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Mikaela Shiffrin (Portrait)
Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin (born March 13, 1995) is an American World Cup alpine skier who has the most World Cup wins of any alpine skier in history (men or women) and is considered one of the greatest alpine skiers of all time. She is a two-time Olympic Gold Medalist, a five-time Overall World Cup champion, a four-time world champion in slalom, and an eight-time winner of the World Cup discipline title in that event. Shiffrin, at 18 years and 345 days, is the youngest slalom gold medalist in Olympic history. 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. She was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by ''Time'' magazine in 2023. Background and early years Born in Vail, Colorado, Shiffrin is the second child of Eileen (née Condron) and Jeff Shiffrin, both originally from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slalom Skiing
Slalom is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline, involving skiing between poles or gates. These are spaced more closely than those in giant slalom, super-G, super giant slalom and Downhill (ski competition), downhill, necessitating quicker and shorter turns. Internationally, the sport is contested at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, and at the Olympic Winter Games. History The term slalom comes from the Morgedal/Seljord dialect of the Norwegian language, Norwegian word "slalåm": "sla", meaning "slightly inclining hillside", and "låm", meaning "track after skis". The inventors of modern skiing classified their trails according to their difficulty: *''Slalåm'' was a trail used in Telemark by boys and girls not yet able to try themselves on the more challenging runs. *''Ufsilåm'' was a trail with one obstacle (''ufse'') like a jump, a fence, a difficult turn, a gorge, a cliff (often more than high), et cetera. *''Uvyrdslåm'' was a trail with sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2025
The 48th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships were held from 4 to 16 February 2025 in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria. The location was scheduled to be decided in May 2020 during the 52nd FIS Congress in Pattaya, Thailand, but was cancelled to the COVID-19 pandemic. The vote took place during a video conference on 3 October 2020. Saalbach-Hinterglemm won over German Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Swiss Crans-Montana by a vote of 12–1–1. In the western part of Salzburg state near the Tyrol border, Saalbach-Hinterglemm previously hosted the World Championships in 1991; Austria last hosted in 2013 at Schladming in Styria. The races took place in the piste along the Zwölferkogel (12er Kogel) gondola lift with finish in Hinterglemm. Schedule Eleven events were held. (all times CET (UTC+1)): ;Qualifying races Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Mixed References External links *FIS-ski.com {{World championships in 2025 2025 So far, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018–19 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup was the premier circuit for alpine skiing competition. The inaugural season launched in January 1967, and the season marks the 53rd consecutive year for the FIS World Cup. This season began in October 2018 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in mid-March 2019 at the finals in Soldeu, Andorra. The biennial World Championships interrupted the tour in early February in Åre, Sweden. During the season, the most successful female skier of all time, four-time overall World Cup champion Lindsey Vonn of the United States, retired after the World Championships, at which she won a bronze medal in downhill. Also, two-time overall champion Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway retired at the same meet, at which he won a silver medal in downhill. Marcel Hirscher of Austria won his eighth straight men's overall championship, an all-time record, and moved in third place in overall wins (68) behind only Ingemar Stenmark (86) and Vonn (82). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017–18 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup was the premier circuit for alpine skiing competition. The inaugural season launched in January 1967, and the season marked the 52nd consecutive year for the FIS World Cup. This season began in October 2017 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in mid-March at the finals in Åre, Sweden. It was interrupted for most of February by the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea; the speed events were held at Jeongseon Alpine Centre with the technical events at Yongpyong Alpine Centre. Men With his seventh consecutive overall title, Marcel Hirscher of Austria broke the all-time record of six overall titles (and five consecutive) set by Annemarie Moser-Pröll during the 1970s. Calendar Rankings Overall Downhill Super G Giant slalom Slalom Combined Women Calendar Rankings Overall Downhill Super G Giant slalom Slalom Combined Alpine team event Calendar Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016–17 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup is the premier circuit for alpine skiing competition. The inaugural FIS FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup season launched in January 1967 Alpine Skiing World Cup, 1967 and this 51st season began on 22 October 2016 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in the United States at Aspen Mountain (ski area), Aspen on 19 March 2017. The biennial FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017, World Championships interrupted the tour in early February in Piz Nair, Saint Moritz, Switzerland. The season-ending finals in March