Who is Mikaela Shiffrin? She is a US-born two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and World Cup alpine skier. Mikaela was born in Vail, Colorado, United States, on 13th March 1995. She started to rise in high racing ranks as soon as she could compete in International Ski Federation sanctioned races.
She competed in her initial competition when entering the required age of 15. She achieved the Nor-Am Cup in 2010, only in her 8th FIS level race. She grabbed the international ski community’s attention the same year when she won the Trofeo Topolino race- one of Italy’s most prestigious ski events.
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In a similar year, she also got the bronze medal at the Junior World Championships in Cans-Montana, Switzerland. One of the most notable achievements in her career has been winning the gold medal in the 2014 Sochi Olympic games in Russia. Mikaela accepted the gold in slalom and also reached 5th rank in the giant slalom.
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Mikaela has been significantly victorious in the World Cup series since her main debut at 15.In the 2016 season, she earned all five slalom races she part took. Moreover, she also won the World record for the most crucial win margin in slalom for women – 3.07 seconds.
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Her initial giant slalom won was in the 2015 World Cup series. On 29th December, Shiffrin accepted her 26th World Cup slalom victory, which made her the first woman to win three runs in three consecutive days.