Wilkinson Announces Retirement

2022 Olympian and Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team athlete Alix Wilkinson formally announced her retirement from the sport of alpine ski racing on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024.

“Well ski racing, it’s been a hell of a ride! Cheers to the end,” wrote Wilkinson in her social media post.

Wilkinson was a rising force on the women’s speed circuit while on the national team. Looking back on her career, she scored her first World Cup points in Cortina d’Ampezzo downhill, when she placed 18th—only her seventh World Cup start to date. Not only did she score points at multiple World Cup downhills in her career, Wilkinson also holds a U.S. National Championship title in giant slalom.

Wilkinson’s retirement stems from injuries she sustained following the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games, which prevented her from competing the past two seasons. 

“Getting diagnosed with CRPS last summer has changed a lot for me," she wrote, referring to complex regional pain syndrome. "My ankle is simply no longer capable of doing what it used to and sadly I’m not able to ski World Cup speed anymore.”

Wilkinson looks forward to the future beyond ski racing but is thankful for all the memories she made in her career.

“While this isn’t the ending I’d dreamed of, I wouldn’t change a single minute of it. Thank you so much to everyone who made this sport as special as it was for me. To my friends, teammates, coaches, and family you are what made ski racing truly the time of my life and it wouldn’t have been the same without you. Thank you, on to the next!”