Name: Jessie Diggins

Sport: Cross-Country Skiing

Event(s): 4x5-kilometer Relay, 7.5/7.5K Skiathlon, Sprint Classic, Team Sprint, 30K Mass Start

Height: 5-4

DOB: 8/26/1991

Birthplace: St. Paul, Minn.

Hometown: Afton, Minn.

High School: Stillwater High School (Stillwater, Minn.) ‘10

College: Westminster College

Team/Club: SMS T2

Olympic Experience

• Three-time Olympian (2014, 2018, 2022); Three-time Olympic medalist (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
• Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, 7th (7.5km/7.5km skiathlon), bronze (sprint freestyle), 8th (10km classic), 6th (4x5km relay), 5th (team sprint classic), silver (30-kilometer mass start free)
• Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, gold (team sprint freestyle), 5th (7.5/7.5K skiathlon), 5th (10K freestyle), 5th (4x5K relay), 6th (sprint classic), 7th (30K mass start classic)
• Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014, 8th (7.5/7.5K skiathlon, 4X5K relay), 13th (sprint freestyle), 38th (30K mass start)

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2021 – 4th (4x5K relay, 10K freestyle), 15th (7.5/7.5K skiathlon), 24th (sprint classic)
• Years of participation: 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021
• Medals: 4 (1 gold, 2 silvers, 1 bronze)
• Gold – 2013 (team sprint freestyle)
• Silver – 2017 (sprint freestyle); 2015 (10K freestyle)
• Bronze – 2017 (team sprint classic)

Personal: Daughter of Clay and Deborah Diggins...Has one sister, Mackenzie...Began skiing at age 3...Hobbies include dancing, hiking, canoeing, camping, swimming, reading, gardening and cooking...Part of the first-ever U.S. team to win a world cup team sprint event, becoming the first U.S. cross-country skier to win a world championship gold medal.

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