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Mikaela Shiffrin

Alpine skier
Shiffrin in October 2016
Disciplines	Slalom, Giant slalom, Super-G, Downhill, Combined
Club	Burke Mountain Academy
Born	(1995-03-13) March 13, 1995 (age 30) Vail, Colorado, U.S.
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
World Cup debut	March 11, 2011 (age 15)
Olympics
Teams	3 – (2014, 2018, 2022)
Medals	3 (2 gold)
World Championships
Teams	7 – (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025)
Medals	15 (8 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	15 – (2011–2025)
Wins	101 – (64 SL, 22 GS, 5 SG, 4 DH, 1 AC, 3 CE, 2 PSL)
Podiums	157 – (89 SL, 43 GS, 10 SG, 7 DH, 1 AC, 5 CE, 2 PSL)
Overall titles	5 – (2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)
Discipline titles	11 – (SL – 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024, GS – 2019, 2023, SG – 2019)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing the  United States World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Slalom 64 15 10 Giant slalom 22 8 13 Downhill 4 1 2 Super-G 5 2 3 Combined 1 0 0 Parallel 5 1 1 International competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 1 0 World Championships 8 4 3 World Junior Championships 0 0 1 Olympic Games Gold 2014 Sochi Slalom Gold 2018 Pyeongchang Giant slalom Silver 2018 Pyeongchang Combined World Championships Gold 2013 Schladming Slalom Gold 2015 Beaver Creek Slalom Gold 2017 St. Moritz Slalom Gold 2019 Åre Slalom Gold 2019 Åre Super-G Gold 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Combined Gold 2023 Méribel Giant slalom Gold 2025 Saalbach Team combined Silver 2017 St. Moritz Giant slalom Silver 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Giant slalom Silver 2023 Méribel Slalom Silver 2023 Méribel Super-G Bronze 2019 Åre Giant slalom Bronze 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Super-G Bronze 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Slalom World Junior Championships Bronze 2011 Crans-Montana Slalom

Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin (born March 13, 1995) is an American alpine skier. She is known for having the most World Cup wins of any alpine skier in history. Many people consider her one of the greatest alpine skiers ever.

Mikaela has won two Olympic gold medals. She has also been the overall World Cup champion five times. She is a four-time world champion in slalom and has won the World Cup title in slalom eight times. At 18 years old, Mikaela became the youngest slalom gold medalist in Olympic history.

On February 11, 2025, Mikaela won her eighth gold medal at the Alpine World Championships. This brought her total to 15 medals from 18 World Championship races. This makes her the most successful skier in the modern era. In 2023, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Early Life and Family Background

Mikaela Shiffrin was born in Vail, Colorado. Her parents, Eileen and Jeff Shiffrin, were both ski racers. Her mother became a well-known masters racer. Mikaela's father, Jeff, grew up in New Jersey and loved skiing in Vermont. He raced for Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Her mother, Eileen, raced in high school in Massachusetts. Mikaela's older brother, Taylor, also raced for the University of Denver.

When Mikaela was eight, her family moved to New Hampshire. Her father, a doctor, worked at a medical center there. Five years later, her father got a new job in Denver. Mikaela's brother, Taylor, stayed in the east to attend Burke Mountain Academy. This is a special school for ski racers in Vermont. Mikaela also went to middle school at Burke. She later moved to Colorado with her parents before returning to Burke.

First Steps in Ski Racing

Mikaela showed great talent in skiing from a young age. In March 2010, when she was 14, she won both the slalom and giant slalom races. These wins happened at the Topolino Games in Italy, where skiers from 40 countries competed.

The next winter, Mikaela was 15, which was the minimum age for FIS races. She won a Nor-Am Cup super combined race in December 2010. This was only her eighth FIS-level race. She then earned three more podium finishes in Nor-Am races. She was second in a super-G, third in a giant slalom, and won a slalom race. Weeks later, she won two Nor-Am slalom races in Maine. A month after that, Mikaela won a bronze medal in slalom at the FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Switzerland. She had been sick with a stomach virus the day before. Mikaela has said that former skiers Janica Kostelić and Bode Miller were her heroes when she was growing up.

Personal Life

Since 2021, Mikaela Shiffrin has been in a relationship with Aleksander Aamodt Kilde. He is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer. On April 4, 2024, the couple shared that they were engaged.

