Mikaela Shiffrin
Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin (born March 13, 1995) is an American skier. Her first time at the Winter Olympic Games was during the 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi, Russia.[1] In those games, she won a gold medal in the Slalom at an age of 18 years and 345 days. Shiffrin is the youngest gold medalist in the Slalon in Olympic history.[2] Before the 2014 Olympics, Mikaela had competed in other national and international competitions.
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| Country |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 March 1995
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| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | Burke Mountain Academy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Mikaela Shiffrin was born on March 13, 1995 in Vail, Colorado.[3] Her father, Jeff, skied at Dartmouth College.[4] Her mother, Eileen, came from a Massachusetts family who loved skiing.[4] She has an older brother named Taylor who is also a skier at the University of Denver.[4] When Mikaela was eight her family moved to New Hampshire. Her father got a job at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
Career
Shiffrin competed in her first international competition at age fifteen.[5] Later that year she joined another international competition and got a gold medal in slalom.[5] By the end of the season she had won four World Cup competitions as well as a slalom title. This made her the youngest person to win a World Cup title.[5] In addition to her 2014 Olympic gold medal in the slalom, Shiffrin won a gold medal in the 2018 Olympics in the Giant slalom. She also won a silver medal in the Combined competition at the 2018 Olympics. On the World Cup circuit, Shiffrin has achieved 108 victories, which is the most of any alpine skier in history, man or woman.[6] At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Shiffrin won her second gold medal in the slalom.[7]
Personal life
In 2021, Shiffrin started dating Norwegian ski racer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde.[8] On April 4, 2024, Kilde and Shiffrin said they were engaged.[9]
Mikaela Shiffrin Media
Mikaela Shiffrin in Andalo in 2012
Shiffrin with her slalom gold medal from the 2014 Winter Olympics
Giant slalom, Pyeongchang 2018: Ragnhild Mowinckel (silver), Shiffrin (gold) and Federica Brignone (bronze)
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.
Shiffrin, as the 2023 overall World Cup champion, with her crystal globe
Mikaela Shiffrin in Åre 2018
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References
- ↑ John Meyer. Eagle-Vail teen sensation Mikaela Shiffrin rules in World Cup slalom (17 March 2013)The Denver Post. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ↑ On 21 February 2014, Mikaela Shiffrin opened her Olympic account aged 18! (in en). Olympics.com. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
- ↑ Mikaela Shiffrin BiographyBio/A&E Television Networks, LLC. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Brian Lewis. Teen poised to become next Lindsey Vonn (4 February 2014)New York Post. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Alpine Skiing World Cup; Mikaela ShiffrinInternational Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ↑ Mikaela Shiffrin (in en). US Ski and Snowboard. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
- ↑ Emily Mae Czachor. U.S. star Mikaela Shiffrin wins gold in women's slalom, breaking Olympic medal drought (18 February 2026)CBS News. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
- ↑ Mikaela Shiffrin on boyfriend Kilde: 'We share each other's successes' | NBC Olympics (in en). www.nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
- ↑ Shiffrin engaged to fellow skier Aamodt Kilde (in en). ESPN.com (2024-04-05). Retrieved 2025-07-24.
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