Jessie Diggins
{{Short description|American cross-country skier}}
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{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox skier
| image = 20180128 FIS NC WC Seefeld Jesscia Diggins 850 3406.jpg
| caption = Diggins in Seefeld, 2018
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|8|26}}
| birth_place = Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
| nationality = {{USA}}
| height = 5 ft 4 in{{cite web |title=Jessie Diggins |url=https://usskiandsnowboard.org/athletes/jessie-diggins |website=usskiandsnowboard.org |publisher=United States Ski and Snowboard Association |access-date=February 25, 2018}}
| club = Stratton Mountain School
| seasons = 15 – (2011–present)
| wins = 27
| totalpodiums = 68
| teamwins = 2
| teampodiums = 11
| individual_starts = 337
| team_starts = 20
| wcoveralls = 3 – (2021, 2024 & 2025)
| wctitles = 3 – ({{Abbr|DI|Distance}} in 2021, 2024 & 2025)
| updated = March 23, 2025
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Women's cross-country skiing}}
{{Medal|Country|the {{USA}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|International nordic ski competitions}}
{{MedalCount|total=yes
|Winter Olympics|1|1|1
|World Championships|2|3|2
}}
{{Medal|Olympic}}
{{Medal|Gold|2018 Pyeongchang|Team sprint}}
{{Medal|Silver|2022 Beijing|30 km freestyle}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2022 Beijing|Individual sprint}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2013 Val di Fiemme|Team sprint}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Planica|10 km freestyle}}
{{Medal|Silver|2015 Falun|10 km freestyle}}
{{Medal|Silver|2017 Lahti|Individual sprint}}
{{Medal|Silver|2025 Trondheim|Team sprint}}
{{Medal|Bronze| 2017 Lahti |Team sprint}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2023 Planica|Team sprint}}
{{Medal|Competition|U23 World Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver|2014 Val di Fiemme|Individual sprint}}
}}
Jessica Diggins (born August 26, 1991) is an American cross-country skier. She is the most accomplished cross-country skier from the United States in the sport's history having won three World Cup overall titles, three Olympic medals, seven World Championship medals, and numerous other event championships. Diggins has used her status as a famous athlete to advance advocacy related to climate change and eating disorders.{{Cite news |last=Mann |first=Brian |date=March 17, 2024 |title=Jessie Diggins is a U.S. cross-country ski powerhouse after 2nd World Cup win |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/03/17/1239074178/jessie-diggins-cross-country-skiing-world-cup-win |access-date=March 17, 2024 |work=National Public Radio}}{{Cite web |title=Jessie Diggins talks climate change & Olympic gold | Cross-country skiing |url=https://iceatrail.com/jessie-diggins/ |access-date=November 7, 2019 |language=en-US}}
Diggins and teammate Kikkan Randall won the United States' first-ever cross-country skiing gold medals with a team sprint victory at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang{{Cite web |url=https://usskiandsnowboard.org/athletes/jessie-diggins |title=Jessie Diggins |website=U.S. Ski & Snowboard |language=en-US |access-date=March 8, 2019}}{{FIS cross-country skier|146768|Jessie Diggins}} At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Diggins won the silver medal in the 30 kilometer freestyle and the bronze medal in the individual sprint, making her the most decorated American cross-country skier of all time.
Diggins has also won seven medals, including two golds, at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, from 2013 to 2025. She was the first American to win an individual event gold medal by winning the 10 km freestyle in 2023. Diggins has competed in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup since 2011. In 2021, Diggins won the women's overall title for the 2020–21 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, becoming the first American woman to win a season title and the first American to win one since Bill Koch in 1982. She again won FIS Cross-Country World Cup overall titles in the 2023–24 and 2024–25 seasons.{{Cite news |date=March 16, 2025 |title=Afton’s Jessie Diggins clinches third World Cup cross-country skiing overall title |url=https://www.startribune.com/aftons-jessie-diggins-clinches-third-world-cup-cross-country-skiing-overall-title/601237351 |access-date=March 16, 2025 |work=Star Tribune}}
Early life
Jessica "Jessie" Diggins was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and grew up in Afton, Minnesota.{{Cite news |url=https://www.teamusa.org/us-ski-and-snowboard/athletes/Jessie-Diggins |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509132513/http://www.teamusa.org/us-ski-and-snowboard/athletes/Jessie-Diggins |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 9, 2015 |title=Jessie Diggins |work=Team USA |access-date=February 26, 2018 |language=en}} She has one sister, Mackenzie.{{Cite web |url=https://usskiandsnowboard.org/athletes/jessie-diggins |title=Jessie Diggins |website=U.S. Ski & Snowboard |language=en |access-date=February 26, 2018}} Diggins began skiing at age 4.{{Cite web |url=http://stcroixvalleymag.com/afton%E2%80%99s-jessie-diggins-star-us-nordic-ski-team |title=Afton's Jessie Diggins is a star on the U.S. Nordic Ski Team |last=Emerson |first=Dan |date=January 2017 |website=Community Life Magazine |language=en |access-date=February 26, 2018}} She showed prowess for skiing at age 11 when she started competing against older children. Diggins graduated from Stillwater Area High School in 2010.
