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A two-time Olympic gold medalist and World Cup alpine skier from the United States. She is a three-time World Cup overall champion, four-time world champion in slalom, and six-time World Cup discipline champion in that sport. At 18 years and 345 days, Shiffrin is the youngest slalom champion in Olympic alpine skiing history. Shiffrin tied Ted Ligety and Andrea Mead Lawrence for the most Olympic gold medals ever won by an American Olympian in alpine skiing by earning her second Olympic gold medal in the 2018 giant slalom. She is one of the five Americans to win the World Cup in its entirety.