Mikaela's Ski Racing Journey

Mikaela Shiffrin made her first World Cup appearance on March 11, 2011. She competed in giant slalom in the Czech Republic. A few weeks after her 16th birthday, she won the slalom title at the US National Championships. This made her the youngest American ski racer to win a national alpine title.

2012 Season Highlights

Mikaela Shiffrin in 2012

During the 2012 World Cup season, Mikaela was 16 years old. She achieved her first World Cup podium finish on December 29, 2011. This was in a slalom race in Austria. She started in 40th place and even lost her shin guard during the first run. Despite this, she finished 12th in the first run. Then, she had the fastest time in the second run, which helped her secure third place.

2013 Season Success

Mikaela won her first World Cup race in December 2012. She was 17 years old and won a night slalom in Sweden. She became the second-youngest American to win an alpine World Cup event. Her second win came two weeks later in Croatia. Her third win was 11 days later in Austria. After winning the slalom at the World Cup finals, she secured the 2013 season title in slalom. Even though she spent most of her last two years of high school racing in Europe, she still graduated on time.

2014 Olympic Gold

Mikaela Shiffrin with her slalom gold medal from the 2014 Winter Olympics

Mikaela started the 2014 season in October 2013 in Austria. She had her best giant slalom result yet, finishing sixth. She then won the next event, a slalom in Finland. This was her fifth World Cup victory. In January, she won a two-run slalom race in Italy. She also won World Cup slalom races in Austria, Sweden, and Switzerland. This helped her win her second World Cup slalom title in a row.

On February 21, she won the slalom at the Sochi Olympics. This made her the youngest winner of that Olympic event. Mikaela ended the season as the reigning Olympic, World Cup, and world champion in slalom.

2015 World Championship Win

Mikaela began the 2015 season in October 2014 with her first World Cup win in giant slalom. She had some challenges with slalom at first. However, she won races in Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Sweden, and France. She ended up winning the slalom World Cup title again. Mikaela also won the World Championship in slalom in Beaver Creek, near her hometown.

2016 Season: Injury and Comeback

In the first two slalom races of the 2016 season, Mikaela won by a large amount. In her first race, she set a new record for women's slalom, winning by 3.07 seconds. On December 12, 2015, she fell and injured her knee during warm-up. After two months away, Mikaela returned successfully on February 15, 2016. She won her 18th victory in Switzerland. In the 2016 season, she won all five slalom races she started. She missed other races due to her injury.

2017 Season: Overall World Cup Champion

Mikaela started the 2017 season with a second-place finish in giant slalom in October 2016. She then won a slalom race in Finland. On November 27, 2016, she won a slalom race in Killington, Vermont. On December 11, 2016, Mikaela won her 11th straight World Cup slalom race in Italy. She then won two giant slalom races and a slalom race in Austria. This made her the first woman to win three races in three consecutive days in technical events since 1989.

At the World Championships in Switzerland in February, she won the gold medal in slalom. She also took silver in giant slalom. The gold was her third consecutive slalom win at the World Championships. She became the first woman to do this in the World Cup era.

On February 26, Mikaela won her first super combined race in Switzerland. In March, she won a giant slalom and a slalom race in the U.S. This brought her to 31 World Cup victories. She secured her first overall World Cup title in Aspen, Colorado. She finished the season with more World Cup victories before the age of 22 than Ingemar Stenmark, a record holder. After the season, she received the "Skieur d'Or" award for the best alpine skier of the year.

2018 Season: Olympic Medals and More Records

Mikaela started the 2018 season with a fifth-place finish in giant slalom. In early December, she got her first downhill podium (third place) in Canada. The next day, she won her first downhill race in only her fourth attempt.

Giant slalom, Pyeongchang 2018: Ragnhild Mowinckel (silver), Mikaela Shiffrin (gold) and Federica Brignone (bronze)

Between December 19 and January 9, Mikaela won 8 of 9 World Cup races. She made history by winning the first-ever FIS parallel slalom in France. She then won a slalom in Austria. She started 2018 with a win in Norway, becoming the first woman with two wins in City Events. Two days later, she won a slalom in Croatia. With wins in both giant slalom and slalom in Slovenia, Mikaela reached 39th and 40th World Cup wins at age 22. She then won a slalom in Austria, matching Annemarie Moser-Pröll's record of 41 World Cup wins before age 23. She also became the first woman to win the first five World Cup races of a calendar year.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Mikaela won gold in giant slalom. She also won silver in super combined. She was expected to win gold in slalom but finished fourth. She secured her second World Cup overall title on March 9, 2018. At the World Cup Finals, she won the slalom, her 12th win of the season. This tied her with Lindsey Vonn for the second-most World Cup wins in a single season by a woman.

