By winning the World Cup season giant slalom title on Sunday, Mikaela Shiffrin joined some very exclusive company by winning her fourth World Cup title of 2018-19. Here is a list of racers who have won four or more titles in the same season:
5 – Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland, 1987: Overall, downhill, giant slalom, super-G, combined
4 – Jean Claude Killy, France, 1967: Overall, downhill, giant slalom, slalom
4 – Lindsey Vonn, Vail, 2010 and 2012: overall, downhill, super-G, combined
4 – Phil Mahre, Yakima, Wash., 1982: overall, giant slalom, slalom, combined
4 – Hermann Maier, Austria, 2000 and 2001: overall, downhill, super-G, giant slalom
4 – Tina Maze, Slovenia, 2013: overall, giant slalom, super-G, combined
4 – Mikaela Shiffrin, EagleVail, 2019: overall, slalom, giant slalom, super-G
Source: International Ski Federation
Note: The five major titles are overall, downhill, super-G, giant slalom and slalom. The combined title has less luster because there tend to be only a couple of combined races every season. In fact, there was only one women’s combined this season. Also worth noting, the super-G didn’t become an event until 1986.
