Alisa Drei (born 28 February 1978) is a Finnish former competitive
figure skater
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...
. She finished in the top ten at seven European Championships.
Life and career
Drei began skating at the age of three in Moscow; she and her mother subsequently moved to Finland and received Finnish citizenship.
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Drei began competing internationally for Finland in 1994.][ She resided in ]Riihimäki
Riihimäki (literally "Drying barn hill") is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about north of Helsinki and southeast of Tampere. An important railway junction is located in Riihimäki, since railway tracks from Riihimäki lead to ...
and her coach was her mother, Elena Drei-Koskinen.[
Drei announced her retirement on December 14, 2007 due to knee problems.][ She has a degree in sport psychology from a sports academy in ]Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
.[ In February 2008, she began coaching young skaters in ]Espoo
Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi ...
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Programs
Competitive highlights
References
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Living people
1978 births
Finnish female single skaters
Figure skaters from Moscow
Finnish people of Russian descent
Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Olympic figure skaters of Finland
Soviet emigrants to Finland
Naturalized citizens of Finland