Athletic career
=High school and juniors=
Diggins competed for the Stillwater Area High School, cross-country ski team. In 2008, Diggins was the top-ranked girls' individual cross-country skier in the Minnesota high school rankings.{{Cite web |title=Minnesota High School Rankings |url=https://www.skinnyski.com/racing/display.asp?Id=11036 |access-date=November 18, 2021 |website=Skinnyski.com |language=en}} She won the Korteloppet races in 2008 and 2009 as part of the American Birkebeiner festival in Wisconsin while she was still in high school.{{Cite web |last=Kentch |first=Gavin |date=February 24, 2024 |title=Jessie Diggins, Gus Schumacher Win 50th American Birkebeiner |url=https://nordicinsights.news/2024/02/24/jessie-diggins-gus-schumacher-win-50th-american-birkebeiner/ |archive-date= |access-date=February 24, 2024 |website=Nordic Insights |language=en-US}} She fell out of the Minnesota high school rankings in 2009 when she competed and won the United States Junior National Sprint title on March 9 of that year.{{Cite web |title=High School 2008 |url=https://www.skinnyski.com/racing/highschool/?season=2008 |access-date=November 18, 2021 |website=Skinnyski.com |language=en}} She was added to the United States World Junior Cross-Country Ski Team in 2010.{{Cite web |title=High School 2009 |url=https://www.skinnyski.com/racing/highschool/?season=2009#results |access-date=November 18, 2021 |website=Skinnyski.com |language=en}}
=Professional=
== 2011–2019 ==
File:Jessica Diggins at FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011.jpg held at Holmenkollen in Oslo, 2011]]
Diggins earned an academic scholarship to Northern Michigan University but deferred enrollment to race with the Central Cross-Country Elite team for one year. She decided to race professionally rather than attend college. She was named to the United States Ski Team in 2011{{Cite web |date=2019 |title=About – Jessie Diggins: Making the Choice to Ski |url=https://jessiediggins.com/about-2/ |access-date=November 18, 2021 |language=en-US}} and competed at her first World Championships that year.
Diggins won a gold medal with Kikkan Randall in the team sprint in the 2013 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme. At the 2014 U23 World Championships, Diggins won silver in the individual sprint. Diggins was named to the U.S. team for the 2014 Winter Olympics. In her first event, the 15 kilometer skiathlon, she placed 8th (out of 61 competitors) with a time of 40:05.5.{{cite web |url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/cross-country-ladies-skiathlon-7-5-km-c-7-5-km-f |title=Ladies' Skiathlon 7.5 km Classic + 7.5 km Free Results |publisher=SOOC |access-date=February 8, 2014 |archive-date=July 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719233951/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/cross-country-ladies-skiathlon-7-5-km-c-7-5-km-f |url-status=dead}}
Diggins won the silver medal in the 10-kilometer freestyle race in the 2015 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun. In the 2015–2016 World Cup, she placed 8th in the overall and sprint rankings and 9th in the distance ranking.{{cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/cross-country/leader-board/ |title=FIS Ski World Cup Leader Board |publisher=International Ski Federation |access-date=March 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316075240/http://www.fis-ski.com/cross-country/leader-board/ |archive-date=March 16, 2016 |url-status=dead}}
At the 2017 Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, Finland, Diggins took two medals: in the freestyle sprint, she won her quarterfinal and semifinal heats on her way to taking the silver, ahead of teammate Randall in third.{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2017/02/24/jessie-diggins-kikkan-randall-silver-bronze-cross-country-skiing-world-championships/98364702/ |title=U.S. women make history at cross-country skiing world championships |last=Axon |first=Rachel |date=February 24, 2017 |website=USAToday.com |access-date=March 4, 2018}} Subsequently, in the classic team sprint, Diggins and Sadie Bjornsen finished third, catching and passing the Swedish team in the closing stages of the race to take the bronze by 0.19 seconds. This made Diggins the first American to win four World Championship medals in cross-country skiing.{{cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.org/News/2017/February/26/Jessie-Diggins-Sadie-Bjornsen-Win-Bronze-In-Team-Sprint-Diggins-Is-First-American-To-Win-4-Medals |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227231930/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2017/February/26/Jessie-Diggins-Sadie-Bjornsen-Win-Bronze-In-Team-Sprint-Diggins-Is-First-American-To-Win-4-Medals |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 27, 2017 |title=Jessie Diggins, Sadie Bjornsen Win Bronze In Team Sprint; Diggins Is First American To Win 4 World Medals |last=Shinn |first=Peggy |date=February 26, 2017 |website=United States Olympic Committee |access-date=March 4, 2018}}
File:20180128 FIS NC WC Seefeld Flugstad Weng Diggins 850 3182.jpg, 2018]]
Diggins finished third overall in the 2017–18 Tour de Ski, becoming the first American to finish on the podium in the overall classification, and beating her previous best of fifth overall in the previous edition. Her teammate Sadie Bjornsen finished ninth overall, also making it the first time that two Americans finished in the overall top ten.{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2018/01/07/jessie-diggins-takes-third-tour-de-ski-makes-history-us-team/1011275001/ |title=Jessie Diggins takes third in Tour de Ski, makes history for U.S. team |author= |date=January 7, 2018 |website=USAToday.com |access-date=January 11, 2018}} Diggins finished second overall in the World Cup 2017–2018 season standings.{{Cite web |last=OlympicTalk |date=March 9, 2021 |title=Jessie Diggins clinches historic World Cup overall title |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/03/09/jessie-diggins-cross-country-skiing-world-cup-overall/ |access-date=March 10, 2021 |website=OlympicTalk | NBC Sports |language=en-US}}
