# Alisa Efimova

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 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 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 a retired figure skater 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. 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 and switched from singles to pairs.

### 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 / 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.

#### 2017–18 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.

#### 2018–19 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.

#### 2019–20 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
#### 2021–22 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.

#### 2022–23 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
#### 2023–24 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, to which they agreed. Following a successful tryout, Efimova moved to Norwood, Massachusetts, 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 [being] at home." It was announced in June 2023 that the pair team would represent the United States.
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 and 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 won the bronze medal at 2024 Skate America and finished fourth at the 2024 Grand Prix de France.

## Programs
### Pair skating with Misha Mitrofanov (for the United States)

| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
| 2023–24 | Vladimir's Blues by Max Richter Tourner dans le vide by Indila choreo. by Olga Ganicheva | Iron 2021 by Woodkid choreo. by Olga Ganicheva | |
| 2024–25 | Ameksa (District 78 Remix) by Taalbi Brothers & District 78 Uccen (DWTS Remix) by Taalbi Brothers choreo. by Renée Roca | Je suis malade by Serge Lama performed by Forestella choreo. by Renée Roca | Money, Money, Money by ABBA Papa, Can You Hear Me? (from Yentl) by Michel Legrand performed by Barbara Streisand |

### Pair skating with Ruben Blommaert (for Germany)

| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
| 2022–23 | Piano Sonata No. 14 by Ludwig van Beethoven performed by Arthur Rubenstein Moonlight Sonata (Epic Trailer Version) performed by Hidden Citizen choreo. by Benjamin Steffan, Rostislav Sinicyn | Private Investigations by Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler Sold My Soul by Two Wooden Stones choreo. by Benjamin Steffan, Rostislav Sinicyn | The Danger Zone by Ray Charles Hit the Road Jack by Ray Charles performed by The Overtones ft. Beverley Knight |

### Pair skating with Alexander Korovin (for Russia)

| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
| 2019–20 | Carmina Burana by Carl Orff choreo. by Elena Maselennikova, Alexander Stepin | The Sound of Silence by Paul Simon performed by Disturbed choreo. by Elena Maselennikova, Alexander Stepin | |
| 2018–19 | Human by Rag'n'Bone Man choreo. by Alexander Stepin | La Strada by Nino Rota | Gypsy Dance |
| 2017–18 | Joue Jusqu'au Matin by Yoska Nemeth choreo. by Julia Goriunova | La Strada by Nino Rota | |
| 2016–17 | Chilly Cha Cha by Jessica Jay choreo. by Julia Goriunova | Tales from the Vienna Woods by Johann Strauss II Kaiser-Walzer by Johann Strauss II choreo. by Julia Goriunova | |
| 2015–16 | The Very Thought of You | New York, New York | Девятое мая performed by Soso Pavliashvili |
| 2014–15 | El día que me quieras by Raúl Di Blasio | New York, New York | |

### Single skating (for Finland)

| Season | Short program | Free skating |
| 2013–14 | | The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
| 2012–13 | | Titine (from Modern Times) |

## Competitive highlights

* GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
* JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
* CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
* WD – Withdrew from competition

### Pair skating with Misha Mitrofanov (for the United States)

Competition placements at senior level :
| Season | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
| World Championships | | TBD |
| Four Continents Championships | | 5th |
| U.S. Championships | 2nd | 1st |
| GP France | | 4th |
| GP Skate America | | 3rd |
| CS John Nicks Pairs | | 2nd |
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | | 4th |

### Pair skating with Ruben Blommaert (for Germany)

Competition placements at senior level :
| Season | 2021–22 | 2022–23 |
| World Championships | | 10th |
| European Championships | | 4th |
| German Championships | 2nd | |
| GP Finland | | 2nd |
| GP Skate Canada | | WD |
| CS Finlandia Trophy | | 2nd |
| CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | | 5th |
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | | 2nd |

### Pair skating with Alexander Korovin (for Russia)

Competition placements at senior level :
| Season | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 |
| Russian Championships | 9th | 8th | 9th | 6th | 9th |
| GP Cup of China | | | | | 8th |
| GP NHK Trophy | | | | | 4th |
| GP Rostelecom Cup | | 7th | | 5th | |
| GP Skate America | | | | 2nd | |
| CS Finlandia Trophy | | | | | 2nd |
| CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | | | | 1st | |
| CS Lombardia Trophy | | | 5th | | |
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | | | | 1st | 7th |
| CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy | | | 3rd | | |
| CS Tallinn Trophy | | 2nd | 2nd | | |
| Cup of Tyrol | | 2nd | | | |
| Hellmut Seibt Memorial | 2nd | | | | |
| Winter Universiade | | | | 1st | |

### Single skating (for Finland)

Competition placements at junior level :
| Season | 2012–13 | 2013–14 |
| Finnish Championships | | 13th |
| Bavarian Open | 4th | |
| Dragon Trophy | | 16th |
| Tallinn Trophy | | 19th |
| Volvo Open Cup | 10th | |

