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Michelle Gisin Announces Immediate Retirement From Competitive Skiing

Lasting damage from a December 2025 St. Moritz training crash plus a long rehabilitation made a return to top racing impossible.

Overview

  • The 32-year-old announced her immediate retirement at a press conference above her hometown Engelberg, closing her comeback bid 327 days after the St. Moritz crash.
  • Her December 2025 accident on the Corviglia piste produced serious injuries to her cervical spine, wrist and knee and required multiple operations in a Zurich specialist clinic.
  • Gisin said a September visit to St. Moritz convinced her she could not race there again and that realistic recovery timelines of at least one to two years ruled out competing at the 2027 Crans-Montana World Championships.
  • She leaves a decorated record that includes Olympic gold in the alpine combined in 2018 and 2022, an Olympic bronze, two World Championship medals, 291 World Cup starts, 22 podiums and two World Cup wins.
  • Gisin will remain connected to the sport as an ambassador for the 2027 Crans-Montana Worlds while shifting toward study and private life after her recent marriage to Luca De Aliprandini.