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Mikaela Shiffrin
Alpine skier
Mikaela Shiffrin (Portrait).jpg
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

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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

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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.

2018 PyeongChang Womens Giant Slalom
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.

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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 with the Crystal Globe 2023 Alpine Skiing WC
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
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
FIS Crystal Globe.svg 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

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel
2012 16 43 17 49 N/A
2013 17 5 1 19
2014 18 6 1 7
2015 19 4 1 3
2016 20 10 4 21 39 23
2017 21 1 1 2 24 36 6
2018 22 1 1 3 28 5
2019 23 1 1 1 1 25
2020 24 2 2 3 7 5 20
2021 25 4 2 2 N/A
2022 26 1 2 3 3 26
2023 27 1 1 1 7 12 N/A
2024 28 3 1 5 29 20
2025 29 16 4 30
Standings through 27 March 2025

World Cup Race Victories

Total Slalom Giant slalom Downhill Super-G Combined Parallel
Wins 101 64 22 4 5 1 5
Podiums 157 89 43 7 10 1 7
Updated through March 27, 2025
Season
Date Location Discipline
2013
4 victories
(4 SL)
December 20, 2012 Sweden Åre, Sweden Slalom
January 4, 2013 Croatia Zagreb, Croatia Slalom
January 15, 2013 Austria Flachau, Austria Slalom
March 16, 2013  Switzerland  Lenzerheide, Switzerland Slalom
2014
5 victories
(5 SL)
November 16, 2013 Finland Levi, Finland Slalom
January 5, 2014 Italy Bormio, Italy Slalom
January 14, 2014 Austria Flachau, Austria Slalom
March 8, 2014 Sweden Åre, Sweden Slalom
March 15, 2014  Switzerland  Lenzerheide, Switzerland Slalom
2015
6 victories
(5 SL, 1 GS)
October 25, 2014 Austria Sölden, Austria   Giant slalom
December 29, 2014 Austria Kühtai, Austria Slalom
January 4, 2015 Croatia Zagreb, Croatia Slalom
February 22, 2015 Slovenia Maribor, Slovenia Slalom
March 14, 2015 Sweden Åre, Sweden Slalom
March 21, 2015 France Méribel, France Slalom
2016
5 victories
(5 SL)
November 28, 2015 United States Aspen, U.S. Slalom
November 29, 2015 Slalom
February 15, 2016  Switzerland  Crans-Montana, Switzerland Slalom
March 6, 2016 Slovakia Jasná, Slovakia Slalom
March 19, 2016  Switzerland  St. Moritz, Switzerland Slalom
2017
11 victories
(6 SL, 3 GS, 1 AC, 1 CE)
November 12, 2016 Finland Levi, Finland Slalom
November 27, 2016 United States Killington, U.S. Slalom
December 11, 2016 Italy Sestriere, Italy Slalom
December 27, 2016 Austria Semmering, Austria Giant slalom
December 28, 2016 Giant slalom
December 29, 2016 Slalom
January 8, 2017 Slovenia Maribor, Slovenia Slalom
January 31, 2017 Sweden Stockholm, Sweden City event
February 26, 2017  Switzerland  Crans-Montana, Switzerland Combined
March 10, 2017 United States 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 United States Killington, U.S. Slalom
December 2, 2017 Canada Lake Louise, Canada Downhill
December 19, 2017 France Courchevel, France Giant slalom
December 20, 2017 Parallel slalom
December 28, 2017 Austria Lienz, Austria Slalom
January 1, 2018 Norway Oslo, Norway City event
January 3, 2018 Croatia Zagreb, Croatia Slalom
January 6, 2018 Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom
January 7, 2018 Slalom
January 9, 2018 Austria Flachau, Austria Slalom
March 10, 2018 Germany Ofterschwang, Germany Slalom
March 17, 2018 Sweden Åre, Sweden Slalom
2019
17 victories
(8 SL, 4 GS, 3 SG, 1 PS
1 CE)
November 17, 2018 Finland Levi, Finland Slalom
