Ep157: Jessie Diggins Sparkly Nordic Ski Racer, Olympic Medalist, World Champion, Author

November 15, 2023
Jessie Diggins grew up in Afton, Minnesota where she started skiing with her parents as a very young girl. Now she is one of the most dominant and successful cross country skiers in the world. Jessie is a three-time Olympic medalist, 2023 World Champion, 14x World Cup winner, and 2021 World Cup overall winner. She’s been a US Ski and Snowboard Team athlete since 2011 and joined her current club team, the Stratton Mountain School T2 Team in 2012. In her book, Brave Enough, Jessie tells the inside details of becoming and being an elite athlete. Jessie also partners with the Emily Program, Protect Our Winters, and Share Winter Foundation.

Jessie’s website
Jessie on IG, Tiktok, Facebook, Twitter
Jessie’s ski team: SMSt2
Watch Jessie & Kikkan win Gold, making them 1st US athletes to win a Nordic Ski Olympic Gold
Kikkan Randall
Sophie Caldwell
Loppet Cup, Cross Country World Cup in Minneapolis, MN
Holemenkollen 50K ski race, Skis, Songs, and Shots at a Supremely Norwegian Sports Festival, by Nathaniel Herz, NYT, 3.14.23
The Emily Program
Protect Our Winters
Share Winter
Ep45 with Alayna Sonnesyn, one of Jessie’s teammates
Stifel US Ski Team on IG, Facebook
Order Jessie’s Brave Enough.
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Ep153: Canadian Olympic Skier Katherine Stewart-Jones
Ep142: US Nordic Coach Kristen Bourne
Ep147: Sammy Smith Team USA SKi & Soccer
Ep139: US Ski & Snowboard Anouk Patty
Ep45: Alayna Sonnesyn one of Jessie’s SMSt2 teammates
Ep130: Nordic Ski Lab, Kim McKenney & Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt