Alisa Drei

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

Alisa Drei
Drei in 2007
Born	(1978-02-28) 28 February 1978 (age 47) Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Finland
Skating club	Riihimäki Skating Club
Began skating	1981
Retired	December 2007

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]	Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov	La cumparsita by G. M. Rodriguez
2006–07 [5][6]	Kismet by Bond Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov	Warsaw Concerto by Richard Addinsell
2005–06 [7]	Malaguena by Ernesto Lecuona
2004–05 [8][9]	Kismet by G.-Y. Westerhoff performed by Bond	Warsaw Concerto by Richard Addinsell Valse Triste by Jean Sibelius
2003–04 [10]		Adagio by Remo Giazotto, Tomaso Albinoni
2002–03 [11]	The Gadfly by Dmitri Shostakovich
2001–02 [12]		Tango Forever by Luis Bravo
2000–01 [13]	La cumparsita

Competitive highlights

International[2]
Event	94–95	95–96	96–97	97–98	98–99	99–00	00–01	01–02	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08
Olympics				21st
Worlds			19th	25th	14th	15th			12th
Europeans			18th	10th	9th	10th			7th	7th		8th	6th
GP Cup of Russia				7th			11th
GP Lalique/Bompard								8th	3rd	5th	9th
GP NHK Trophy							9th				9th
GP Skate America						6th
GP Skate Canada				10th	6th					7th			10th	11th
GP Sparkassen						7th
Finlandia Trophy		6th	4th	5th	5th	4th	7th	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd		4th	6th
Golden Spin								4th	1st			1st	3rd
Nebelhorn Trophy		8th	9th	6th		7th		7th	2nd		2nd	2nd
Nepela Memorial							5th
Nordics	7th	2nd							1st			1st
Skate Israel						4th
Piruetten			2nd
International: Junior[2]
Junior Worlds	13th	11th
Blue Swords	10th J	12th J
Gardena	2nd J
Ukrainian Souvenir	2nd J
National[2]
Finnish Champ.		3rd	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	WD	2nd	3rd