were held in North America for the first time in two decades: the last finale in the U.S. was in 1997 Alpine Skiing World Cup, 1997 at Vail Ski Resort, Vail. Chief Race Director for the WC Tour, Markus Waldner, offered his pre-season thoughts on the pending 2016-17 tour in an early October interview. He addressed: early season scheduling and weather considerations, the growing global interest in alpine skiing beyon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The 49th World Cup season began on 25 October 2014, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 22 March 2015 at the World Cup finals in Meribel, France. The defending overall champions from the 2014 season - Marcel Hirscher and Anna Fenninger, both of Austria, defended their titles successfully. The season was interrupted by the World Championships in February, in the United States at Vail/ Beaver Creek, Colorado. Combined events were not awarded as a discipline trophy. Calendar Men Ladies Nation team event Men's standings ;Overall ;Downhill ;Super-G ;Giant slalom ;Slalom ;Alpine combined Ladies' standings ;Overall ;Downhill ;Super-G ;Giant slalom ;Slalom ;Alpine combined Nations Cup ;Overall ;Men ;Ladies Prize money ;Men ;Ladies Footnotes References External links FIS-ski.com: Alpine skiing, FIS World Cup [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The 48th World Cup season began on 26 October 2013, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 16 March 2014 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The defending overall champions from the 2013 season were Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. The overall titles were won by Hirscher and Anna Fenninger, also of Austria. The season was interrupted by the 2014 Winter Olympics that took place from 7 to 23 February in Sochi, Russia, with the alpine events at Rosa Khutor. Summary The men's title was won by Hirscher for the third time in a row, becoming the first man to achieve this since Phil Mahre in 1983. Hirscher secured the title after the second-to-last race of the season when he beat Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who did not compete in slalom. Svindal won both the downhill (second time in a row) and super-G titles (third time in a row). The giant slalom title went to Ted Ligety of the United States. Ligety and Hirscher shared the same number of points bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012–13 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The 47th World Cup season began on 27 October 2012, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 17 March 2013, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall titles were won by Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. A break in the schedule was for the biennial World Championships, held 4–17 February in Schladming, Austria. Changes for the 2013 season included the awarding of World Cup points for the slalom crystal globe for the limited field city events (parallel slalom), not just in the overall standings. Also, a crystal globe trophy was no longer awarded for the combined event, as many organizers considered the event difficult to market, but its results still counted in the overall rankings. Maze became the first Slovenian to win an overall World Cup title; she clinched it on 24 February after her eighth victory of the season, a super-combined race at Méribel, France. Her victory in a downhill race at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany on 2 Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The International Ski Federation (FIS) FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Alpine Ski World Cup is the premier circuit for alpine skiing competition. The inaugural season launched in January 1967 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, 1967, and the season marks the 57th consecutive year for the International Ski Federation, FIS FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup. This season started in October 2022 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in mid-March 2023 at the finals in Soldeu, Andorra. Marco Odermatt and Mikaela Shiffrin were the defending overall champions from the 2021–22 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, 2021–22 season. They each successfully defended the title. On 24 January, Shiffrin passed the previous record held by Lindsey Vonn for the most wins in the women's World Cup (83), and was tied with overall record holder Ingemar Stenmark (86). On 11 March, Shiffrin made her 87th World Cup victory by winning the women's slalom in Åre, thereby overtaking Stenmark's 34-year-old record. FIS Alpine W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021–22 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup was the premier circuit for alpine skiing competition. The inaugural season launched in January 1967 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, 1967, and the season marked the 56th consecutive year for the International Ski Federation, FIS FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup. This season began in October 2021 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in mid-March 2022 at the finals in Courchevel/Méribel, France. It was interrupted for most of February by the Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics in Beijing, China; events were held at Xiaohaituo Alpine Skiing Field. Alexis Pinturault and Petra Vlhová were the defending overall champions, but first-time overall winner Marco Odermatt won the 2022 men's championship with three races to go and Mikaela Shiffrin won the 2022 women's championship for her fourth overall title with two races to go. For the first time in the history of the World Cup, either for men or for women, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