At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Diggins and Randall became the first American cross-country skiers to capture a gold medal by winning the women's team sprint at the Alpensia Cross-Country Centre. In the final sprint, Diggins passed the last two individual sprint classical gold medalists – Sochi gold medalist Maiken Caspersen Falla of Norway before the last turn and then Pyeongchang gold medalist Stina Nilsson of Sweden on the last straightaway. Theirs was not only the United States' first ever cross-country skiing gold medal but also the first American cross-country skiing medal since Bill Koch won silver in the men's 30 km in 1976.{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/us-ends-42-year-olympic-cross-country-medal-drought-historic-gold |title=U.S. ends 42-year Olympic cross-country medal drought with historic gold |author=Dougherty, Tom |date=February 21, 2018 |access-date=February 27, 2018 |publisher=NBC Universal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307003634/https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/us-ends-42-year-olympic-cross-country-medal-drought-historic-gold |archive-date=March 7, 2018 |url-status=dead}} Steve Schlanger and Chad Salmela called the end of the race for NBC:{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/966492623031685121 |title=Women's Team Sprint Ending |website=Twitter |publisher=National Broadcasting Company |date=February 21, 2018 |access-date=February 23, 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lZaXMXGdzk |title=Team USA 2018 Playlist: Jessie Diggins And Kikkan Randall Win Gold |website=YouTube |publisher=United States Olympic Team |date=December 7, 2018 |access-date=February 24, 2022}}
{{blockquote|
Salmela: As they come into the stadium, Diggins trying to get in on the outside!
Schlanger: Jessie Diggins with two fifth-place finishes, one-sixth, so close for the U.S. on so many occasions, now moving up on the outside into second place!
Salmela: They're all completely gassed! They've given it everything on the Klaebo-bakken! Stina Nilsson leading Jessie Diggins into the final turn – can Diggins answer?!
Schlanger: As the roars rattle around the cross-country stadium in Pyeongchang, Sweden, the U.S. and Norway coming to the line!
Salmela: Here comes Diggins! Here comes Diggins!
Schlanger: On the outside! Diggins making the play around Sweden!
Salmela: Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Gold!
Schlanger: Jessie Diggins to the line! And it is Jessie Diggins delivering a landmark moment that will be etched in U.S. Olympic history! The first-ever cross-country gold medal for the U.S.!
Salmela: It's a gold medal for the United States! It's not just a medal; it's the gold!
}}
Diggins competed in all six women's cross-country skiing events at the Olympics and finished in the top 10 in all of them. At the end of the games, she was the flag bearer for the United States in the closing ceremony.{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/winter-olympics-2018/2018/02/23/gold-medalist-jessie-diggins-carry-u-s-flag-2018-winter-olympics-closing-ceremony/366293002/ |title=Gold medalist Jessie Diggins will carry U.S. flag in 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony |author=Nancy Armour |date=February 23, 2018 |website=USA Today |access-date=November 26, 2018}}
== 2020–present ==
Diggins won the 2021 Tour de Ski, a first for an American. She placed atop the overall World Cup 2020–2021 season standings, claiming the biggest annual prize in cross-country skiing. Diggins' victory put her with Koch, who won the men's title in 1982, to be the only Americans to win overall season titles for a World Cup cross-country ski circuit.
At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Diggins won bronze in the women's sprint to become the first American to win an individual Olympic medal in a cross-country sprint.Chappell, Bill. [https://www.npr.org/2022/02/08/1079176635/jessie-diggins-wins-first-ever-u-s-olympic-medal-in-cross-country-sprint "Jessie Diggins wins first-ever U.S. Olympic medal in cross-country sprint"]. npr.org. February 8, 2022. Retrieved February 8, 2022. She went on to win silver in the women's 30 kilometer freestyle, earning the U.S.' last medal on the last day of the Olympics.Scott, Roxanna. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/beijing/2022/02/20/jessie-diggins-wins-silver-30-k-cross-country-second-beijing/6869033001/ American Jessie Diggins wins silver in 30K, Team USA's final medal in Beijing]. USA Today. February 20, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022. She was the first non-European to win a medal in the event.{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/02/20/jessie-diggins-wins-silver-meal-us-30km-cross-country-skiing/9491645363984/ |title=Jessie Diggins wins silver medal for U.S. in 30-km. cross-country skiing |first=Adam |last=Schrader |publisher=UPI |date=February 20, 2022 |accessdate=February 20, 2022}} Diggins left Beijing as the most decorated American cross-country skier of all time.{{cite news |url=https://www.si.com/olympics/2022/02/20/jessie-diggins-food-poisoning-silver-cross-country-skiing |title=Jessie Diggins Reveals Food Poisoning Bout Before Winning Historic Silver in 30-Km Race |first=Andrew |last=Gastelum |publisher=Sports Illustrated |date=February 20, 2022 |accessdate=February 20, 2022}} For the second straight Olympics, she finished in the top 10 in all six women's cross-country skiing events.
