Mikaela Shiffrin is an American double cross Olympic Gold Medalist and World Cup high skier. She is a three-time in general World Cup champion, a four-time best on the planet in slalom, and a six-time victor of the World Cup discipline title on that occasion. Shiffrin is the most youthful slalom champion in Olympic snow-capped skiing history, at 18 years and 345 days.
Early Life
Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin was born on 13th March 1995 in Vail, a home rule municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. Mikaela was born to her father Jeff Shiffrin and her mother Eileen. Her parents were former skiers so there’s no doubt that skiing came in her genes. She grew up with her elder brother Taylor Shiffrin who is also a skier now. Mikaela’s father was an anesthesiologist and he worked at Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center.
Mikaela moved to Denver when she was thirteen with her family as her father took up a new job. Mikaela started skiing at a very young age and won many competitions. She completed her high school education at Burke Mountain Academy, which educates and trains alpine ski racing athletes on the slopes of the adjacent Burke Mountain Ski Area.
Mikaela Shiffrin Career
Mikaela is skiing since her childhood; she won her first slalom and GS at the Topolino Games when she was just 14-year-old. In 2011, she made her World Cup debut at Špindlerův Mlýn in the Czech Republic and won her first world cup race in 2012 in Åre, Sweden at the age of seventeen. Mikaela turned into the most youthful lady in U.S. history to win a World Championship and the most youthful competitor ever (male or female) to win an Olympic slalom gold decoration in Sochi in 2014. In the 2016 slalom opener, Mikaela won by 3.07 seconds-it was the biggest ladies’ slalom win edge beginning around 1968.
Along with her first super-G success at Lake Louise in December 2018, Mikaela turned into the primary competitor in FIS Ski World Cup history to win in each of the six disciplines. In Levi in 2019, Shiffrin outperformed Ingemar Stenmark’s slalom win record, making her the best slalom skier ever. Mikaela turned into the most finished American competitor in Alpine World Ski Championships history at Cortina 2021, subsequent to winning bronze in super-G and gold in the elevated joined. Yet again on January 11, 2022, under the lights in the renowned Schladming Night Slalom, Mikaela left a mark on the world when she won her 47th vocation slalom win, outperforming Ingemar Stenmark for single discipline wins in an enthusiastic triumph.
Philanthropy
In September 2020, Mikaela and her family assisted with sending off the Jeff Shiffrin Athlete Resiliency Fund, to pay tribute to her dad. In reaction to the COVID-19 emergency and misfortunes, it has made for our games, a gathering of liberal benefactors (six families) have moved forward and proposed to coordinate, dollar for dollar, each and every commitment raised up to $1.5 million to empower competitors across all sports to keep on keeping the boat cruising without a hitch, permitting camps to run as arranged, so all U.S. Ski and Snowboard competitors can keep up with their upper hand all through a drawn-out time of vulnerability. The gathered pledges $3,075,000+ dollars for U.S. Ski and Snowboard competitors.
Mikaela Shiffrin Biography |
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| Real Name | Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin |
| Birth Date | 13 March 1995 |
| Age (as of 2022) | 26 Years |
| Birth Place | Vail, Colorado, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Profession | Alpine Skier |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Sun sign | Pisces |
Physical Statistics |
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| Height | in feet inches – 5’ 7” – in Centimeters – 170 cm |
| Weight | in Kilograms – 64 kg – in Pounds – 141 lbs |
| Shoe Size | 6.5 (U.S.) |
| Hair Color | Blonde |
| Eye Color | Gray |
| Body Type | Athletic |
Family |
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| Father | Jeff Shiffrin |
| Mother | Eileen Shiffrin |
| Sister | – |
| Brother | Taylor Shiffrin |
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| School | Burke Mountain Academy |
| College | – |
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| Marital Status | In Relation |
| Affair | Yes |
| Who is her boyfriend? | MAleksander Aamodt Kilde |
Personal Life
Mikaela likes to keep her personal life away from the eyes of media and thus never herself revealed about her dating life. However, she is rumored to be dating Aleksander Aamodt Kilde who is a Norwegian World Cup Alpine Ki Racer.
Social Media
Mikaela is present on various social media platforms. She has a verified account on Instagram under the username @mikaelashiffrin and 1 million people follow her. Mikaela is also on Twitter under the username @MikaelaShiffrin and 172.3k people follow her. She also has an official page on Facebook and has 748k followers.
Mikaela Shiffrin Net Worth
Mikaela Shiffrin has a successful career as a skier with a net worth of $3 million. She procures $515,000 each year and is one of the top-paid competitors. She has restricted with significant organizations like Adidas, Barilla, Visa, Longines, Bose, IKON Pass, and Oakley. A portion of different providers is Atomic, Reusch, and Leki.
Trivia
- Mikaela credits her mother for being the most compelling individual in her profession.
- She’s a motivation for her and she learns from her mother’s mindful nature, fantastic capacity to learn anything, and continually putting others before herself.
- On the off chance that she was not a skier, Mikaela would concentrate on sea life science or ecological science.
- Mikaela loves to play instruments, she plays piano and guitar and has a melodious voice.
- Mikaela can unicycle and shuffle a soccer ball like a chief!
