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December 9, 2022 | U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone
Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier have made history at every competition they’ve competed this season.

That trend continued Friday at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Torino, Italy, when Knierim and Frazier became the first U.S. pairs team ever to medal at the Grand Prix Final, earning silver at their first time at the event as a team.

October 18, 2022 | NBC Olympics

They had been together so little time, barely a season of true international competition when you factor in the year disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and yet Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier had still accomplished so much.

So, at the end of a whirlwind 2022 season, when they missed the national championships after Frazier contracted COVID but returned for landmark performances by a U.S. pair at the Olympics and world championships, they inevitably came to a career crossroads.

May 10, 2022 | Figure Skaters Online

For Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier, this season has been golden. In February, the duo competed at the Beijing Winter Olympics, where they helped win a team medal for the United States (and placed sixth in their individual event). A month later, Knierim and Frazier won the 2022 ISU World Championships in France, becoming only the third U.S. pair ever to win a World title. Now, Knierim and Frazier are busy touring the U.S. as full cast members with Stars on Ice.

February 19, 2022 | TeamUSA.org

When Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier had their tryout in March 2020, it took just one lap of crossovers for them to think, “Yeah, this is going to work.”

They were right. On Saturday at Beijing’s Capital Indoor Stadium — less than two years later — the duo placed sixth to record the best U.S. pairs finish at an Olympic Winter Games in 20 years.

February 7, 2022 | Today.com

Years before pairs figure skater Brandon Frazier was Alexa Knierim’s partner on the ice, he was her matchmaker off it.

Frazier and Knierim, who helped lead Team USA to a silver medal in Sunday night’s team competition, shared on TODAY Monday how Frazier introduced Knierim to her husband Chris more than a decade ago.

March 23, 2022 | Figure Skaters Online

U.S. Figure Skating announced that Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier and Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc will represent Team USA in the pairs event and Madison Chock and Evan Bates, Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue and Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker will represent Team USA in the ice dance event at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China next month.

March 23, 2021 | Figure Skaters Online

In a conventional figure skating season, the World Championships would mark the conclusion of the international figure skating season. Yet, with the Grand Prix Series events being held as domestic events and the cancellation of  the Grand Prix Final, European Championships and Four Continents Championships due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, March 22-28, will be the first major international competition of the 2020-2021 season and will simultaneously be the season debut and finale for many of the competitors.

February 9, 2021 | U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone

Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier have surged from brand-new team to U.S. champions in just eight months, winning gold at the 2021 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships in January. Their quick rise to the top is fueled not so much by driving ambition as a determination to stay in the moment, trust their new partnership and coaches, and allow that trust to yield success.

January 16, 2021 | NBC Sports

Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier made history in more ways than one on Saturday night.

They became the first team in nine years to win the pairs’ title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in their debut season, and they blew the previous U.S. Championships score records out of the water in the process.

January 12, 2021 | NBC Sports

Since teaming up last spring, Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier have jammed their coaches’ notebooks with to-do lists and goals, most of which they have achieved in fine style.

Successful tryout? Check. After their long-term previous partnerships ended following the 2020 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and 2020 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Frazier flew from his home in Florida to Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena in Irvine, California, to see if Alexa would be a good match.

January 8, 2021 | U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone

The world has long known Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier to be great figure skaters. The results back that up in spades, proving they are two of the best to represent the U.S. in pairs over the past decade. But it wasn’t until this season that Knierim, 29, and Frazier, 28, were reminded of that themselves.

October 25, 2020| Figure Skaters Online

Last year, Brandon Frazier stood on the podium at the Orleans Arena in Nevada with his former partner Haven Denney, with whom he had won the bronze medal. On Saturday at that same arena, Frazier and his new partner, three-time U.S. Champion and 2018 Olympic team bronze medalist Alexa Scimeca Knierim, took home the pairs’ title in what was their competition debut. Knierim and Frazier partnered up in late March after Knierim’s husband and partner, Chris Knierim announced his retirement in late February.

August 12, 2020| U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone

Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier began their partnership amidst a world of uncertainty.
 
With the country shutting down to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, when would they be able to safely begin training together? When and where would their ice time come? How could they build a partnership with Knierim sheltering in place in California and Frazier in Florida?

March 30, 2020 | U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone

In 2012, Alexa Scimeca had flown out to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to begin training with Dalilah Sappenfield, and was just beginning a partnership with Chris Knierim.

Scimeca and Knierim developed feelings for each other very quickly, but as they were still very early on in their partnership, Alexa couldn’t be totally sure if the feelings were mutual.

March 23, 2021 | Figure Skaters Online

In a conventional figure skating season, the World Championships would mark the conclusion of the international figure skating season. Yet, with the Grand Prix Series events being held as domestic events and the cancellation of  the Grand Prix Final, European Championships and Four Continents Championships due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, March 22-28, will be the first major international competition of the 2020-2021 season and will simultaneously be the season debut and finale for many of the competitors.

February 9, 2021 | U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone

Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier have surged from brand-new team to U.S. champions in just eight months, winning gold at the 2021 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships in January. Their quick rise to the top is fueled not so much by driving ambition as a determination to stay in the moment, trust their new partnership and coaches, and allow that trust to yield success.

January 16, 2021 | NBC Sports

Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier made history in more ways than one on Saturday night.

They became the first team in nine years to win the pairs’ title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in their debut season, and they blew the previous U.S. Championships score records out of the water in the process.

January 12, 2021 | NBC Sports

Since teaming up last spring, Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier have jammed their coaches’ notebooks with to-do lists and goals, most of which they have achieved in fine style.

Successful tryout? Check. After their long-term previous partnerships ended following the 2020 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and 2020 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Frazier flew from his home in Florida to Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena in Irvine, California, to see if Alexa would be a good match.

January 8, 2021 | U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone

The world has long known Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier to be great figure skaters. The results back that up in spades, proving they are two of the best to represent the U.S. in pairs over the past decade. But it wasn’t until this season that Knierim, 29, and Frazier, 28, were reminded of that themselves.

October 25, 2020| Figure Skaters Online

Last year, Brandon Frazier stood on the podium at the Orleans Arena in Nevada with his former partner Haven Denney, with whom he had won the bronze medal. On Saturday at that same arena, Frazier and his new partner, three-time U.S. Champion and 2018 Olympic team bronze medalist Alexa Scimeca Knierim, took home the pairs’ title in what was their competition debut. Knierim and Frazier partnered up in late March after Knierim’s husband and partner, Chris Knierim announced his retirement in late February.

August 12, 2020| U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone

Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier began their partnership amidst a world of uncertainty.
 
With the country shutting down to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, when would they be able to safely begin training together? When and where would their ice time come? How could they build a partnership with Knierim sheltering in place in California and Frazier in Florida?

March 30, 2020 | U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone

In 2012, Alexa Scimeca had flown out to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to begin training with Dalilah Sappenfield, and was just beginning a partnership with Chris Knierim.

Scimeca and Knierim developed feelings for each other very quickly, but as they were still very early on in their partnership, Alexa couldn’t be totally sure if the feelings were mutual.