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Timeline: Sportsperson of the Year Jessie Diggins' record-breaking 2023

From an individual gold medal in February to the World Cup overall points lead in December, here's how Jessie Diggins spent her remarkable year.

December 25, 2023 at 10:54PM
Jessie Diggins made history with this gold medal in March, just one of several amazing accomplishments for her this year. (Darko Bandic, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The 2023 calendar year for Jessie Diggins:

Jan. 27: Finished third in the 10k race at Les Rousses, France, the 13th race of the 2022-23 season.

Feb. 3: Placed third in the sprint freestyle in Toblach, Italy.

Feb. 4: Took second in the 10k freestyle in Toblach.

Feb. 5: Earned third place in the 4x7.5k classical/freestyle relay, skiing third leg in Toblach.

Feb. 15: Theodore Wirth Park is announced as the site of a two-day World Cup event, the Loppet Cup, from Feb. 17-18, 2024. Diggins played a pivotal role advocating for the event, adding, "I've been waiting for this my whole life. It means everything."

Feb. 26: Took third in team sprint at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Planica, Slovenia.

Feb. 28: At world championships, won the 10k freestyle in Planica, the first-ever individual gold medal for a U.S. skier at the event.

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March 12: Took third place in the 50k freestyle mass start in Oslo, the first-ever running of the event on the World Cup circuit.

Aug. 22: Announced she will compete in the 50th annual American Birkebeiner in Cable, Wis., on Feb. 24, 2024.

Sept. 2: Won the 42k mass start Merino Muster in Wanaka, New Zealand, for her fifth career win in the event.

Sept. 17: Revealed on social media she had a relapse with an eating disorder over the summer.

Nov. 26: Took second in the 20k mass start at Ruka, Finland, her first podium finish of the 2023-24 World Cup season.

Dec. 2: Won the 10k freestyle at Gällivare, Sweden, her first gold in the fourth race of the campaign.

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Dec. 10: In Östersund, Norway, won her second consecutive 10k freestyle and third of 2023.

Dec. 16: Placed second in the 20k skiathlon in Trondheim, Norway. She held the World Cup overall lead with 809 points after nine events.

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