2019 Season: Winning All Disciplines

On December 2, 2018, Mikaela won a super-G race in Canada. This made her the only alpine skier, male or female, to win in all six currently contested alpine skiing disciplines. These are slalom, giant slalom, downhill, super-G, combined, and parallel slalom.

On December 8, 2018, she won her second Super-G in Switzerland. The next day, she won her fourth parallel slalom. This was her fifth win out of nine races to start the 2018–2019 season. On December 22, 2018, she won the slalom in France. This made her the youngest skier, male or female, to win 50 World Cup ski races at 23 years and nine months old. With that race, she also tied the record for most wins in women's slalom (35).

A week later, she won another World Cup slalom in Austria. This made her the first alpine skier to win 15 World Cup races in a single calendar year. She broke the record of 13 wins set by Ingemar Stenmark in 1979. This race was also her 36th World Cup slalom win, breaking Marlies Schild's record.

Mikaela Shiffrin at the podium ceremony in Stockholm 2019 after winning her 14th race of the season, equalling Vreni Schneider's record. She advanced the record to 17 by the end of the season.

In February 2019, Mikaela moved into third place for most World Cup race wins by a female skier. She tied for a win in giant slalom and then won a slalom race the next day.

At the World Championships, Mikaela won the gold medal in super-G. She then took a bronze in giant slalom. She went on to win a second gold in slalom. This made her the first alpine skier to win four consecutive World Championships in the same event.

In March 2019, Mikaela became the first alpine skier to win 15 World Cup races in a season. She broke the record she had shared with Vreni Schneider. At the World Cup finals, Mikaela won the super-G crystal globe. She also secured the overall and slalom titles earlier in the season. She became the first skier to win World Cups in both a technical and a speed event in the same season since Tina Maze six years earlier. She then won the slalom, her 16th win of the season and 40th slalom win of her career. The next day, she won her 17th race of the season and 60th career win in giant slalom. This secured her the giant slalom crystal globe. She became the first skier to win the overall, super-G, giant slalom, and slalom World Cup titles in one season. She also won her 41st slalom race, making her the skier with the most World Cup slalom wins.

2020 Season: A Difficult Time

Mikaela had mixed results in the first half of the 2020 season. She won three slalom races but also placed second to Petra Vlhová. She competed more in speed races and had six victories by January 2020. She was leading the overall standings.

However, on February 2, 2020, her father sadly passed away in an accident. This caused Mikaela to take a break from the World Cup tour. She did attend the final competition, but it was canceled due to the coronavirus. As a result, Petra Vlhova took over the top spot in the slalom rankings. Federica Brignone also took over the lead in the overall standings. This ended Mikaela's three-year winning streak.

2021 Season: World Championship Success

Mikaela missed the first race weekend of the 2021 season due to a back issue. She returned to racing in November, placing second in a slalom race. She did not dominate as much as before, but she still placed in the top six in every race. She won the giant slalom in December and a slalom in January.

At the 2021 World Championships in Italy, Mikaela performed very well. She won four medals, her most in a single World Championship event. Her bronze medal in super-G was her first speed event in over a year. She had only trained super-G for four days before the competition. Her gold medal in the Alpine Combined made her the most successful American alpine skier in World Championships history. She surpassed Ted Ligety and Lindsey Vonn in total medals.

In the giant slalom, Mikaela won silver. She had a narrow lead after the first run. A mistake in the second run caused her to miss the gold medal by just 0.02 seconds. In the final race, the slalom, Mikaela won bronze. This was the first time she lost the slalom title at the World Championships. However, her bronze medal gave her an 11th World Championship medal. This tied her for the most medals won since World War 2.

2022 Winter Olympics Challenges

At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Mikaela was expected to win gold in at least three events. However, she did not finish (DNF) in her main events, giant slalom and slalom. She skied out early in both races. She finished ninth in super-G. In the other individual events, downhill and combined, she did not win a medal. She competed in the mixed team event for the first time, finishing fourth with the U.S. team.

