Mikaela Shiffrin

Jack Ol 15 May,2018

Facts of Mikaela Shiffrin

Birth Name
Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin
Famous Name
Mikaela Shiffrin
Nationality
American
Girlfriend
No
Father
Jeff Shiffrin
Mother
Eileen Shiffrin

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Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin or famously known as Mikaela Shiffrin is a World Cup alpine skier and a two time Olympics gold medal winner. She is also a World Cup champion on two occasions. She created history by becoming the youngest woman in over 30 years to receive the slalom title.

 

Mikaela Shiffrin is currently dating his boyfriend Mathieu Faivre. She currently has an estimated net worth of around $5 million in 2018.

Mikaela Shiffrin Bio and Early Career

Mikaela Shiffrin is an American by nationality. She was born to mother, Eileen, and father, Jeff Shiffrin on March 13, 1995, in Vail, Colorado.

Her parents were both skiers before switching to medical careers. She started practicing at only at age of 2 with a pair of plastics skis.

To in order to develop her skills, she took the guidance of coaches such as Rick Colt and Kirk Dwyer to improve her technique.

Mikaela Shiffrin Net Worth and Salary

Shiffrin is a very talented and remarkable sportswoman and is known for hundred percent commitment shown in the skiing field.

As per some sources, her net worth is believed to be about $5 million. Shiffrin reportedly earned around $738,000 winning 12 races in the skiing World Cup while her close competitor Lindsey Von earned $277,000.

She also has endorsement deals with various brands. He earnings from endorsement deals is reported to be about $3 million every year. Some of the brands endorsed by her are Red Bull, Barilla pasta, Longines watches, and Oakley sunglasses. She also has long-term support deal with ski equipment companies Atomic, Leki, and Reusch.

Besides, she can also be seen promoting Bose headphones on her Instagram. She must be earnings huge amount as the brand ambassador of the product.

Shiffrin is believed to suppress her competitor and Olympic Champion Lindsey Von in the endorsement earnings. Lindsey currently makes around $3 million from her deals. As per the reports, she is rewarded with $25,000 for every Gold medal win and can make more than $30 million in her whole career if no injury.

Mikaela Shiffrin Professional Career

Her initial success came with the slalom victory at  Trofeo Topolino in 2010 making her the very first American girl to win Italy junior event.

She won the bronze medal at the Junior World Championship in 2011 and made her World Cup debut in March 2011 and won the slalom event at US championships.

Shiffrin won her first  World Cup slalom victory in 2012, she added three   World Cup slalom victory and got a gold medal at World Championships in 2013

She, later on, took part at the Winter Olympics Sochi in 2014 and won the gold medal for America in the women’s slalom, thus making her youngest competitor to win a gold in Olympics and first American to win over 40 years at the event.

Overall, Mikaela Shiffrin has won in excess of 40 World Cup races which for the record is 5th most by the alpine female skier.

Mikaela Shiffrin Personal  Life

Currently 23, Mikaela Shiffrin stands at height of 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs around 64 kg. In spite of being one of the successful and popular Amercian female athletes, she has kept a relatively low profile. However, she is reported to be dating her boyfriend Mathieu Faivre.

Faivre is an alpine ski racer from France. Mikaela has shared several pictures of her boyfriend on her Instagram.

 
 
 
 
 
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I found a pirate #WhiteSandandTurquoiseWater #JeNeParlePasFrançais (PC @thomaskrief)

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Despite the busy schedule, their relationship going well, Shiffrin revealed.

“I have a boyfriend! Ah, sorry! It is fun. He’s really cute.”

She said.

Besides skiing, she has also appeared in TV Shows like Late Show, How to raise an Olympian as well as a radio talk show, Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!

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