## Detailed results
### Pair skating with Misha Mitrofanov

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System :
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
| Total | TSS | 191.51 | 2024 Skate America |
| Short program | TSS | 63.44 | 2024 CS John Nicks Pairs Competition |
| Short program | TES | 34.51 | 2024 CS John Nicks Pairs Competition |
| Short program | PCS | 28.93 | 2024 CS John Nicks Pairs Competition |
| Free skating | TSS | 128.46 | 2024 Skate America |
| Free skating | TES | 67.50 | 2024 Skate America |
| Free skating | PCS | 60.96 | 2024 Skate America |
Results in the 2023–24 season :
| Date | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| Date | Event | P | Score | P | Score | P | Score |
| Jan 22–28, 2024 | 2024 U.S. Championships | 5 | 60.48 | 1 | 126.43 | 2 | 186.91 |
Results in the 2024–25 season :
| Date | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| Date | Event | P | Score | P | Score | P | Score |
| Sep 3–4, 2024 | 2024 CS John Nicks Pairs Competition | 4 | 63.44 | 1 | 125.44 | 2 | 188.88 |
| Sep 18–21, 2024 | 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 4 | 65.03 | 6 | 113.00 | 4 | 178.03 |
| Oct 18–20, 2024 | 2024 Skate America | 5 | 63.05 | 3 | 128.46 | 3 | 191.51 |
| Oct 31 – Nov 3, 2024 | 2024 Grand Prix de France | 4 | 64.08 | 4 | 107.84 | 4 | 171.92 |
| Jan 20–26, 2025 | 2025 U.S. Championships | 3 | 69.03 | 1 | 142.87 | 1 | 211.90 |
| Feb 19–23, 2025 | 2025 Four Continents Championships | 5 | 67.59 | 5 | 124.48 | 5 | 192.07 |

### Pair skating with Ruben Blommaert

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System :
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
| Total | TSS | 186.17 | 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy |
| Short program | TSS | 67.05 | 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy |
| Short program | TES | 37.79 | 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy |
| Short program | PCS | 29.26 | 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy |
| Free skating | TSS | 119.23 | 2023 World Championships |
| Free skating | TES | 60.72 | 2023 World Championships |
| Free skating | PCS | 61.68 | 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy |
2021–2022 season :
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| December 9–11, 2021 | 2022 German Championships | 2 66.20 | 2 118.03 | 2 184.23 |
| 2022–2023 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| March 22–26, 2023 | 2023 World Championships | 7 65.23 | 10 119.23 | 10 184.46 |
| January 25–29, 2023 | 2023 European Championships | 3 62.77 | 5 110.89 | 4 173.66 |
| November 25–27, 2022 | 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo | 4 62.46 | 2 108.29 | 2 170.75 |
| October 28–30, 2022 | 2022 Skate Canada International | 7 51.49 | WD | WD |
| October 4–9, 2022 | 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy | 2 62.54 | 2 114.57 | 2 177.11 |
| September 21–24, 2022 | 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 3 67.05 | 2 119.12 | 2 186.17 |

### Pair skating with Alexander Korovin

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System :
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
| Total | TSS | 194.28 | 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy |
| Short program | TSS | 69.12 | 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy |
| Short program | TES | 38.97 | 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy |
| Short program | PCS | 30.72 | 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| Free skating | TSS | 125.16 | 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy |
| Free skating | TES | 63.82 | 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy |
| Free skating | PCS | 61.81 | 2019 NHK Trophy |
ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE System :
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
| Total | TSS | 171.22 | 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy |
| Short program | TSS | 64.58 | 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy |
| Short program | TES | 37.22 | 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy |
| Short program | PCS | 27.36 | 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy |
| Free skating | TSS | 109.40 | 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy |
| Free skating | TES | 55.68 | 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy |
| Free skating | PCS | 55.12 | 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy |
2019–2020 season :
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| 24–29 December 2019 | 2020 Russian Championships | 4 72.83 | 10 113.14 | 9 185.97 |
| 22–24 November 2019 | 2019 NHK Trophy | 4 64.94 | 4 124.40 | 4 189.34 |
| 8–10 November 2019 | 2019 Cup of China | 6 63.97 | 8 106.22 | 8 170.19 |
| 11–13 October 2019 | 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy | 2 69.12 | 3 125.16 | 2 194.28 |
| 25–28 September 2019 | 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 8 59.94 | 7 111.52 | 7 171.46 |
| 2018–2019 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| 7–9 March 2019 | 2019 Winter Universiade | 2 57.72 | 1 113.29 | 1 171.01 |
| 19–23 December 2018 | 2019 Russian Championships | 6 70.61 | 6 129.06 | 6 199.67 |
| 5–8 December 2018 | 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 1 65.84 | 2 118.05 | 1 183.89 |
| 16–18 November 2018 | 2018 Rostelecom Cup | 4 65.46 | 5 116.16 | 5 181.62 |
| 19–21 October 2018 | 2018 Skate America | 2 62.38 | 3 116.60 | 2 178.98 |
| 26–29 September 2018 | 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 4 56.42 | 1 122.52 | 1 178.94 |
| 2017–2018 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| 21–24 December 2017 | 2018 Russian Championships | 8 63.44 | 10 113.19 | 9 176.63 |
| 21–26 November 2017 | 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy | 2 64.58 | 3 98.04 | 2 162.62 |
| 21–23 September 2017 | 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 3 61.82 | 3 109.40 | 3 171.22 |
| 14–17 September 2017 | 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy | 5 56.54 | 6 104.16 | 5 160.70 |
| 2016–2017 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| 28 February – 5 March 2017 | 2017 Cup of Tyrol | 2 59.88 | 2 101.70 | 2 161.58 |
| 20–26 December 2016 | 2017 Russian Championships | 6 63.69 | 8 112.91 | 8 176.60 |
| 20–27 November 2016 | 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy | 2 57.62 | 1 103.06 | 2 160.68 |
| 4–6 November 2016 | 2016 Rostelecom Cup | 6 61.27 | 7 103.80 | 7 165.07 |
| 2015–2016 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| 23–28 February 2016 | 2016 Hellmut Seibt Memorial | 2 50.21 | 2 112.26 | 2 162.47 |
| 23–27 December 2015 | 2016 Russian Championships | 11 54.34 | 9 106.96 | 9 161.30 |