Alisa Mikonsaari
Alisa Mikonsaari is a Finnish figure skating coach and retired figure skater. She is the Finnish Figure [Skating Championships|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.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