2023 Season: Breaking Records

Mikaela Shiffrin, as the 2023 overall World Cup champion, with her crystal globe

In the World Championships, Mikaela won a gold medal in giant slalom. She also won medals in super-G and slalom.

In March 2023, Mikaela won her 87th World Cup race. This meant she passed Ingemar Stenmark (86 wins) for the most World Cup wins by any alpine skier. Stenmark himself praised Mikaela, saying, "She's much better than I was. You cannot compare."

She went on to win an 88th World Cup race. She also won the overall, giant slalom, and slalom season titles. Her amazing performances in 2023 earned her a nomination for the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year.

2024 Season: Injury and Return

In late January 2024, Mikaela injured her left leg in a crash in Italy. She was out of racing for six weeks to recover. After her return, she won two World Cup slalom races.

2025 Season: More Milestones

On November 30, 2024, at a World Cup race in Killington, Vermont, Mikaela had a crash. She sustained a puncture wound to her right abdomen. She was later cleared of major injuries. On January 30, 2025, she returned to racing and finished tenth in a slalom event.

Alongside Breezy Johnson, Mikaela won gold in the first-ever team combined event. This happened at the World Championships in Austria. It was her 15th World Championship medal, tying the record held by Christl Cranz.

On February 23, 2025, in Italy, Mikaela achieved a huge milestone. She earned her 100th World Cup victory, a first for her sport. She added another win at the season finals in Idaho, winning the slalom on March 27. Even though she missed four of the ten events, she finished fourth in the slalom standings. She had four victories and one additional podium finish.

Amazing Skiing Statistics

By winning her second Olympic gold medal in 2018, Mikaela tied Ted Ligety and Andrea Mead Lawrence. They hold the record for the most Olympic gold medals won by an American in alpine skiing. She is one of only five Americans to win the World Cup overall title.

In World Championships, Mikaela is the most decorated American alpine skier ever. She has won the most medals (15) overall, with eight of them being gold. She is also the first and only athlete to win in all six FIS Alpine Ski World Cup disciplines. These are slalom, parallel slalom, giant slalom, super-G, downhill, and alpine combined. She is the youngest skier to win 50 World Cup races, achieving this at 23 years and 9 months old.

As of March 2025, Mikaela has won 101 World Cup races. This means she has passed Ingemar Stenmark for the most World Cup wins by any alpine skier. This includes 64 slalom races, which is the most won by any alpine skier in any discipline. She also has 22 giant slalom wins, the most by any female alpine skier. Mikaela is the only athlete to have won 15 races in the same calendar year. In the 2019 season, she became the first athlete to win 17 World Cup races in one season. This broke the record of 14 wins that Vreni Schneider had held for 30 years. By winning gold in the slalom at the 2019 World Championships, she became the first alpine skier to win the world championship in the same event at four consecutive championships. Mikaela holds the overall record of winning gold medals at eight World Championships, all in a row.

World Cup Results Overview

Season Titles Won

Mikaela Shiffrin in Åre 2018

Mikaela has won 16 World Cup titles:

• 5 Overall titles
• 8 Slalom titles
• 2 Giant Slalom titles
• 1 Super-G title

	Season
		Discipline
	2013	Slalom
	2014	Slalom
	2015	Slalom
	2017	Overall
		Slalom
	2018	Overall
		Slalom
	2019	Overall
		Slalom
		Giant slalom
		Super-G
	2022	Overall
	2023	Overall
		Slalom
		Giant slalom
	2024
		Slalom