In December 2022, Diggins broke the American record for World Cup cross-country ski wins with her fourteenth such win.{{Cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/jessie-diggins-breaks-u-record-122606595.html |title=Jessie Diggins breaks U.S. record for World Cup cross-country ski wins, contacts freeze |website=sports.yahoo.com}}
At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2023 in Slovenia, Diggins and teammate Julie Kern won bronze in the team sprint. Two days later, Diggins won gold in the 10 km freestyle, which was the first top medal for an American in an individual event at any cross-country skiing world championship.{{Cite news |title=Jessie Diggins is first U.S. cross-country skier to win individual world title |work=NBC Sports |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2023/02/28/jessie-diggins-world-championships-gold-medal-cross-country-skiing/ |access-date=February 28, 2023}}
File:People in banana costumes watching Jessie Diggins at the Loppet Cup in Minneapolis.jpg in Minneapolis, 2024]]
Diggins posted the most successful season ever for an American skier during the 2023–24 FIS Cross-Country World Cup.{{Cite news |date=March 17, 2024 |title=Jessie Diggins wins World Cup overall title in a season where starting was the biggest victory |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/jessie-diggins-cross-country-skiing-world-cup-overall-title |access-date=March 17, 2024 |work=NBC Sports}} She won the 2023–24 Tour de Ski, her second victory in the competition. While on break from the World Cup ski tour mid season, Diggins competed in the American Birkebeiner in Wisconsin, and won the 50 km freestyle race on February 24, 2024. For 2024, Diggins was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal, the highest Norwegian honor in skiing—Diggins was the first American to ever receive the distinction.{{Cite web |date=March 10, 2024 |title=Diggins and Klaebo Awarded Holmenkollen Medal – FasterSkier.com |url=https://fasterskier.com/2024/03/diggins-and-klaebo-awarded-holmenkollen-medal/ |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=fasterskier.com}}{{Cite web |last=Bhattacharya |first=Soumik |date=March 11, 2024 |title=Former Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins awarded Norway's most prestigious skiing award |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/olympics/news-former-olympic-gold-medalist-jessie-diggins-awarded-norway-s-prestigious-skiing-award |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=Sportskeeda}} For the 2023–24 World Cup season, Diggins claimed both the overall individual title{{Em dash}}her second title after winning it in 2021{{Em dash}}and the distance title. She set a United States' records with six victories and 12 podium finishes for the season.{{Cite news |last=Blount |first=Rachel |date=March 17, 2024 |title=Jessie Diggins makes history with second World Cup cross-country skiing title |url=https://www.startribune.com/jessie-diggins-second-world-cup-cross-country-skiing-overall-title/600351912/ |access-date=March 17, 2024 |work=Star Tribune}}
Despite an early season foot injury, Diggins won the 2024–25 FIS Cross-Country World Cup.
Cross-country skiing results
=Olympic Games=
- 3 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
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| 2014 | 22 | — | 8 | 40 | 12 | 9 | — |
| 2018 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | style="background:gold;" |Gold |
| 2022 | 30 | 8 | 6 | style="background:silver;" |Silver | style="background:#c96;" | Bronze | 6 | 5 |
=World Championships=
- 7 medals – (2 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)
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| 2011 | 19 | — | 28 | — | 29 | 9 | — |
| 2013 | 21 | 23 | — | DNF | — | 4 | style="background:gold;"|Gold |
| 2015 | 23 | style="background:silver;"|Silver | — | DNF | — | 4 | 8 |
| 2017 | 25 | — | DNF | 5 | style="background:silver;"|Silver | 4 | style="background:#c96;"|Bronze |
| 2019 | 27 | 25 | — | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| 2021 | 29 | 4 | 15 | — | 24 | 4 | — |
| 2023 | 31 | style="background:gold;"|Gold | — | — | 21 | 5 | style="background:#c96;"|Bronze |
| 2025 | 33 | — | 13 | 22 | 23 | 6 | style="background:silver;"|Silver |
=World Cup=
==Season titles==
- 6 titles – (3 Overall, 3 Distance)
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| rowspan="2" | 2024
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| rowspan="2" | 2025
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==Season standings==
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| style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;" |Overall
! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;" |Distance ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;" |Sprint ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;" |Nordic ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;" |Tour de ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;" |Ski Tour 2020 ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;" |World Cup ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;" |Ski Tour | |||||||||
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| 2011 | 19 | {{Abbr|NC|Not classified}} | — | {{Abbr|NC|Not classified}} | — | — | {{n/a}} | — | {{n/a}} |
| 2012 | 20 | 34 | 26 | 35 | — | — | {{n/a}} | 15 | {{n/a}} |
| 2013 | 21 | 36 | 34 | 44 | 24 | 21 | {{n/a}} | 26 | {{n/a}} |
| 2014 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 13 | {{n/a}} | 36 | {{n/a}} |
| 2015 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 23 | 44 | {{Abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| 2016 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 10 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | 5 |
| 2017 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 5 | {{n/a}} | 16 | {{n/a}} |
| 2018 | 26 | style="background:silver;" | {{silver2}} | style="background:#c96;" | {{bronze3}} | 6 | 12 | style="background:#c96;" | {{bronze3}} | {{n/a}} | style="background:silver;" | {{silver2}} | {{n/a}} |
| 2019 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | {{n/a}} | 14 | {{n/a}} |
| 2020 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 6 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| 2021 | 29 | style="background:gold;" | {{gold1}} | style="background:gold;" | {{gold1}} | 4 | 15 | style="background:gold;" | {{gold1}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| 2022 | 30 | style="background:silver;" | {{silver2}} | 9 | 4 | {{n/a}} | 8 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| 2023 | 31 | style="background:silver;" | {{silver2}} | style="background:silver;" | {{silver2}} | 11 | {{n/a}} | 11 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| 2024 | 32 | style="background:gold;" | {{gold1}} | style="background:gold;" | {{gold1}} | 5 | {{n/a}} | style="background:gold;" | {{gold1}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
| 2025 | 33 | style="background:gold;" | {{gold1}} | style="background:gold;" | {{gold1}} | 7 | {{n/a}} | style="background:#c96;" | {{bronze3}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
==Individual podiums==
- 27 victories – (16 {{Abbr|WC|World Cup}}, 11 {{Abbr|SWC|Stage World Cup}})
- 68 podiums – (40 {{Abbr|WC|World Cup}}, 28 {{Abbr|SWC|Stage World Cup}})
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! style="background-color:#369; color:white;" | No. ! style="background-color:#369; color:white;" | Season ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:100px;" | Date ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:185px;" | Location ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:170px;" | Race ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:100px;" | Level ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;" | Place | ||||||
| align="center" |1 | rowspan="5" align="center" |2015–16 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align="right" | January 8, 2016 | align="left" | {{flagicon|ITA}} Toblach, Italy | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 5 km Individual F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | Stage World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 1st |
| align="center" |2 | align="right" | January 23, 2016 | align="left" | {{flagicon|CZE}} Nové Město, Czech Republic | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd | |
| align="center" |3 | align="right" | February 20, 2016 | align="left" | {{flagicon|FIN}} Lahti, Finland | 1.6 km Sprint F | World Cup | 2nd | |
| align="center" |4 | align="right" | March 1, 2016 | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Gatineau, Canada | 1.7 km Sprint F | Stage World Cup | 3rd | |
| align="center" |5 | align="right" | March 12, 2016 | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Canmore, Canada | 10 km Pursuit C | Stage World Cup | 3rd | |
| align="center" |6 | rowspan="3" align="center" |2016–17 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align="right" | December 3, 2016 | align="left" | {{flagicon|NOR}} Lillehammer, Norway | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 5 km Individual F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | Stage World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |1st |
| align="center" |7 | align="right" | January 3, 2017 | align="left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Oberstdorf, Germany | 5 km + 5 km Skiathlon C/F | Stage World Cup | 2nd | |
| align="center" |8 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align="right" | January 6, 2017 | align="left" | {{flagicon|ITA}} Toblach, Italy | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 5 km Individual F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | Stage World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |1st | |
| align="center" |9 | rowspan="8" align="center" |2017–18 | align="right" | January 1, 2018 | align="left" | {{flagicon|SUI}} Lenzerheide, Switzerland | 10 km Pursuit F | Stage World Cup | 3rd |
| align="center" |10 | align="right" | January 7, 2018 | align="left" | {{flagicon|ITA}} Val di Fiemme, Italy | 9 km Pursuit F | Stage World Cup | 3rd | |
| align="center" |11 | align="right" | December 30, 2017 – January 7, 2018 | align="left" | {{flagicon|SUI}}{{flagicon|GER}}{{flagicon|ITA}} Tour de Ski | Overall Standings | World Cup | 3rd | |
| align="center" |12 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align="right" | January 28, 2018 | align="left" | {{flagicon|AUT}} Seefeld, Austria | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 10 km Mass Start F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |1st | |
| align="center" |13 | align="right" | March 7, 2018 | align="left" | {{flagicon|NOR}} Drammen, Norway | 1.2 km Sprint C | World Cup | 3rd | |
| align="center" |14 | align="right" | March 11, 2018 | align="left" | {{flagicon|NOR}} Oslo, Norway | 30 km Mass Start F | World Cup | 2nd | |
| align="center" |15 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align="right" | March 18, 2018 | align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Falun, Sweden | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 10 km Pursuit F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | Stage World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |1st | |
| align="center" |16 | align="right" | March 16–18, 2018 | align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} World Cup Final | Overall Standings | World Cup | 2nd | |
| align="center" |17 | rowspan="5" align="center" |2018–19 | align="right" | December 29, 2018 | align="left" | {{flagicon|ITA}} Toblach, Italy | 1.3 km Sprint F | Stage World Cup | 3rd |
| align="center" |18 | align="right" | January 1, 2019 | align="left" | {{flagicon|SUI}} Val Müstair, Switzerland | 1.4 km Sprint F | Stage World Cup | 3rd | |
| align="center" |19 | align="right" | January 3, 2019 | align="left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Oberstdorf, Germany | 10 km Pursuit F | Stage World Cup | 3rd | |
| align="center" |20 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align="right" | February 16, 2019 | align="left" | {{flagicon|ITA}} Cogne, Italy | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 1.6 km Sprint F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |1st | |
| align="center" |21 | align="right" | March 17, 2019 | align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Falun, Sweden | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd | |
| align="center" |22 | rowspan="5" align="center" |2019–20 | align="right" | December 1, 2019 | align="left" | {{flagicon|FIN}} Rukatunturi, Finland | 10 km Pursuit F | Stage World Cup | 3rd |
| align="center" |23 | align="right" | December 7, 2019 | align="left" | {{flagicon|NOR}} Lillehammer, Norway | 7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/F | World Cup | 2nd | |
| align="center" |24 | align="right" | December 15, 2019 | align="left" |{{flagicon|SWI}} Davos, Switzerland | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd | |
| align="center" |25 | align="right" | January 4, 2020 | align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Val di Fiemme, Italy | 1.3 km Sprint C | Stage World Cup | 3rd | |
