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 19 June 1993, in Lappeenranta, Finland. Her mother is Russian and her father Finnish.
Competitive career Mikonsaari replaced the injured Kiira Korpi in the Finnish team to the 2012 World Championships two weeks prior to the event.
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 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.
In the summer of 2023, Mikonsaari relocated to Assago to coach at the IceLab Skating Club.
Her current students include: Jari Kessler Júlia Láng Matteo Nalbone Oscar Oliver Anna Pezzetta Vladimir Samoilov Milana Siniavskyte
Her former students include: Daniel Grassl Gabriele Frangipani Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté Barbora Vrankova Naoki Rossi Tobia Oellerer
Programs Season Short program Free skating 2012–2013 Lord of the Dance by Ronan Hardiman Sheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 2011–2012 Variation of a Magnolia by Karen Khachaturian 2008–2009 Orpheus and Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck Violin Concerto in E-moll Op. 64 by Felix Mendelssohn
Competitive highlights Results 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
External links
Alisa Mikonsaari at Tracings