Alisa Agafonova

Alisa Agafonova
Alisa Agafonova and Alper Uçar in 2018
Full nameAlisa Alexandrovna Agafonova
Native nameАліса Олександрівна Агафо́нова
Other namesAlisa Besseghier
Born (1991-01-15) 15 January 1991 (age 33)
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union
HometownDetroit, Michigan,
United States
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Figure skating career
Country Turkey
Began skating1997
Retired25 March 2018[1]

Alisa Alexandrovna Agafonova (married name: Besseghier, Ukrainian: Аліса Олександрівна Агафо́нова, born 15 January 1991) is a former competitive ice dancer. She is best known for her partnership with Alper Uçar. Representing Turkey, they competed at two Winter Olympics (2014 and 2018) and won eight international medals, including silver at the 2011 Winter Universiade and three medals on the ISU Challenger Series. They skated in the final segment at six European Championships and four World Championships.

Competing with Dmitri Dun for Ukraine, Agafonova won five medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and placed as high as 7th at the World Junior Championships (2008).

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