Name: Jessie Diggins
Sport: Cross-Country Skiing
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
- Two-time Olympian (2014, 2018); Olympic medalist (1 gold)
- 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)
- Sochi 2014, 8th (7.5/7.5K skiathlon, 4X5K relay), 13th (sprint freestyle), 38th (30K mass start)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2017 – silver (sprint freestyle), bronze (team sprint classic), 4th (4x5K relay), 5th (30K mass start), DNF (7.5/7.5K skiathlon)
- Years of participation: 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
- Medals: 4 (1 gold, 2 silvers, 1 bronze)
- Gold – 2013 (team sprint freestyle)
- Silver – 2015 (10K freestyle), 2017 (sprint freestyle),
- Bronze – 2017 (team sprint classic)
- 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 (with Randall)
Other Career Highlights
- 2017 FIS World Cup Standings, 6th (overall), 7th (distance), 10th (sprint)
- 2016 FIS World Cup Standings, 8th (sprint, overall), 9th (distance)
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.
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