Season Standings by Discipline

Standings through 27 March 2025

World Cup Race Victories

Updated through March 27, 2025

Season
	Date	Location	Discipline
2013 4 victories (4 SL)	December 20, 2012	Åre, Sweden	Slalom
	January 4, 2013	Zagreb, Croatia	Slalom
	January 15, 2013	Flachau, Austria	Slalom
	March 16, 2013	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Slalom
2014 5 victories (5 SL)	November 16, 2013	Levi, Finland	Slalom
	January 5, 2014	Bormio, Italy	Slalom
	January 14, 2014	Flachau, Austria	Slalom
	March 8, 2014	Åre, Sweden	Slalom
	March 15, 2014	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Slalom
2015 6 victories (5 SL, 1 GS)	October 25, 2014	Sölden, Austria	Giant slalom
	December 29, 2014	Kühtai, Austria	Slalom
	January 4, 2015	Zagreb, Croatia	Slalom
	February 22, 2015	Maribor, Slovenia	Slalom
	March 14, 2015	Åre, Sweden	Slalom
	March 21, 2015	Méribel, France	Slalom
2016 5 victories (5 SL)	November 28, 2015	Aspen, U.S.	Slalom
	November 29, 2015		Slalom
	February 15, 2016	Crans-Montana, Switzerland	Slalom
	March 6, 2016	Jasná, Slovakia	Slalom
	March 19, 2016	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Slalom
2017 11 victories (6 SL, 3 GS, 1 AC, 1 CE)	November 12, 2016	Levi, Finland	Slalom
	November 27, 2016	Killington, U.S.	Slalom
	December 11, 2016	Sestriere, Italy	Slalom
	December 27, 2016	Semmering, Austria	Giant slalom
	December 28, 2016		Giant slalom
	December 29, 2016		Slalom
	January 8, 2017	Maribor, Slovenia	Slalom
	January 31, 2017	Stockholm, Sweden	City event
	February 26, 2017	Crans-Montana, Switzerland	Combined
	March 10, 2017	Squaw Valley, U.S.	Giant slalom
	March 11, 2017		Slalom
2018 12 victories (7 SL, 1 DH, 2 GS, 1 PS 1 CE)	November 26, 2017	Killington, U.S.	Slalom
	December 2, 2017	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill
	December 19, 2017	Courchevel, France	Giant slalom
	December 20, 2017		Parallel slalom
	December 28, 2017	Lienz, Austria	Slalom
	January 1, 2018	Oslo, Norway	City event
	January 3, 2018	Zagreb, Croatia	Slalom
	January 6, 2018	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	Giant slalom
	January 7, 2018		Slalom
	January 9, 2018	Flachau, Austria	Slalom
	March 10, 2018	Ofterschwang, Germany	Slalom
	March 17, 2018	Åre, Sweden	Slalom
2019 17 victories (8 SL, 4 GS, 3 SG, 1 PS 1 CE)	November 17, 2018	Levi, Finland	Slalom
	November 25, 2018	Killington, U.S.	Slalom
	December 2, 2018	Lake Louise, Canada	Super-G
	December 8, 2018	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Super-G
	December 9, 2018		Parallel slalom
	December 21, 2018	Courchevel, France	Giant slalom
	December 22, 2018		Slalom
	December 29, 2018	Semmering, Austria	Slalom
	January 5, 2019	Zagreb, Croatia	Slalom
	January 15, 2019	Kronplatz, Italy	Giant slalom
	January 20, 2019	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Super-G
	February 1, 2019	Maribor, Slovenia	Giant slalom
	February 2, 2019		Slalom
	February 19, 2019	Stockholm, Sweden	City event
	March 9, 2019	Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic	Slalom
	March 16, 2019	Soldeu, Andorra	Slalom
	March 17, 2019		Giant slalom
2020 6 victories (3 SL, 1 GS, 1 DH, 1 SG)	November 23, 2019	Levi, Finland	Slalom
	December 1, 2019	Killington, U.S.	Slalom
	December 28, 2019	Lienz, Austria	Giant slalom
	December 29, 2019		Slalom
	January 24, 2020	Bansko, Bulgaria	Downhill
	January 26, 2020		Super-G
2021 3 victories (2 SL, 1 GS)	December 14, 2020	Courchevel, France	Giant slalom
	January 12, 2021	Flachau, Austria	Slalom
	March 6, 2021	Jasná, Slovakia	Slalom
2022 5 victories (2 GS, 2 SL, 1 DH)	October 23, 2021	Sölden, Austria	Giant slalom
	November 28, 2021	Killington, U.S.	Slalom
	December 21, 2021	Courchevel, France	Giant slalom
	January 11, 2022	Schladming, Austria	Slalom
	March 16, 2022	Courchevel, France	Downhill
2023 14 victories (6 SL, 7 GS, 1 SG)	November 19, 2022	Levi, Finland	Slalom
	November 20, 2022		Slalom
	December 18, 2022	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Super-G
	December 27, 2022	Semmering, Austria	Giant slalom
	December 28, 2022		Giant slalom
	December 29, 2022		Slalom
	January 4, 2023	Zagreb, Croatia	Slalom
	January 8, 2023	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	Giant slalom
	January 24, 2023	Kronplatz, Italy	Giant slalom
	January 25, 2023		Giant slalom
	January 28, 2023	Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic	Slalom
	March 10, 2023	Åre, Sweden	Giant slalom
	March 11, 2023		Slalom
	March 19, 2023	Soldeu, Andorra	Giant slalom
2024 9 victories (7 SL, 1 GS, 1 DH)	November 12, 2023	Levi, Finland	Slalom
	November 26, 2023	Killington, U.S.	Slalom
	December 9, 2023	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Downhill
	December 28, 2023	Lienz, Austria	Giant Slalom
	December 29, 2023		Slalom
	January 16, 2024	Flachau, Austria	Slalom
	January 21, 2024	Jasná, Slovakia	Slalom
	March 10, 2024	Åre, Sweden	Slalom
	March 16, 2024	Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria	Slalom
2025 4 victories (4 SL)	November 16, 2024	Levi, Finland	Slalom
	November 23, 2024	Gurgl, Austria	Slalom
	February 23, 2025	Sestriere, Italy	Slalom
	March 27, 2025	Sun Valley, U.S.	Slalom