| align="center" |26 | align="right" | January 26, 2020 | align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} Oberstdorf, Germany | 1.5 km Sprint C | World Cup | 3rd | |
| align="center" |27 | rowspan="9" align="center" |2020–21 | align="right" | January 1, 2021 | rowspan="3" align="left" | {{flagicon|SUI}} Val Müstair, Switzerland | 1.4 km Sprint F | Stage World Cup | 3rd |
| align="center" |28 | align="right" | January 2, 2021 | 10 km Mass Start C | Stage World Cup | 3rd | ||
| align="center" |29 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align="right" | January 3, 2021 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 10 km Pursuit F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | Stage World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |1st | ||
| align="center" |30 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align="right" | January 5, 2021 | rowspan="2" align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Toblach, Italy | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 10 km Individual F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | Stage World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |1st | |
| align="center" |31 | align="right" | January 6, 2021 | 10 km Pursuit C | Stage World Cup | 3rd | ||
| align="center" |32 | align="right" | January 9, 2021 | align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Val di Fiemme, Italy | 10 km Mass Start F | Stage World Cup | 2nd | |
| align="center" |33 | align="right" bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | January 1–10, 2021 | align="left" | {{flagicon|SUI}}{{flagicon|ITA}} Tour de Ski | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | Overall Standings | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |1st | |
| align="center" |34 | align="right" bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | January 29, 2021 | align="left" |{{flagicon|SWE}} Falun, Sweden | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |10 km Individual F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |1st | |
| align="center" |35 | align="right" | February 6, 2021 | align="left" |{{flagicon|SWE}} Ulricehamn, Sweden | 1.3 km Sprint F | World Cup | 3rd | |
| align="center" |36 | rowspan="5" align="center" |2021–22 | align="right" | December 3, 2021 | align="left" | {{flagicon|NOR}} Lillehammer, Norway | 1.6 km Sprint F | World Cup | 2nd |
| align="center" |37 | align="right" | December 12, 2021 | align="left" | {{flagicon|SWI}} Davos, Switzerland | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd | |
| align="center" |38 | align="right" bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | December 28, 2021 | align="left" | {{flagicon|SWI}} Lenzerheide, Switzerland | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |1.5 km Sprint F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |Stage World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |1st | |
| align="center" |39 | align="right" bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | December 31, 2021 | align="left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Oberstdorf, Germany | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |10 km Mass Start F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |Stage World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |1st | |
| align="center" |40 | align="right" | March 12, 2022 | align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Falun, Sweden | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd | |
| align="center" |41 | rowspan="7" align="center" |2022–23 | align="right" bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | December 2, 2022 | align="left" | {{flagicon|NOR}} Lillehammer, Norway | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |10 km Individual F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |1st |
| align="center" |42 | align="right" | December 17, 2022 | rowspan="2" align="left" | {{flagicon|SWI}} Davos, Switzerland | 1.5 km Sprint F | World Cup | 2nd | |
| align="center" |43 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align="right" | December 18, 2022 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 20 km Individual F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |1st | ||
| align="center" |44 | align="right" | January 27, 2023 | align="left" | {{flagicon|FRA}} Les Rousses, France | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd | |
| align="center" |45 | align="right" | February 3, 2023 | rowspan="2" align="left" | {{flagicon|ITA}} Toblach, Italy | 1.4 km Sprint F | World Cup | 3rd | |
| align="center" |46 | align="right" | February 4, 2023 | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd | ||
| align="center" |47 | align="right" | March 12, 2023 | align="left" | {{flagicon|NOR}} Oslo, Norway | 50 km Mass Start F | World Cup | 3rd | |
| align="center" |48 | rowspan="13" align="center" |2023–24 | align="right" | November 26, 2023 | align="left" | {{flagicon|FIN}} Rukatunturi, Finland | 20 km Mass Start F | World Cup | 2nd |
| align="center" |49 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align="right" | December 2, 2023 | align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Gällivare, Sweden | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 10 km Individual F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |1st | |
| align="center" |50 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align="right" | December 10, 2023 | align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Östersund, Sweden | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 10 km Individual F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |1st | |
| align="center" |51 | align="right" | December 16, 2023 | align="left" | {{flagicon|NOR}} Trondheim, Norway | 10 km + 10 km Skiathlon C/F | World Cup | 2nd | |
| align="center" |52 | align="right" | December 31, 2023 | rowspan="2" align="left" | {{flagicon|ITA}} Toblach, Italy | 10 km Individual C | Stage World Cup | 3rd | |
| align="center" |53 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align="right" | January 1, 2024 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 20 km Pursuit F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | Stage World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |1st | ||
| align="center" |54 | align="right" | January 3, 2024 | rowspan="2" align="left" | {{flagicon|SUI}} Davos, Switzerland | 1.2 km Sprint F | Stage World Cup | 3rd | |
| align="center" |55 | align="right" | January 4, 2024 | 20 km Pursuit C | Stage World Cup | 3rd | ||
| align="center" |56 | align="right" bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | December 30, 2023 – January 7, 2024 | align="left" | {{flagicon|ITA}}{{flagicon|SUI}} Tour de Ski | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | Overall Standings | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |1st | |
| align="center" |57 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align="right" | January 28, 2024 | align="left" | {{flagicon|SUI}} Goms, Switzerland | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 20 km Mass Start F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |1st | |
| align="center" |58 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align="right" | February 9, 2024 | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Canmore, Canada | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 15 km Mass Start F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |1st | |
| align="center" |59 | align="right" | February 18, 2024 | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Minneapolis, USA | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd | |
| align="center" |60 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align="right" | March 17, 2024 | align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Falun, Sweden | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 20 km Mass Start F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |1st | |
| align="center" |61 | rowspan="8" align="center" |2024–25 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align="right" | December 1, 2024 | align="left" | {{flagicon|FIN}} Rukatunturi, Finland | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 20 km Mass Start F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| 1st |
| align="center" |62 | align="right" | December 8, 2024 | align="left" | {{flagicon|NOR}} Lillehammer, Norway | 10 km + 10 km Skiathlon C/F | World Cup | 3rd | |
| align="center" |63 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align="right" | December 28, 2024 | align="left" rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|ITA}} Toblach, Italy | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 1.4 km Sprint F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| Stage World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| 1st | |
| align="center" |64 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align="right" | December 29, 2024 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 15 km Mass Start C | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| Stage World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| 1st | ||
| align="center" |65 | align="right" | December 28, 2024 – January 5, 2025 | align="left" | {{flagicon|ITA}} Tour de Ski | Overall Standings | World Cup | 3rd | |
| align="center" |66 | align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| January 17, 2025 | align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Les Rousses, France | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| 10 km Individual F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| 1st | |
| align="center" |67 | align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| February 2, 2025 | align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Cogne, Italy | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|10 km Individual F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| 1st | |
| align="center" |68 | align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| February 16, 2025 | align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} Falun, Sweden | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|20 km Mass Start F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| 1st |
==Team podiums==
- 2 victories – (1 {{Abbr|RL|Relay}}, 1 {{Abbr|TS|Team Sprint}})
- 11 podiums – (8 {{Abbr|RL|Relay}}, 3 {{Abbr|TS|Team Sprint}})
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| align="center" |1 | rowspan="1" align="center" |2011–12 | align="right" | January 15, 2012 | align="left" | {{flagicon|ITA}} Milan, Italy | 6 × 1.4 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 2nd | Randall |
| align="center" |2 | rowspan="2" align="center" |2012–13 | align="right" | November 25, 2012 | align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Gällivare, Sweden | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Brooks / Randall / Stephen |
| align="center" |3 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align="right" | December 7, 2012 | align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Quebec City, Canada | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 6 × 1.6 km Team Sprint F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 1st | Randall | |
| align="center" |4 | rowspan="1" align="center" |2013–14 | align="right" | December 8, 2013 | align="left" | {{flagicon|NOR}} Lillehammer, Norway | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Randall / Bjornsen / Stephen |
| align="center" |5 | rowspan="2" align="center" |2015–16 | align="right" | December 6, 2015 | align="left" | {{flagicon|NOR}} Lillehammer, Norway | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Brennan / Bjornsen / Stephen |
| align="center" |6 | align="right" | January 24, 2016 | align="left" | {{flagicon|CZE}} Nové Město, Czech Republic | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Caldwell / Bjornsen / Stephen | |
| align="center" |7 | align="center" |2019–20 | align="right" | December 8, 2019 | align="left" | {{flagicon|NOR}} Lillehammer, Norway | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Caldwell / Bjornsen / Brennan |
| align="center" |8 | rowspan="2" align="center" |2021–22 | align="right" | December 19, 2021 | align="left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Dresden, Germany | 12 × 0.65 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 2nd | Kern |
| align="center" |9 | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align="right" | March 13, 2022 | align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Falun, Sweden | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 4 × 5 km Mixed Relay F | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | World Cup | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 1st | Brennan / Ketterson / Patterson | |
| align="center" |10 | rowspan="1" align="center" |2022–23 | align="right" | February 5, 2023 | align="left" | {{flagicon|ITA}} Toblach, Italy | 4 × 7.5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Swirbul / Brennan / Kern |
| align="center" |11 | rowspan="1" align="center" |2023–24 | align="right" | December 3, 2023 | align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Gällivare, Sweden | 4 × 7.5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Brennan / Laukli / Kern |
=US National Championships =
The table includes medals only, not all race placements.
