Mikaela Shiffrin reveals her pick for GOAT skier ahead of 2024/2025 alpine skiing season

Mikaela Shiffrin recently shared her admiration for Tina Maze, whom she considers the greatest of all time (GOAT) in skiing. With four Olympic medals, nine world championship medals, and record-breaking runs in the FIS World Cup, Maze has left a lasting impact on the skiing world, inspiring the current generation of athletes, including Shiffrin.

The Slovenian skier made her mark on the slopes at the age of 16. Further, she marked her prospect at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. The former skier secured two silver medals at the 2010 Games, including the Super-G and Giant Slalom. The glorious feat was Slovenia's best-ever result in the Olympic Winter Games.

The following year, Maze bagged her country's first-ever world title in Giant Slalom at the 2011 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. In 2013, she won 11 races and dominated the overall season's standing with 2414 points, the highest total ever attained by any skier, male or female.

Opting out from competing in several races the next year, Maze entirely shifted her focus to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where she clinched two gold medals in downhill and giant slalom. She shared the gold medal with Switzerland’s Dominique Gisin in the downhill event, before hanging up her skies in 2016.

In a recent interview with Eurosport, when asked about her GOAT skier, Shiffrin acknowledged and mentioned Maze.

Mikaela Shiffrin's 2024/25 FIS season's schedule

Mikaela Shiffrin's 2024/25 FIS season will commence on October 26, 2024. (Source: Getty)

Mikaela Shiffrin will kick off her 2024/25 FIS season on October 26, 2024 in Solden, Austria. Although after pulling out from competing in the downhill events, Shiffrin is poised to compete in all 20 technical events of slalom and giant slalom on the calendar.

• 26 October 2024

Soelden (Austria): Giant Slalom

• 16 November 2024

Levi (Finland): Slalom

• 23 November 2024

Gurgl (Austria): Slalom

• 30 November – 1 December 2024

Killington (USA): Giant Slalom / Slalom

• 7 – 8 December 2024

Tremblant (Canada): Giant Slalom (2x)

• 14 – 15 December 2024

Beaver Creek (USA): Downhill , Super-G

• 21 – 22 December 2024

Saint Moritz (Switzerland): Super-G (2x)

• 28 – 29 December 2024

Semmering (Austria): Giant Slalom, Slalom

• 4 – 5 January 2025

Kranjska Gora (Slovenia): Giant Slalom / Slalom

• 11 - 12 January 2025

St. Anton (Austria): Downhill / Super-G

• 14 January 2025

Flachau (Austria): Slalom (Night)

• 18 - 19 January 2025

Cortina d’Ampezzo (Italy): Downhill / Super-G

• 21 January 2025

Kronplatz – Plan de Corones (Italy): Giant Slalom

• 25 – 26 January 2025

Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany): Downhill / Super-G

• 30 January 2025

Courchevel (France): Slalom (Night)

• 16 – 18 February 2025

Crans Montana (Switzerland): Downhill (2x) / Super-G

• 22 – 23 February 2025

Sestriere (Italy): Giant Slalom / Slalom

• 28 February – 2 March 2025

Kvitfjell (Norway): Downhill (2x) / Super-G

• 8 – 9 March 2025

Are (Sweden): Giant Slalom / Slalom

• 14-15 March 2025

La Thuile (Italy): Downhill / Super-G

• 22 -27 March 2024

Sun Valley (United States): Finals

Having won 97 wins earlier, Mikaela Shiffrin is expected to reach the 100-victory feat this season.