American cross-country skier

Jessie Diggins

Jessica Diggins 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 four World Cup overall titles, four Olympic medals, seven World Championship medals, and numerous other event championships. The New Yorker described Diggins as "the greatest American ever to put on a pair of skinny skis, and arguably the greatest winter endurance athlete this country has ever produced". She announced that she would retire from competitive cross-country skiing after the 2025–26 season.

Born

1991

August 26

Died

Living

Era

1990s

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Jessie, in brief

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Key dates

1991 Born

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683 The Battle of al-Harrah concludes, with Yazid I's army killing 11,000 people of the city of Medina.
1071 The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most of Anatolia.
1278 Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolf I of Germany defeat Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle on the Marchfeld near Dürnkrut in (then) Moravia.
1303 Chittorgarh falls to the Delhi Sultanate.

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The world in 1991

When Jessie arrived

april 10 Italian ferry MS Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy, killing 140.
april 10 A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola, the first to be documented by satellites.
april 14 The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President following its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
april 2 Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Anahit Tsitsikian 1926– Armenian violinist and educator (died 1999) Austin Gunn 1994– American professional wrestler Caroline Pafford Miller 1903–1992 American author (died 1992) Shimshon Amitsur 1921–1994 Israeli mathematician and scholar (died 1994)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1991

Álvaro Soler 1991– Spanish singer-songwriter Anne-Marie 1991– English singer-songwriter C. J. Anderson 1991– American football player Dave Leduc 1991– Canadian martial artist Hansika Motwani 1991– Indian actress Jiang Yuyuan 1991– Chinese gymnast Kawhi Leonard 1991– American basketball player Kelly Olynyk 1991– Canadian basketball player Konrad Hurrell 1991– Tongan rugby league player

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