Jessie Diggins

Jessie Diggins is an American cross-country skier, born on 26 August 1991, and the most accomplished cross-country skier from the United States in the history of the sport. She has won four World Cup overall titles and seven World Championship medals, and she has also won Olympic medals. With teammate Kikkan Randall she won the first Olympic cross-country skiing gold for the United States in the team sprint at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, and at the 2022 Games she added the silver medal in the 30 kilometer freestyle and the bronze in the individual sprint. In 2023 she became the first American to win an individual World Championship gold, in the 10 kilometer freestyle. She has also used her fame to advocate on climate change and eating disorders.