Alisa Borisovna Efimova (, born 8 June 1999) is an American
pair skater
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. With her current partner,
Misha Mitrofanov
Misha Mitrofanov (born June 12, 1997) is an American pair skater. With his current partner, Alisa Efimova, he is the 2025 United States Figure Skating Championships, U.S. national champion and 2024 Skate America bronze medalist.
With his former s ...
, she is the 2025
U.S. national champion and
2024 Skate America bronze medalist.
Competing for Germany with
Ruben Blommaert, she is the
2022 Grand Prix of Espoo
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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
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, and five medals on the
ISU Challenger Series
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, including gold at the
2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
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...
and
2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
The 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb was held in December 2018 as part of the 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
Entries
The International Skatin ...
.
Personal life
Efimova was born in
Kouvola
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,
Finland
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.
[ Her mother, Marina Shirshova, is a retired figure skater who currently works in ]Lappeenranta
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, Finland, while her father, Boris Efimov, is a physician. She also has a younger brother named Nikita.[
Efimova is ]multilingual
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, able to communicate in Finnish, Russian, English and German fluently. Additionally, she has also studied French and Swedish. Efimova has expressed an interest in pursuing a career in medicine once she retires from competitive figure skating.[
]
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
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and switched from singles
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to pairs
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.
Partnership with Korovin
2016–17 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
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/ Ondřej Hotárek
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.
Coached by Natalia Pavlova
Natalia Yevgenievna Pavlova (, née Dongauzer, Донгаузер) (born 9 April 1956) is a Russian pair skating coach and former competitor for the Soviet Union.
Personal life
Natalia Yevgenievna Dongauzer (later Pavlova) was born on 8 Janua ...
and Alexander Zaitsev in Moscow,[ Efimova/Korovin debuted on the ]Grand Prix
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series, placing seventh at the 2016 Rostelecom Cup
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in November. Later that month, the two received the silver medal at the 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy
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, having ranked second in the short program, first in the free skate, and second overall behind Alina Ustimkina
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Personal life
Alina Vladimirovna Usti ...
/ Nikita Volodin
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of Russia. After placing eighth at the 2017 Russian Championships, they took silver at the Cup of Tyrol
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in March 2017.
2017–18 season
Efimova/Korovin relocated to Saint Petersburg
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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
The 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy was a senior international figure skating competition held on November 21–26, 2017, at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, Estonia. The senior categories were part of the 2017–18 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were aw ...
behind Australia's Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya
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/ Harley Windsor
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. They had no Grand Prix
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assignments. They finished ninth at the 2018 Russian Championships.
2018–19 season
In September, Efimova/Korovin won their first international gold medal at their first event of the season, the 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
The 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy was held in September 2018 at the Eissportzentrum Oberstdorf. It is part of the 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
...
. Ranked fourth in the short program and first in the free skate, they outscored the silver medalists, Alexa Scimeca Knierim
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/ Chris Knierim
Christopher Knierim (born November 5, 1987) is an American former pair skater. With his wife, Alexa Scimeca Knierim, he is a 2018 Olympic bronze medalist in the figure skating team event, a two-time Four Continents medalist ( 2016 silver, 2014 ...
, by 1.72 points.
Efimova/Korovin competed at two Grand Prix events, the 2018 Skate America
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and 2018 Rostelecom Cup
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. In October, Efimova/Korovin won their first Grand Prix
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medal, silver, at the 2018 Skate America
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. Ranked second in the short program and third in the free skate, they won the silver medal behind their teammates Evgenia Tarasova
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/ Vladimir Morozov. In mid-November, they competed at the 2018 Rostelecom Cup
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, 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
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. Ranked first in the short program and second in the free skate, they again narrowly beat Alexa Scimeca Knierim
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/ Chris Knierim
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. 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
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.
2019–20 season
Beginning the season on the Challenger series, Efimova/Korovin were seventh at the 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
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...
, then won the silver medal at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy
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. They finished eighth of eight teams at the 2019 Cup of China
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and placed fourth at the 2019 NHK Trophy
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.
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
2021–22 season
In 2021, it was announced that Efimova had teamed up with German
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pair skater, Ruben Blommaert and that they would be coached in Oberstorf by Florian Just
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.[
They competed at the 2021 German Championships, the pair won the silver medal behind ]Minerva Fabienne Hase
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/ Nolan Seegert
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.[
]
2022–23 season
Making their international debut together, Efimova/Bloomaert won the silver medal at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
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Entrie ...
behind Deanna Stellato-Dudek
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/ Maxime Deschamps
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of Canada
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. They then went on to win another silver medal at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy
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.[
Competing on the ]Grand Prix
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series, Efimova/Bloomaert competed at 2022 Skate Canada International
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, 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
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, Efimova/Bloomaert won the silver medal behind Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini of Italy
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. At the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
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, 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
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, Finland
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, 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
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, 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
2023–24 season
Upon learning about her split with Blommaert, American pair skater, Misha Mitrofanov
Misha Mitrofanov (born June 12, 1997) is an American pair skater. With his current partner, Alisa Efimova, he is the 2025 United States Figure Skating Championships, U.S. national champion and 2024 Skate America bronze medalist.
With his former s ...
, 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, to which they agreed. Following a successful tryout, Efimova moved to ]Norwood, Massachusetts
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, to train at the Skating Club of Boston with Mitrofanov. Mitrofanov later recalled, "There were some elements where we had different timing. But on other elements, it clicked almost right away, and it felt very nice. It just felt like eingat home."[ It was announced in June 2023 that the pair team would represent the ]United States
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.
Following a silver win at the domestic U.S. Pairs Final, Efimova and 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.
2024–25 season
Efimova/Mitrofanov began their season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series
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. 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
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En ...
.
Debuting together on the 2024–25 Grand Prix series, the pair won the bronze medal at 2024 Skate America and finished fourth at the 2024 Grand Prix de France
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.
In January, Efimova/Mitrofanov competed at the 2025 U.S. Championships. They placed third in the short program after receiving a double downgrade on their attempted side-by-side triple toe-loops. They skated a clean free skate, however, winning that competition segment and winning the gold medal overall. Efimova expressed joy at the result in an interview following the event, saying, "For us, this is the second Nationals, and I’m very proud of us that we made it to the top of the podium,” Efimova said at the post-event press conference. “And for me, this is the first Nationals overall in any country that I placed first. It was my dream right now to do it for our team, our community. They do so much for us, our coaches, our parents, our skating club and everyone. I’m just really happy that it turned out this way."
A few days following the pair's win, however, eleven skaters and four figure skating coaches were killed in the Potomac River mid-air collision. Four of the victims were members of the Skating Club of Boston
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, where Efimova/Mitrofanov train. Speaking on the tragedy, Efimova shared, "This has been some of the hardest times for the sports community... We are lucky to see the family members that are with us. It is a very tough topic, but I feel just carrying the memory of those kids, parents and coaches and keeping their passion alive is something we can do and help them too maybe to handle all this. It is beautiful how the skating community and people outside of the skating community have come together, and I feel this will keep them alive or with us, part of them with us for a long time. I hope forever."[
Efimova/Mitrofanov went on to compete at the 2025 Four Continents Championships in ]Seoul
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, South Korea, where they finished in fifth place.[
On March 2, 2025, the pair took part in ]Legacy on Ice
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, an ice show organized by U.S. Figure Skating
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that paid tribute to lives lost aboard American Eagle Flight 5342. A couple weeks later, they competed at the 2025 World Championships in Boston, Massachusetts
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, United States. After, placing ninth in the short program, the pair delivered a clean free skate, placing fourth in that segment and earning a new personal best in the process. They ultimately finished the event in sixth place overall. Their placement, in addition to Kam
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/O'Shea
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's seventh-place finish, earned three berths for U.S. pair skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Speaking on the experience of skating at Worlds in his hometown, Mitrofanov shared, "It was absolutely unbelievable! To have Worlds in Boston, it was everything I could hope and dream for. We had that slight extra pressure, you know, like, this is home, this is worlds. So, you really want to do well. But to be honest, the support from the crowd was absolutely amazing. That’s what really helped."
Selected to compete for Team United States at the 2025 World Team Trophy, Efimova/Mitrofanov placed fifth in all segments of the pair's event and Team United States finished in first place overall.[
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Programs
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)
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
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Elisa Efimova & Ruben Blommaert
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Alisa Efimova & Alexander Korovin
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1999 births
Living people
Russian female pair skaters
Finnish female single skaters
Sportspeople from Kouvola
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia
Winter World University Games medalists in figure skating
Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade
Finnish people of Russian descent
Finnish emigrants to Russia
21st-century Russian sportswomen
21st-century Finnish sportswomen