Mikaela Shiffrin is currently making headlines for winning gold in the women’s slalom on February 18, 2026, at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. This victory is being hailed as a major comeback after she failed to bag a medal in the 2022 Beijing Games and struggled in earlier events at the current Olympic Games. With her latest win, Mikaela created history by becoming the first American alpine skier to win three Olympic gold medals. She also became the first U.S. skier to win the Olympic slalom twice (in 2014 and 2026).
Having won her first slalom gold at age 18 in Sochi 2014, Mikaela Shiffrin is now the oldest woman (aged 30) to win the event, marking the longest gap (12 years) between individual gold medals in the same event in Winter Olympic history. Amid the array of records that Mikaela made at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics, here’s a look at the two men with the biggest contribution to her success, her fiancé, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde and her father, Jeff Shiffrin.
Who is Mikaela Shiffrin’s fiancé, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde?
