OlympicTalk · Feb 7, 2020
Remembering Jeff Shiffrin: A video tribute to Mikaela’s father
Jeff Shiffrin was a ski dad, and so much more.
Shiffrin, the father of Olympic Alpine skiing gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin, died unexpectedly Sunday night at age 65.
“Our mountains, our ocean, our sunrise, our heart, our soul, our everything,” was posted on Mikaela’s social media Monday. “He taught us so many valuable lessons…but above everything else, he taught us the golden rule: be nice, think first. This is something I will carry with me forever.”
NBC Sports’ Tim Layden remembered Jeff Shiffrin in a story this week and a video essay that airs during NBC Sports’ Alpine skiing World Cup coverage this weekend (full season TV schedule here).