November 25, 2018 United States Killington, U.S. Slalom
December 2, 2018 Canada Lake Louise, Canada Super-G
December 8, 2018  Switzerland  St. Moritz, Switzerland Super-G
December 9, 2018 Parallel slalom
December 21, 2018 France Courchevel, France Giant slalom
December 22, 2018 Slalom
December 29, 2018 Austria Semmering, Austria Slalom
January 5, 2019 Croatia Zagreb, Croatia Slalom
January 15, 2019 Italy Kronplatz, Italy Giant slalom
January 20, 2019 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G
February 1, 2019 Slovenia Maribor, Slovenia Giant slalom
February 2, 2019 Slalom
February 19, 2019 Sweden Stockholm, Sweden City event
March 9, 2019 Czech Republic Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic Slalom
March 16, 2019 Andorra  Soldeu, Andorra Slalom
March 17, 2019 Giant slalom
2020
6 victories
(3 SL, 1 GS, 1 DH, 1 SG)
November 23, 2019 Finland Levi, Finland Slalom
December 1, 2019 United States Killington, U.S. Slalom
December 28, 2019 Austria Lienz, Austria Giant slalom
December 29, 2019 Slalom
January 24, 2020 Bulgaria Bansko, Bulgaria Downhill
January 26, 2020 Super-G
2021
3 victories
(2 SL, 1 GS)
December 14, 2020 France Courchevel, France Giant slalom
January 12, 2021 Austria Flachau, Austria Slalom
March 6, 2021 Slovakia Jasná, Slovakia Slalom
2022
5 victories
(2 GS, 2 SL, 1 DH)
October 23, 2021 Austria Sölden, Austria   Giant slalom
November 28, 2021 United States Killington, U.S. Slalom
December 21, 2021 France Courchevel, France Giant slalom
January 11, 2022 Austria Schladming, Austria Slalom
March 16, 2022 France Courchevel, France Downhill
2023
14 victories
(6 SL, 7 GS, 1 SG)
November 19, 2022 Finland Levi, Finland Slalom
November 20, 2022 Slalom
December 18, 2022  Switzerland  St. Moritz, Switzerland Super-G
December 27, 2022 Austria Semmering, Austria Giant slalom
December 28, 2022 Giant slalom
December 29, 2022 Slalom
January 4, 2023 Croatia Zagreb, Croatia Slalom
January 8, 2023 Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom
January 24, 2023 Italy Kronplatz, Italy Giant slalom
January 25, 2023 Giant slalom
January 28, 2023 Czech Republic Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic Slalom
March 10, 2023 Sweden Åre, Sweden Giant slalom
March 11, 2023 Slalom
March 19, 2023 Andorra Soldeu, Andorra Giant slalom
2024
9 victories
(7 SL, 1 GS, 1 DH)
November 12, 2023 Finland Levi, Finland Slalom
November 26, 2023 United States Killington, U.S. Slalom
December 9, 2023  Switzerland  St. Moritz, Switzerland Downhill
December 28, 2023 Austria Lienz, Austria Giant Slalom
December 29, 2023 Slalom
January 16, 2024 Austria Flachau, Austria Slalom
January 21, 2024 Slovakia Jasná, Slovakia Slalom
March 10, 2024 Sweden Åre, Sweden Slalom
March 16, 2024 Austria Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria Slalom
2025
4 victories
(4 SL)
November 16, 2024 Finland Levi, Finland Slalom
November 23, 2024 Austria Gurgl, Austria Slalom
February 23, 2025 Italy Sestriere, Italy Slalom
March 27, 2025 United States Sun Valley, U.S. Slalom

World Cup Podiums by Discipline

Season Podiums
Downhill Super-G Giant slalom Slalom Parallel Combined Total
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 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.

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Team Combined
2013 17 1 6 N/A
2015 19 1 8
2017 21 1 2
2019 23 1 3 1
2021 25 3 2 3 1
2023 27 2 1 2 DSQ SL
2025 29 5 N/A 1

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.

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Team event
2014 18 1 5 N/A
2018 22 4 1 2
2022 26 DNF1 DNF1 9 18 DNF2 4

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.

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