World Cup Podiums by Discipline

Season	Podiums
	Downhill			Super-G			Giant slalom			Slalom			Parallel			Combined			Total
																						Σ
2012												1									1	1
2013										4		2			1				4		3	7
2014								1	1	5	1								5	2	1	8
2015							1		1	5		1							6		2	8
2016								1		5									5	1		6
2017							3	1		6	1	1	1			1			11	2	1	14
2018	1		2				2	1	2	7	1		2						12	2	4	18
2019				3			4		2	8	1		2	1					17	2	2	21
2020	1	1		1		1	1	1	2	3	1	1							6	3	4	13
2021							1	1	1	2	3	2							3	4	3	10
2022	1				2	2	2	1	1	2	3								5	6	3	14
2023				1			7			6	3	1							14	3	1	18
2024	1						1	1	3	7	1								9	2	3	14
2025										4		1							4		1	5
Total	4	1	2	5	2	3	22	8	13	64	15	10	5	1	1	1	0	0	101	27	29	157
	7			10			43			89			7			1			157

Including both parallel slalom and parallel giant slalom.

World Championship Results

Mikaela competed in her first World Championships in 2013 in Austria. She finished sixth in giant slalom. Two days later, in the slalom, she won the world title at age 17.

Olympic Results Overview

Mikaela was expected to win gold in slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia. She led after the first run and almost fell in the second, but she held on to win. Just three weeks before her 19th birthday, she became the youngest slalom champion in Olympic history. Three days earlier, she finished fifth in the giant slalom.

She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. There, she won the gold medal in giant slalom. She also won a silver medal in the Combined event. She placed fourth in the slalom, even though she was favored to win gold.

Media Appearances and Documentaries

After her first World Cup finals in 2013, Mikaela was interviewed on the Late Show.

In 2014, Mikaela was featured in a TV special called How to Raise an Olympian. It showed the journeys of American Olympians. After winning her first gold medal, she played a game on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. In July 2014, Mikaela was a guest on the radio show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!.

In 2016, Mikaela spoke German to present an award to Marcel Hirscher in Austria. In 2017, she talked about her skiing and napping habits on Late Night with Seth Meyers. In 2018, Mikaela was featured on CBS News' 60 Minutes.

In 2019, Mikaela was featured in The Wall Street Journal. She also discussed handling anxiety on NBC's Today. She talked about dealing with online trolls on CNN. She also discussed fair pay on ABC's Good Morning America. She even taught Jimmy Fallon a dance on Tonight Show. The New York Times called Mikaela "the face of American skiing".

Mikaela has also been the subject of longer videos. She is often in Outside's In Search of Speed. In 2018, Red Bull made a 48-minute documentary about her called Peak Season: The Determination of Mikaela Shiffrin. In April 2019, NBC's Olympic channel showed 25 hours of her races.

In October 2022, she was interviewed on a podcast. She also wrote about her father's passing in "The Players' Tribune". In December 2022, Mikaela started releasing her own documentary videos on YouTube.

Mikaela received the 2023 Best Female Athlete ESPY Award. ESPN shared her acceptance speech. In July 2023, Mikaela gave an interview on the "School of Greatness" podcast. She shared an important message for young athletes. She said that self-confidence in results is not always needed. She has doubts herself, but the important thing is to have the courage to try.

See also

In Spanish: Mikaela Shiffrin para niños