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Alisa Mikonsaari
Alisa Mikonsaari
Full name	Alisa Mikonsaari
Born	19 June 1993 (age 31); Lappeenranta, Finland
Hometown	Lappeenranta, Finland
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Finland
Skating club	Lappeenrannan Taitoluistelijat
Began skating	1999

Alisa Mikonsaari (born 19 June 1993) is a Finnish figure skating coach and retired figure skater. She is the 2013 Finnish national bronze medalist and 2011 Finlandia Trophy bronze medalist.

Personal life

Mikonsaari was born on June 19, 1993 in Lappeenranta, Finland. Her mother is Russian and her father Finnish.^[1]

Competitive career

Mikonsaari replaced the injured Kiira Korpi in the Finnish team to the 2012 World Championships two weeks prior to the event.^[2]

She was also named as Korpi's replacement at the 2013 European Championships, where she finished in twenty-ninth place.^[3] Following that season, she retired from competitive figure skating due to a nagging hip injury.^[4]

Coaching career

Following her competitive figure skating career, Minkonsaari began working as a coach after being invited by former coach, Angelina Turenko, to coach in Saint Petersburg, Russia. She briefly moved back to Finland following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic before moving to Egna, Italy to coach at the Young Goose Academy in 2021.^[4]

In the summer of 2023, Mikonsaari relocated to Assago to coach at the IceLab Skating Club.^[5]

Her current students include:

Her former students include:

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2012–2013 ^[20]	Lord of the Dance by Ronan Hardiman	Sheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
2011–2012 ^[1]	Variation of a Magnolia by Karen Khachaturian	Sheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
2008–2009 ^[21]	Orpheus and Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck	Violin Concerto in E-moll Op. 64 by Felix Mendelssohn

Competitive highlights

Results^[22]
International
Event	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13
Worlds					24th
Europeans						29th
Finlandia				10th	3rd	10th
NRW Trophy				11th	12th	17th
Nordics	2nd J.	9th J.	7th	8th	5th J.
International: Junior
JGP Croatia		14th
JGP Italy		11th
JGP Spain		11th
EYOF		6th J.
National
Finnish Champ.	1st J.	1st J.	4th	4th	6th	3rd
J. = Junior level; JGP = Junior Grand Prix

References

^ ^a ^b "Alisa MIKONSAARI: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012.
^ "Korpi withdraws from worlds, cites leg problems". Ice Network. 16 March 2012. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
^ "Korpi withdraws from Euros with Achilles injury". IceNetwork. 9 January 2013. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Alisa Mikonsaari löysi unelmatyön Italiasta". Skating Finland (in Finnish). 27 May 2022.
^ Minkonsaari, Alisa. "Thank you Young Goose Academy for 3 memorable seasons !". Instagram. Instagram. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^ "Jari KESSLER: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ "Jari KESSLER: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
^ "Julia LANG: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
^ "Matteo NALBONE: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
^ "Oscar OLIVER: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ "Anna PEZZETTA: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
^ "Vladimir SAMOILOV: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
^ "Milana SINIASKYTE: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
^ "Daniel GRASSL: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
^ "Gabriele FRANGIPANI: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
^ "Tomàs-Llorenç GUARINO SABATÉ: 2022/2023". International Figure Skating Union. International Figure Skating Union. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
^ "Barbora VRANKOVA: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
^ "Naoki ROSSI: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
^ "Tobia OELLERER: 2022/2023". Skating Union. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
^ "Alisa MIKONSAARI: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012.
^ "Alisa MIKONSAARI: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 October 2010.
^ "Competition Results: Alisa MIKONSAARI". International Skating Union.