Kikkan’s Bio

HOMETOWN Anchorage, Alaska
AGE 25
TEAM U.S. XC Ski Team (World Cup)
CLUB Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Center
NOTABLE RESULTS
    • 2010 World Cup, Oslo, Norway 2nd (Skate Sprint)
    • 2010 Olympic Games, Whistler, BC 8th (Classic Sprint)
    • 2010 US Nationals, Ft. Kent, Maine, 1st (30km Skate)
    • 2009 Nordic Worlds, Liberec, Czech Republic 2nd (Skate Sprint)
    • 2008 World Cup Sprint Standings 15th Overa
    • 2009 Nordic Worlds, Liberec, Czech Republic 2nd (Skate Sprint)
    • 2007 World Cup, Rybinsk, Russia 1st (Skate Sprint)
    • 2006 World Cup, Borlange Sprint 5th (Skate Sprint)
    • 2006 Olympics, Torino, Italy, 9th (Skate Sprint)
    • 2006 Olympics, Torino, Italy, 10th (Skate Team Sprint)
      ABOUT Born in Salt Lake City, Kikkan Randall is one of the few athletes who can say she made her Olympic debut in her birthplace – she was a member of the 2002 U.S. Olympic XC Ski Team at the Salt Lake City Games. Her family moved to Alaska soon after Randall’s birth where she became a promising cross-country runner. She added “serious” cross-country skiing as a counter-seasonal training vehicle and developed into a champion skier. With her sprint race win in Rybinsk, Russia in Dec. 2007 Randall became the first US woman to win an XC ski World Cup.

      Her road to the top of the podium began in Jan. 2006 when she stormed through the U.S. XC Ski championships, winning three titles, including her first two distance gold medals. At the 2006 Torino Olympics she teamed up with Wendy Wagner to grab a top-10 in the inaugural Team Sprint and then placed 9th in the Sprint – the all-time best U.S. women’s Olympic xc ski performance. Later, at a World Cup sprint in Borlange, Sweden she was 5th and in Jan. 2007 in Rybinsk she was on the podium in 3rd.

      She recently married Canadian skier and SkiTrax writer Jeff Ellis and the newlyweds live in Anchorage. Nicknamed “Kikkanimal” Randall blends classes at Alaska Pacific University (APU) with her training and racing aiming for a business degree. “It’s in my blood,” says Randall who has become women’s team leader, a role she relishes. “I think I’ve got some things I can help these younger girls with.” For more on Kikkan Randall check out her blog. http://www.kikkan.com.

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