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No. R-110. House concurrent resolution congratulating Mikaela Shiffrin on her exceptional and historic 2022–2023 world record-setting accomplishments in World Cup Alpine ski racing.
(H.C.R.87)
Offered by: Representatives James of Manchester, Andrews of Westford, Anthony of
Barre City, Arsenault of Williston, Austin of Colchester, Bartholomew of Hartland, Bartley of Fairfax, Beck of St. Johnsbury, Berbeco of Winooski, Birong of Vergennes, Black of
Essex, Bluemle of Burlington, Bongartz of Manchester, Bos-Lun of Westminster, Boyden of Cambridge, Branagan of Georgia, Brennan of Colchester, Brown of Richmond,
Brownell of Pownal, Brumsted of Shelburne, Burditt of West Rutland, Burke of
Brattleboro, Buss of Woodstock, Campbell of St. Johnsbury, Canfield of Fair Haven,
Carpenter of Hyde Park, Chapin of East Montpelier, Chase of Chester, Chase of Colchester,
Chesnut-Tangerman of Middletown Springs, Clifford of Rutland City, Coffey of Guilford,
Conlon of Cornwall, Corcoran of Bennington, Cordes of Lincoln, Demar of Enosburgh,
Demrow of Corinth, Dickinson of St. Albans Town, Dodge of Essex, Dolan of Essex Junction, Dolan of Waitsfield, Donahue of Northfield, Durfee of Shaftsbury, Emmons of
Springfield, Farlice-Rubio of Barnet, Galfetti of Barre Town, Garofano of Essex, Goslant of Northfield, Graham of Williamstown, Graning of Jericho, Gregoire of Fairfield, Hango of Berkshire, Harrison of Chittenden, Headrick of Burlington, Higley of Lowell, Holcombe of Norwich, Hooper of Randolph, Hooper of Burlington, Houghton of Essex Junction,
Howard of Rutland City, Hyman of South Burlington, Jerome of Brandon, Kornheiser of
Brattleboro, Krasnow of South Burlington, Krowinski of Burlington, Labor of Morgan,
Lalley of Shelburne, LaMont of Morristown, Laroche of Franklin, Leavitt of Grand Isle,
Lipsky of Stowe, Logan of Burlington, Long of Newfane, Maguire of Rutland City,
Marcotte of Coventry, Masland of Thetford, Mattos of Milton, McCann of Montpelier,
McCoy of Poultney, McFaun of Barre Town, McGill of Bridport, Mihaly of Calais, Minier of South Burlington, Morgan of Milton, Morris of Springfield, Morrissey of Bennington,
Mrowicki of Putney, Nicoll of Ludlow, Notte of Rutland City, Nugent of South Burlington,
O’Brien of Tunbridge, Ode of Burlington, Oliver of Sheldon, Page of Newport City, Pajala of Londonderry, Parsons of Newbury, Patt of Worcester, Peterson of Clarendon, Pouech of Hinesburg, Priestley of Bradford, Rachelson of Burlington, Rice of Dorset, Roberts of
Halifax, Sammis of Castleton, Scheu of Middlebury, Shaw of Pittsford, Sheldon of
Middlebury, Sibilia of Dover, Sims of Craftsbury, Small of Winooski, Smith of Derby,
Squirrell of Underhill, Stebbins of Burlington, Stevens of Waterbury, Stone of Burlington,
Surprenant of Barnard, Taylor of Milton, Templeman of Brownington, Toof of St. Albans Town, Torre of Moretown, Troiano of Stannard, Walker of Swanton, Waters Evans of
Charlotte, Whitman of Bennington, Williams of Granby, Wilson of Lyndon, and Wood of
Waterbury Whereas, the FIS (International Ski and Snowboard Federation) Alpine World Cup is
the world’s foremost Alpine ski racing competition, and Whereas, Mikaela Shiffrin, a Burke Mountain Academy graduate, first skied in a World Cup race prior to her 16th birthday and has since established an unsurpassed record on the world’s most challenging Alpine ski trails, and VT LEG #369644 v.1
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Whereas, the World Cup’s annual overall title, represented by an iconic crystal globe,
honors the male and female skiers who amass the most overall points over the five-month season, and smaller crystal globes are awarded in each individual racing discipline, and Whereas, on January 24, 2023, at Kronplatz, Italy, she won her 83rd World Cup event,
surpassing American racer Lindsey Vonn to become the winningest female Alpine racer of
all time, and Whereas, on March 11, 2023, at Åre, Sweden, she won her 87th event at the age of 27,
surpassing a record held since the 1980s by male Swedish ski champion Ingemar Stenmark and becoming the all-time World Cup record holder, and Whereas, she ended the 2022–2023 World Cup racing season with 88 victories, bringing her totals to 138 career podiums, 15 overall and discipline World Cup globes, and
17 Olympic and World Championship medals, and she is the first and only skier to have won a race in each of the six World Cup Alpine racing disciplines, and Whereas, upon surpassing his record, 10-time Olympic and World Championship medalist Stenmark paid tribute to Shiffrin by saying, “She’s much better than I was. You cannot compare. She has everything,” now therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives:
That the General Assembly congratulates Mikaela Shiffrin on her exceptional and historic 2022–2023 world record-setting accomplishments in World Cup Alpine ski racing,
and be it further Resolved: That the Secretary of State be directed to send a copy of this resolution to
Mikaela Shiffrin and to U.S. Ski & Snowboard VT LEG #369644 v.1