Mikaela Shiffrin

American alpine skier (born 1995)

Mikaela Shiffrin is described in the public record as American alpine skier (born 1995). Born in Vail, United States, in 1995.

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Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin (born March 13, 1995) is an American alpine skier. Shiffrin is the most decorated American alpine skier in World Championships history. She has the most World Cup wins of any alpine skier in history (men or women) and is the only one to have reached the milestone of 100 victories. She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, four-time Olympic medalist, an eight-time World Championships gold medalist (including four titles in slalom), a six-time overall World Cup champion, and a nine-time winner of the World Cup slalom discipline title. Shiffrin, at 18 years and 345 days, became the youngest slalom gold medalist in Olympic history in 2014. Shiffrin won her eighth career Alpine world championships gold medal on February 11, 2025, taking her overall tally to 15 medals from 18 career world championship races, and making Shiffrin the most successful skier in the modern era.

Mikaela Shiffrin is recorded among the figures by whom winter sports is remembered, and the surviving account of that career is the basis on which the reputation rests.

Winter sport careers are shaped by a competition calendar of a few months a year and by conditions that differ at every venue.

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