Jessie Diggins
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Hometown
Afton, Minn. -
Team
2022 U.S. Olympic Cross Country Team , Cross Country A -
Years on Team
15 (since 2012) -
Born
08/26/1991 -
Club(s)
Stratton Mountain School Elite Team -
School:
BIO
Jessie Diggins of Afton, Minnesota, is one of the most dominant and successful cross country skiers in the world, with three Olympic medals (bronze, silver and gold), 7x World Championship medals, 29x World Cup victories (79 podiums), two overall Tour de Ski victories and is the 2021, 2023 and 2025 overall World Cup Crystal Globe winner. Cementing herself as the most decorated American cross country skier in history, Jessie has taken the sport to an entirely new level.
Diggins has won three Overall FIS Crystal Globes and three FIS distance Crystal Globes in her career, marking her as the #1 skier in the world. Jessie is the only non-European to have won the coveted FIS Crystal Globe.
When she's not skiing, Jessie enjoys being active in other ways, such as hiking, camping, running, swimming, gardening, and cooking food from her small garden. She is heavily involved in the ski community and beyond, and gives much of her spare time to causes she cares about. Jessie is a spokesperson for the Emily Program, an eating disorder treatment clinic, and works with Protect Our Winters (POW) and Share Winter. "I want to leave the sport better than I found it by speaking up about mental health and eating disorders to de-stigmatize them, meaningfully engage in climate advocacy and give back to the sport through supporting the work of Share Winter.
"Success requires the emotional balance of a committed heart. When confronted with a challenge, the committed heart will search for a solution. The undecided heart searches for an escape. A committed heart does not wait for conditions to be exactly right"
10 Things You Didn't Know About Jessie Diggins
- 1. Jessie won the first-ever individual gold medal at the 2023 World Championships in Planica, Slovenia. Through tears of joy and hugs from her team, she said, "that was the best race of my life."
- 2. Jessie is the most decorated American cross country skier in history wth 14 individual World Cup victories.
- 3. Jessie and Kikkan Randall teamed-up to win the first Olympic gold medal for the United States in cross country skiing at the 2018 Games.
- 4. Jessie is the first American to win the FIS Tour de Ski (2021) and the first American woman to win the overall and distance World Cup titles.
- 5. She is a huge adrenaline junkie and loves skydiving and cliff jumping. But, she would also take a dance class every day if time allowed!
- 6. Jessie joined the Minnesota Youth Ski League when she was three years old.
- 7. Jessie's favorite memory: "The moment right after we won the Olympic team sprint when I saw the whole team right at the finish line...seeing the emotion, the tears, the coaches on their knees, that was the most amazing celebration of what generations of skiers had accomplished as a team."
- 8. Jessie is a spokesperson for the Emily Program, "which I care so deeply about because they are the treatment program I went to when I was 18 and sick with an eating disorder." She is also an ambassador for WithAll, which spreads awareness and education on how to prevent eating disorders.
- 9. She is on the board of Protect Our Winters, "because we only get one planet to live on, and we need to take care of it!" And a huge fan and ambassador of Fast and Female, an organization that empowers young girls through sport and looks to get them involved in sport for life! She is also on the board of Share Winter, a nonprofit committed to giving diverse communities the opportunity to learn a snow sport for the first time.
- 10. Jessie learned to ski from her parents on different trails around Minnesota. "I owe everything in my career to them, not only because they taught me skiing but because they instilled a deep love of the outdoors and the satisfaction of working hard towards a goal."
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