Mikael Shiffrin and Paula Moltzan share a podium: Photo Credit GEPA

The Stifel US Alpine Team has named eight women and thirteen men to the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Courchevel and Meribel, France.

Three Stifel Alpine World Championship Team members have earned podiums during the 2022-23 season. Mikaela Shiffrin has earned 14 including 11 victories in three events. Paula Moltzan earned her first career slalom podium in Semmering. Additionally, Travis Ganong earned his first Kitzbühel downhill podium this season. Shiffrin leads the World Cup in the overall, GS and has wrapped up the slalom title for the 2022-23 season. These are certainly US athletes to be watched closely in France.

The women will be competing in the French resort village of Meribel

Eight women will represent the USA at the FIS Alpine Ski World Ski Championships

• Katie Hensien, USST, Rowmark Ski Academy, University of Denver, Rossignol, LOOK
  • Hensien’s best World Cup this season was 21st in a Semmering SL and she has scored in both GS and SL
• Breezy Johnson, 27, USST, Rowmark Ski Academy, Atomic
  • Johnson’s best World Cup this season was 5th in a St Moritz DH, she has three top 10s and has scored in SG and DH.
• Nina O’Brien, 25, USST, Burke Mountain Academy, Rossignol, LOOK
  • O’Brien’s best World Cup this season was 10th in a Kronplatz GS, she has scored in both GS and SL.
• Tricia Mangan, 25, independent, HoliMont Snowsports, Dartmouth College, HEAD
  • Mangan’s best World Cup result this season was 17th in a St Moritz DH
• Paula Moltzan, 28, USST, Buck Hill Ski Team, UVM, Ski and Snowboard Club, Rossignol, LOOK 
  • Moltzan’s best World Cup result this season was 2nd in a Semmering SL, She has nine top tens spread between GS and SL. Moltzan has scored in 12 World Cup races this season.
• Mikaela Shiffrin, 27, USST, Burke Mountain Academy, Atomic, Oakley
  • Shiffrin has 14 World Cup podiums this season, 11 victories in three events SL, GS and SG
• Ava Sunshine, 20, USST, Ski and Snowboard Club Vail, Atomic, SWIX, ASP
  • Sunshine scored in her career first World Cups in Levi, her best was 21st.
• Isabella Wright, 25, USST, Snowbird Sports Education Foundation, Atomic
  • Wright’s best World Cup results of the season are 11th in both St Moritz and Cortina d’Ampezzo downhill. Wright has scored in both DH and SG.

The men will primarily race in Courchevel but will join the women in Meribel for the parallels

Thirteen men will represent the USA at the FIS Alpine Ski World Ski Championships

• Erik Arvidsson, 26, USST, Team Palisades Tahoe, Middlebury College, HEAD
  • Arvidsson’s best World Cup result this season was 16th in the Bormio downhill. He has scored in both DH and SG.
• Bryce Bennett, 30, USST, Team Palisades Tahoe, Fischer, ASP
  • Bennett is a World Cup winner but this season his best World Cup was 22nd in Kitzbühel downhill He has scored in both DH and SG.
• Ryan Cochran-Siegle, 30, USST, Mt Mansfield Ski Club, Cochran’s Ski Club, HEAD, SWIX, ASP
  • Cochran-Siegle is the Olympic super-G silver medalist, his best World Cup this season was a 5th in the Bormio downhill. He has scored in both DH and SG.
• Tommy Ford, 33, USST, Mount Bachelor Sports Education Foundation, HEAD
  • Ford is a World Cup winner but this season his best World Cup finish was 6th in the Sölden GS
• Travis Ganong, 34, USST, Team Palisades Tahoe, Atomic
  • Ganong’s best World Cup this season was the 3rd in the Kitzbühel downhill. He has scored in DH and SG.
• Jared Goldberg, 31, USST, Snowbird Sports Educational Foundation, Rossignol, LOOK
  • Goldberg’s best World Cup was a 4th in a Kitzbuuhel downhill. He has scored in DH and SG
• Brian McLaughlin, 29, Global Racing, Dartmouth College, GMVS, Marker/Dalbello/Völkl, SWIX, ASP, TOKO
  • McLaughlin’s best World Cup this season is 19th in the Val d’lsere GS
• Sam Morse, 26, Sugarloaf Ski Club, Carrabassett Valley Academy, Fischer, Swix, ASP, TOKO
  • Morse’s best World Cup this season is 10th in a Bormio downhill.
• Kyle Negomir, 24, USST, Ski and Snowboard Club Vail, Atomic
  • Negomir’s best World Cup this season is a 23rd in the Lake Louise super-G.
• River Radamus, 24, USST, Ski and Snowboard Club Vail, Taos Ski Valley, Rossignol, Look, SWIX, ASP
  • Radamus’s best World Cup this season is a 10th in an Alta Badia GS.
• Benjamin Ritchie, 22, USST, GMVS, Dynastar, Lange, LOOK, ASP
  • Ritchie’s best World Cup this season is a 23rd in the Schladming SL.
• Jett Seymour, 24, USST, SSWSC, University of Denver, Fischer, One/Way
  • Seymour’s best World Cup this season was a 7th in the Chamonix SL.
• Luke Winters, 25, USST, Sugar Bowl Ski Academy, Dynastar, Lange, LOOK, SWIX, ASP
  • Winter’s best World Cup this season was 11th in a Garmisch-Partenkirchen SL.