Mikaela Shiffrin Wins Another Award

13th July 2023

Last modified on July 17th, 2023

This time it’s the Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly, ESPY, Award for “Best Athlete – Women’s Sports”. It is Shiffrin’s first ESPY Award.

It came at the annual award ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Last season she took the crown for most World Cup wins, surpassing long-time record holder and Swedish ski legend Ingemar Stenmark, who held the record since 1989.

We reported on it at the time on PlantSKI:

Mikaela Shiffrin is the greatest alpine ski racer of all time

Shiffrin has competed for 13 seasons and holds 15 globes, and five overall FIS Crystal Globes with ten discipline titles.

The ESPYs recognizes the top sport performances and athletes of the year.

Shiffrin beat out three other top athletes for the “Best Athlete – Women’s Sports” award, including U.S. Women’s National Team and Portland Thorns soccer athlete Sophia Smith, star Polish tennis player Iga Świątek and Las Vegas Aces basketball player A’ja Wilson.

“It’s such a pleasure and such an honor to be part of this event. Thank you ESPN again for putting on such a great show – it’s been so great to meet everybody,” she said in her acceptance speech.

“I just honestly… I have a whole stack of people that I would have to thank for literally getting me to where I am today, through failure and through success, it’s been a long journey, and it’s not over yet.

“But I really have to say thank you to my family, my friends, Aleks, my brother, my sister in law who are here tonight as well, my team and coaches.

“This season was incredible and there was a lot of talk about records… but I was thinking, why is a record actually important? I just feel like it’s not important to break records or reset records, it’s important to set the tone for the next generation and to inspire them.”

“This ESPY award is so well deserved for Mikaela,” said US Ski & Snowboard President and CEO, Sophie Goldschmidt.

“After an astonishing record-setting season, seeing her honored at this level in front of millions tuning in at home is a perfect celebration.

“We are so proud of her accomplishments on and off the snow, and we know that she will only continue to impress us in seasons to come.”