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| Born | (1993-12-05)5 December 1993 (age 31) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disciplines | Slalom,combined, Downhill,super-G,Giant slalom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 29 December 2012 (age 19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 3 – (2014,2018,2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 3 (2 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 6 – (2013–2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 2 (0 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 13 – (2013–2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 1 – (1SL) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 21 – (9 SL, 4DH, 3GS, 3SG, 2AC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (3rd in2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (2nd inAC,2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michelle Gisin (German pronunciation:['miʃelgɪzɪn]; born 5 December 1993) is a SwissWorld Cupalpine ski racer and competes in all disciplines.[2][3][4] A two-timeOlympic gold medalist, she won thecombined in2018 andsuccessfully defended in2022.[5][6] Born inSamedan,Graubünden, Gisin is the younger sister of alpine ski racersMarc andDominique Gisin.[7]
Gisin has enjoyed success in the Swiss Junior National Championships, finishing third in the downhill in 2011, third in the super-G in 2012 and winning the super combined in 2012. She took a silver medal in the slalom at the FIS Junior World Ski Championships in February 2013.[7] She competed forSwitzerland at the 2014 Winter Olympics in thealpine skiing events.
She made a breakthrough at the senior level at a World Cup meeting inVal-d'Isère just before Christmas 2016: she took seventh place in her first World Cup start in downhill and took her first podium finish when she finished second in the combined.[8] Later that season at theWorld Championships inSt. Moritz, Gisin took a silver medal in thecombined, finishing behind teammateWendy Holdener in a one-two finish for the Swiss on home snow.[9]
In December 2017, during her first visit toLake Louise, Gisin took eighth place in the first of two downhills at the Canadian resort before taking her second World Cup podium in the second downhill the following day, finishing in third.[10][11] The following week she made a successful return to St. Moritz when she took her first top 10 finish in a super-G, benefiting from an improvement in weather conditions to again finish second as part of a Swiss one-two, this time finishing 0.1 seconds behindJasmine Flury.[12] She went on to take the gold medal in thecombined at the2018 Winter Olympics, finishing third in the first run of downhill before holding offMikaela Shiffrin and Holdener in the slalom leg to take the win, following in the footsteps of her sister, who won a gold medal in downhill in the 2014 Games.[13]
Gisin's preparation for the 2021/22 season proved very difficult as she was ill with Pfeiffer's glandular fever in the summer and fall and had to refrain almost completely from training during this time.[14] Despite this significant handicap, she was able to improve continuously throughout the winter and was already back on the podium at the end of December 2021 as the third-place finisher in the Courchevel giant slalom and the Lienz slalom. In January, two more third places were added in the downhill and super-G of Cortina d'Ampezzo. At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, she won the bronze medal in the giant slalom before repeating her Olympic victory in the combined. Two more third places in the World Cup were added in the slalom of Åre and the super-G of Courchevel.[15]
Gisin has been in a relationship with Italian alpine skierLuca De Aliprandini since 2014.[8] They announced their engagement in June 2024.[16]
| Season | ||||||||
| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | |
| 2013 | 19 | 79 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 20 | 82 | 31 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2015 | 21 | 45 | 18 | 38 | — | — | — | |
| 2016 | 22 | 44 | 14 | — | — | — | 21 | |
| 2017 | 23 | 27 | 16 | — | 41 | 28 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 50 | 4 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 37 | 24 | 9 | — | |
| 2020 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 8 | — |
| 2021 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | — | — |
| 2022 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 16 | — | |
| 2023 | 29 | 13 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 19 | — | |
| 2024 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 21 | ||
| 2025 | 31 | 34 | 32 | 35 | 22 | 19 |
| Season | ||||
| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2017 | 16 December 2016 |  Val d'Isere, France | Combined | 2nd |
| 2018 | 2 December 2017 |  Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 3rd |
| 9 December 2017 |  St. Moritz, Switzerland | Super-G | 2nd | |
| 4 March 2018 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Combined | 2nd | |
| 2019 | 30 November 2018 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 2nd |
| 1 December 2018 | Downhill | 3rd | ||
| 2020 | 29 December 2019 |  Lienz, Austria | Slalom | 3rd |
| 11 January 2020 | Altenmarkt, Austria | Downhill | 3rd | |
| 2021 | 22 November 2020 |  Levi, Finland | Slalom | 2nd |
| 29 December 2020 | Semmering, Austria | Slalom | 1st | |
| 3 January 2021 |  Zagreb, Croatia | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 16 January 2021 |  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 17 January 2021 | Giant slalom | 2nd | ||
| 20 March 2021 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 2022 | 21 December 2021 | Courchevel, France | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 29 December 2021 | Lienz, Austria | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 22 January 2022 |  Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Super-G | 3rd | |
| 12 March 2022 |  Åre, Sweden | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 17 March 2022 | Courchevel, France | Super-G | 3rd | |
| 2024 | 29 December 2023 | Lienz, Austria | Slalom | 3rd |
| 10 March 2024 | Åre, Sweden | Slalom | 3rd |
| Year | |||||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team Combined | Parallel | Team Event | |
| 2013 | 19 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 |
| 2015 | 21 | DNF2 | 32 | — | — | — | 4 | ||
| 2017 | 23 | 21 | — | — | 8 | 2 | — | ||
| 2019 | 25 | Injured: did not compete | |||||||
| 2021 | 27 | DNF1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | — | — | |
| 2023 | 29 | DNS2 | 28 | 10 | — | 6 | — | — | |
| 2025 | 31 | — | 26 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Year | |||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team Event | |
| 2014 | 20 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 24 | 16 | — | 9 | 8 | 1 | — |
| 2022 | 28 | 6 | 10 | 3 | — | 1 | — |
