Mikaela Shiffrin Awarded Skieur d’Or 2023 Trophy

Sixty years after naming the late Austrian Champion Egon Zimmermann, the first recipient of the “Skieur d’Or AIJS” award ithe members of the AIJS elected USA’s Mikaela Shiffrin as the 2023 “Skieur d’Or AIJS – Serge Lang Trophy”.

It’s the third time that the 28-year-old from Colorado was recognized as the “Skier of the Season” following her amazing achievements on the World Cup Tour and at the FIS World Championships. Already seven and four years ago, Mikaela was awarded the trophy several months after clinching her first overall World Cup titles at the Finals at Aspen and in Andorra in 2019 - with a total of 17 victories during the past months.

Last winter, Mikaela became the most successful racer ever on the circuit with her 88 victories scored since 2012 - two more than skiing legend Ingemar Stenmark. She received her fifth overall Crystal Globe at Soldeu a month after capturing her ninth gold medal at Meribel winning the giant slalom.

Shiffrin, entering now her 13th World Cup season, is now the only woman to be elected for a third time “Skieur d’Or AIJ”. Only Swiss Pirmin Zurbriggen and Austria’s Marcel Hirscher have more with four wins.

“Both Mikaela and Marco Odermatt were impressive last winter, alpine ski racing is very lucky to have such kind of leaders competing on the circuit, they really are remarkable not only on the snow but also in their normal life,” said AIJS President Patrick Lang about Shiffrin most recent success.

Half a dozen of other top-champions also received votes for the 2023 “AIJS Skieur d’Or” including

Lucas Braathen and his teammate Aleksander Kilde both from Norway or Switzerland’s Jasmine Flury, the FIS gold medal winner in downhill at Meribel last February-

Mikaela Shiffrin received the trophy organized by FIS and created by Joska at the end of the “FIS Forum Alpinum” held in the Oetztaler Arena at Soelden on Friday Oct. 27st . Members of AIJS wish her and all the other leaders a successful and enjoyable ski season.

Recent Winners - “AIJS Skieur d’Or “ C. Janka (SUI) 2011 – I. Kostelic (CRO) 2012 – M. Hirscher (AUT) 2013 – T. Maze (SLO) 2014 – A. Fenninger (AUT) 2015 – A. Fenninger (AUT) & M. Hirscher (AUT) – 2016 & 2018 Marcel Hirscher - 2019 Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) – 2020 Federica Brignone (ITA) -- 2021 Alexis Pinturault (FRA) – 2022 Marco Odermatt (SUI) -- Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) 2023