Kikkan Randall

Kikkan Randall
Kikkan Randall after winning the Stockholm Royal Palace Sprint in March 2013
Country United States
Born (1982-12-31) December 31, 1982 (age 41)
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Ski clubAPU Ski Team
World Cup career
Seasons14 – (2001, 20052015, 20172018)
Starts214
Podiums29
Wins13
Overall titles0 – (3rd in 2013)
Discipline titles3 – (3 SP, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Team sprint
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Val di Fiemme Team sprint
Silver medal – second place 2009 Liberec Individual sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Lahti Individual sprint

Kikkan Randall (born December 31, 1982) is an American Olympic champion cross-country skier. She has won 17 U.S. National titles, made 29 podiums on the World Cup, made five trips to the Winter Olympic Games and had the highest finish by an individual American woman at the World Championships, second in the Sprint in Liberec in 2009.[1] She was the first American female cross-country skier to take a top ten finish in World Cup competition, to win a World Cup race and to win a World Cup discipline title.[2] She won the silver medal in the individual sprint at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, becoming the first American woman to win a medal in cross country skiing at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and in 2013 teamed up with Jessie Diggins to win the first ever American FIS Nordic World Ski Championships gold medal in the team sprint. She and Diggins won the United States' first ever cross-country skiing gold medal at the Winter Olympics in women's team sprint at Pyeongchang in 2018.

  1. ^ "World Ski Championships - Ladies' SP 1.3 km F Final 24.02.2009". data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  2. ^ Sheinberg, Carrie (May 3, 2016). "Skier Kikkan Randall isn't slowing down". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 2, 2017.