Mikaela Shiffrin is an American athlete and World Cup alpine skier who is best known for being the American two-time Olympic gold medalist. She is recognized for winning two-time reigning Overall World Cup champion. She has also made World Cup discipline title for five-time and is also the reigning world champion three times. She also holds the record of being the youngest slalom champion in the history of alpine skiing in Olympic where she was 18 years and 325 days old. As per Mikaela Shiffrin wiki, she was born on March 13, 1995, which makes her age be 23 years old as of now. Her sports achievement and impressive personality have developed a curiosity to the public to known about Shiffrin’s height, weight, personal facts and other details. Here we have presented Mikaela Shiffrin bio in detail below:
Early Life and Education
The Olympic gold medalist was born as Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin in Vail, Colorado in 1995. She was born as the second child of her parents named Eileen Shiffrin (mother) and Jeff Shiffrin (father). Both of her parents are from the Northeastern United States and by profession, they are former ski racers. Being influenced their father and mother, Mikaela and her elder brother got interested in performing as a ski racer. Her father has raced for Dartmouth College who grew up in New Jersey. Likewise, her mother used to compete in northwestern Massachusetts during her high school days. Her elder brother named Taylor Shiffrin who is three years elder to her has also raced for the University of Denver.
In 2003, Mikaela and her entire family moved to rural New Hampshire near Lyme while she was just eight years old. At that time, her father was working for Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center as an anesthesiologist. Residing there for few years, he switched his profession in Denver. Talking about her education, Mikaela attended a school at Burke.
Career and Professional Life
By profession, Mikaela Shiffrin is a World Cup alpine skier. She made her early success when she became the first American girl to get victory over Italy’s prestigious junior event.
World Cup Career
On March 11, 2011, Shiffrin made a great step in her athletic career by making her debut World Cup in the Czech Republic at Špindlerův Mlýn. After few weeks of celebrating her 16th birthday, she became able to make the slalom title during the US National Championships. She is also the one among five Americans to grab World Cup overall title. From her career, she has gain 43 World Cup races.
Personal Life
American sky racer is in the relationship with Mathieu Faivre (born on 18 January 1992). Mikaela Shiffrin’s boyfriend Mathieu Faivre is also from the same profession who is known for being a French World Cup alpine ski racer. Talking about their relationship, the couple started dating since 2017’s summer. Hope, the couple will get married soon but currently they seem to be focusing on their professional life over their personal life.
Body Measurements
Regarding her body measurement details, Mikaela Shiffrin height is 5 feet and 7 inches and has a maintained weight of approximately 64 kg or 141 pounds. She looks awesome in her blue colored eyes and blonde colored hair.
Salary and Net worth
Mikaela Shiffrin net worth is estimated to be 5 million USD. This is an impressive figure for an athlete of this age group. The two time Olympic gold medalist has amassed such jaw-dropping net worth from her professional life.
Wiki and Facts
Shiffrin’s bio has been presented by numerous wiki sites including Wikipedia and IMDb. Join her on Instagram @mikaelashiffrin where she has retained more than 389k followers as of now. You can find her Twitter profile @MikaelaShiffrin where she has managed to retain more than 141k followers. For any kind of business inquiries, you can contact her through the email address [email protected].