- 11 medals – (7 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
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|+ !No. !Year !Location !Event !Place |
| 1
| rowspan="2" |2011 |{{Flagicon|USA}} Rumford, Maine |Sprint freestyle |{{gold1}} |
| 2
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Sun Valley, Idaho |30 km classic mass start |{{bronze3}} |
| 3
| rowspan="5" |2012 | rowspan="4" |{{Flagicon|USA}} Rumford, Maine |Sprint freestyle |{{gold1}} |
| 4
|10 km freestyle |{{gold1}} |
| 5
|20 km classic mass start |{{gold1}} |
| 6
|Sprint classic |{{silver2}} |
| 7
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Craftsbury, Vermont |30 km freestyle mass start |{{silver2}} |
| 8
|2016 |{{Flagicon|USA}} Craftsbury, Vermont |30 km freestyle mass start |{{gold1}} |
| 9
|2018 |{{Flagicon|USA}} Craftsbury, Vermont |30 km freestyle mass start |{{gold1}} |
| 10
| rowspan="2" |2025 | rowspan="2" |{{Flagicon|USA}} Lake Placid, New York |Sprint freestyle |{{silver2}} |
| 11
|40 km classic mass start |{{gold1}} |
Personal life
Diggins married Wade Poplawski in 2022. Poplawski, a native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is a former minor league hockey player for the Rapid City Rush. The couple lives in the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts. Diggins trains in Vermont.{{Cite news |last=Chin |first=Richard |date=May 26, 2022 |title=Olympic skier Jessie Diggins of Afton getting married on Sunday |url=https://www.startribune.com/jessie-diggins-married-sunday-twin-cities-wade-poplawski/600176630/ |url-status= |access-date=May 26, 2022 |work=Star Tribune}}
After winning an Olympic gold medal, Diggins used her clout to successfully lobby for the United States to host a World Cup cross-country skiing event, culminating in the 2024 Stifel Loppet Cup held in Minneapolis.{{Cite news |last=Campbell |first=Dave |date=February 7, 2024 |title=The US cross country ski team keeps climbing. Up next: Hosting a World Cup race |url=https://apnews.com/article/cross-country-world-cup-diggins-4a3f59ee3fe7964928abc71a1cc4b488 |access-date=February 7, 2024 |work=Associated Press}}
= Social activism =
File:20190302 FIS NWSC Seefeld Medal Ceremony Jessica Diggins 850 6559.jpg
Diggins is an ambassador for the non-profit organization Fast and Female, which inspires girls ages 8–18 to be active and empowered in sports.{{Cite web |last=Coleman |first=Alyson |title=About |url=https://www.fastandfemale.com/about/ |access-date=March 8, 2019 |website=Fast and Female |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Coleman |first=Alyson |title=Ambassadors - USA |url=https://www.fastandfemale.com/ambassadors-usa/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524023213/https://www.fastandfemale.com/ambassadors-usa/ |archive-date=May 24, 2019 |access-date=March 8, 2019 |website=Fast and Female |language=en-US}} Diggins is also an ambassador for the non-profit organization Protect Our Winters (POW), whose aim is to effect systemic solutions to climate change through the outdoor sports community. Diggins traveled with POW to Capitol Hill in April 2018 to raise concerns over climate change.
In 2019, Diggins became a spokesperson for the Emily Program, an organization in the United States that provides treatment for eating disorders. In several interviews and essays, she revealed her experience of seeking treatment for bulimia at the organization in 2010, with the aim of using her story to help improve self-acceptance and reduce stigma and secrecy around eating disorders for others.{{Cite web |date=February 25, 2019 |title=Jessie Diggins: Facing my Fears and Finding Recovery |url=https://www.emilyprogram.com/blog/jessie-diggins-facing-my-fears-and-finding-recovery/ |access-date=October 21, 2020 |website=The Emily Program |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=How Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins works to be her own best cheerleader |url=https://www.startribune.com/how-olympic-gold-medalist-jessie-diggins-works-to-be-her-own-best-cheerleader/564106212/ |access-date=October 21, 2020 |website=Star Tribune |date=October 30, 2019}} In 2020, Diggins wrote an autobiography, Brave Enough, about her athletic accomplishments and personal struggles with bulimia as a teenager.{{Cite web |title='Brave Enough' Book Review: Here Comes Diggins's Memoir – FasterSkier.com |url=https://fasterskier.com/2020/03/brave-enough-book-review-here-comes-digginss-memoir/ |access-date=October 21, 2020 |language=en-US}} After 12 years in recovery, Diggins said in media interviews that she had a relapse in 2023 ahead of the cross-country ski season.
Bibliography
- Diggins, Jessie and Smith, Todd (2020). Brave Enough. {{ISBN|978-1517908195}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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- {{Sports links}}
- NBC Sports, 2018 Winter Olympics: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvMcvWvjf0I Diggins and Randall] win women's cross-country team sprint
- [https://www.fis-ski.com/en/cross-country/cross-country-news-multimedia/news/2018-19/interview-with-jessie-diggins-usa Interview with Jessie Diggins]. International Ski Federation, retrieved October 4, 2018
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