Alisa Drei

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Alisa Drei
AlisaDrei EC2007 FP.jpg
Drei in 2007
Born (1978-02-28) 28 February 1978 (age 46)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Finland
Skating clubRiihimäki Skating Club
Began skating1981
RetiredDecember 2007

Alisa Drei (born 28 February 1978) is a Finnish former competitive figure skater. She finished in the top ten at seven European Championships.

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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. [1]

Drei began competing internationally for Finland in 1994. [2] She resided in Riihimäki and her coach was her mother, Elena Drei-Koskinen. [1]

Drei announced her retirement on December 14, 2007 due to knee problems. [1] She has a degree in sport psychology from a sports academy in Saint Petersburg. [1] In February 2008, she began coaching young skaters in Espoo. [3]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2007–08
[4]
2006–07
[5] [6]

  • Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
    by Sergei Rachmaninov
2005–06
[7]
2004–05
[8] [9]
  • Kismet
    by G.-Y. Westerhoff
    performed by Bond
  • Warsaw Concerto
    by Richard Addinsell

2003–04
[10]
2002–03
[11]
2001–02
[12]
  • Tango Forever
    by Luis Bravo
2000–01
[13]
  • La cumparsita

Competitive highlights

International [2]
Event94–9595–9696–9797–9898–9999–0000–0101–0202–0303–0404–0505–0606–0707–08
Olympics 21st
Worlds 19th25th14th15th12th
Europeans 18th10th9th10th7th7th8th6th
GP Cup of Russia 7th11th
GP Lalique/Bompard 8th3rd5th9th
GP NHK Trophy 9th9th
GP Skate America 6th
GP Skate Canada 10th6th7th10th11th
GP Sparkassen 7th
Finlandia Trophy 6th4th5th5th4th7th2nd3rd2nd2nd4th6th
Golden Spin 4th1st1st3rd
Nebelhorn Trophy 8th9th6th7th7th2nd2nd2nd
Nepela Memorial 5th
Nordics 7th2nd1st1st
Skate Israel 4th
Piruetten 2nd
International: Junior [2]
Junior Worlds 13th11th
Blue Swords 10th J12th J
Gardena 2nd J
Ukrainian Souvenir 2nd J
National [2]
Finnish Champ. 3rd1st1st2nd2nd2nd3rd1st1stWD2nd3rd
GP = Grand Prix; J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

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References

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