Alisa Mikonsaari (born 19 June 1993) is a Finnish figure skater. She is the 2013 Finnish national bronze medalist and

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bronze medalist.

Competitive Career

Mikonsaari replaced the injured

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in the Finnish team to the 2012 World Championships two weeks prior to the event, where she. She was also named as Korpi's replacement at the 2013 European Championships, where she finished in twenty-ninth place. Following that season, she retired from competitive figure skating due to a nagging hip injury.

Coaching career

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, to coach in

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. She briefly moved back to

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following the outbreak of the

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pandemic before moving to

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to coach at the Young Goose Academy in 2021. Her current and former students include: *

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* Gabriele Frangipani * Anna Pezzetta * Jari Kessler *

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* Vladimir Samoilov *

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Personal life

Mikonsaari's mother is Russian and her father Finnish.

Programs

Competitive highlights

References

External links

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Alisa Mikonsaari
at Sport-folio.net

at Tracings {{DEFAULTSORT:Mikonsaari, Alisa 1993 births Finnish female single skaters Living people Sportspeople from Lappeenranta Finnish people of Russian descent Sportspeople from South Karelia