florian Just.
They competed at the 2021 German Championships, the pair won the silver medal behind Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert.
= 2022–2023 season
=Making their international debut together, Efimova/Bloomaert won the silver medal at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy behind Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps of Canada. They then went on to win another silver medal at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy.
Competing on the Grand Prix series, Efimova/Bloomaert competed at 2022 Skate Canada International, however, after a hard fall on a throw in the short program, Efimova bruised her thigh and the pair withdrew from the event before the free skate. Going on to compete at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo, Efimova/Bloomaert won the silver medal behind Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini of Italy. At the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, Efimova/Bloomaert finished fifth.
The pair didn't compete at the 2023 German Championships due to Bloomaert coming down with a high fever a couple of days before the event. Regardless, they were still selected to compete at the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland, Efimova/Bloomaert placed third in the short program but fifth in the free skate and dropped to fifth place overall.
Going on to compete at the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, Efimova/Bloomaert placed seventh in the short program and tenth in the free skate, finishing in tenth place overall.
Bloomaert retired from competitive figure skating following the season, citing a lack of funding from the German Skating Union as one of the main reasons. Meanwhile, Efimova expressed her intention to continue competing with a new figure skating partner.
= Partnership with Mitrofanov
== 2023–2024 season
=Upon learning about her split with Blommaert, American pair skater, Misha Mitrofanov, who was looking for a new partner, messaged Efimova on Instagram, asking if she would be interested in having a pair skating tryout with him. Efimova then went on to contact Mitrofanov's longtime coaches, Aleksey Letov and Olga Ganicheva, asking if they would be interested in coaching her, which they agreed to. Following a successful tryout, Efimova moved to Norwood, Massachusetts to train at the Skating Club of Boston with Mitrofanov. It was announced in June 2023 that the pair team would be representing the United States.
Following a silver win at the domestic U.S. Pairs Final, behind Katie McBeath/Daniil Parkman, Efimova/Mitrofanov qualified for the 2024 U.S. National Championships. At the event, the pair placed fifth in the short program but won the free skate, allowing them to move up to second place overall.
= 2024–2025 season
=Efimova/Mitrofanov began their season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series. They won the silver medal at the 2024 CS John Nicks Pairs Competition, before going on to finish fourth at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.
Debuting together on the 2024–25 Grand Prix series, the pair took the bronze medal at 2024 Skate America and finished fourth at the 2024 Grand Prix de France.
Programs
= Pairs with Mitrofanov
== Pairs with Blommaert
== Pairs with Korovin
== Ladies' singles
=Competitive highlights
= Pair skating with Misha Mitrofanov (for the United States)
== Pair skating with Ruben Blommaert (for Germany)
== Pair skating with Alexander Korovin (for Russia)
== Single skating (for Finland)
=Detailed results
= Pair skating with Misha Mitrofanov
== Pair skating with Ruben Blommaert
== Pair skating with Alexander Korovin
=References
External links
Media related to Alisa Efimova at Wikimedia Commons
Elisa Efimova & Misha Mitrofanov at SkatingScores.com
Alisa Efimova & Ruben Blommaert at the International Skating Union
Elisa Efimova & Ruben Blommaert at SkatingScores.com
Alisa Efimova & Alexander Korovin at the International Skating Union
Alisa Efimova & Alexander Korovin at SkatingScores.com
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- 2024–25 figure skating season
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- 2024–25 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
- 2024–25 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
- 2024 Skate America
