Mikaela Shiffrin

Mikaela Shiffrin is a World Cup alpine skier of America with U.S. Ski Team, Specializing in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Mikaela Shiffrin is the queen Olympic, World Cup and world champion in slalom. Mikaela Shiffrin is the youngest winner of an Olympic slalom gold.

Mikaela Shiffrin Early Life

Mikaela Shiffrin was born in Vail, Colorado, the daughter of Eileen and Jeff Shiffrin. She began to rise through the ranks in racing downhill as soon as he was old enough to compete in FIS sanctioned races. The December 14, 2010, while meeting the minimum age requirement of 15, Shiffrin won a super-combined career Nor- Am Cup in Panorama, British Columbia. It was only the eighth race of FIS level in which he had competed. She followed it up to a second, third and first in its three upcoming Nor- Am races : a super -G, a DS, and a slalom, respectively. Weeks later, he won a couple of races Nor- Am slalom held at Sunday River, Maine. A month later, took the bronze medal in the slalom FIS World Championships Junior held in Crans Montana, Switzerland (after having been down with a stomach flu the day before).

Mikaela Shiffrin Racing Career

Mikaela Shiffrin made ​​her debut on the World Cup on March 11, 2011, in a giant slalom in Spindleruv Mlyn in the Czech Republic. In early April, just weeks after his 16th birthday, won the slalom title at the U.S. National Championships in Winter Park, Colorado,  and became the youngest U.S. skier claim crown Alpine country. The December 29, 2011, Shiffrin made ​​her first World Cup podium in a slalom in Lienz, Austria. Started 40th and lost his left shin halfway, but finished 12th in the first race. Shiffrin then set the fastest time in race to secure third place.  Mikaela Shiffrin won his first race of the World Cup in December 2012 at age 17, a night slalom in Åre, Sweden. She became the second youngest American to win a World Cup downhill event, behind Judy Nagel (17 years 5 months.) In 1969  Shiffrin 's second win came two weeks after a slalom for the night in Zagreb, Croatia,. and his third victory in 11 days later another night slalom in Flachau, Austria.

Mikaela Shiffrin competed in his first world championships in 2013 in Schladming, Austria, and finished sixth in the giant slalom, his best finish to date in that discipline. Two days later in the slalom, who won the world title. After winning the slalom at the World Cup in Lenzerheide, the title of the 2013 season they secured in the slalom discipline. Mikaela Shiffrin opened the 2014 season by placing sixth in the giant slalom, the best of his career, and in less than half a second to make the podium in Soelden, Austria, October 26, 2013. He won the next event, a slalom in Levi, Finland, improving on his podium finish last year for his fifth World Cup victory. In Beaver Creek, which was second in the giant slalom, his first podium of the World Cup in that event. On January 5, 2014, secured the first place in a slalom race two races in Bormio, Italy (the race took place there instead of being, as planned, in Zagreb, due to poor snow conditions/time). The February 21, 2014 she won the Women's Slalom event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Mikaela Shiffrin is the winner of the gold medal youngest of this event in Olympic history at just 18 years old. Earlier this week I had finished fifth in the Giant Slalom.

Mikaela Shiffrin Appearances

On February 5, 2014 Mikaela Shiffrin appeared in a one-hour special on NBC television, Raising an Olympian. The program, hosted by Meredith Vieira, a chronicle of the voyages of seven U.S. Olympians and presented interviews parents and coaches, along with home videos and childhood photos of each athlete. The event was broadcast on television with components of social media, live to enhance each segment. Shiffrin was interviewed on the Late Show by David Letterman talkshow, March 2013.