Emma Mathilda Aicher (born 13 November 2003) is a Swedish-born German World Cup alpine ski racer. She competes in all disciplines and represents Germany.
Aicher's achievements include two Olympic silver medals and a bronze medal in the World Championships. Her first World Cup podium came in a downhill in February 2025. One day later, she won her first race, also a downhill.
At the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, Aicher won two silver medals; one in downhill and the other in team combined with Kira Weidle-Winkelmann, with Aicher skiing the slalom portion.
Career A daughter of a Swedish mother and a German father, Aicher grew up in Sundsvall, Sweden, where she started skiing and joined the local ski club. Later, she moved with her parents to Engelberg, Switzerland, and then back to Sundsvall.Luana Bösch (2005) gewinnt sensationell den FIS Children Cup 2019 im Riesenslalom. Emma Aicher (2003) gewinnt Gold im Slalom. Skiclub Engelberg (in German). 17 March 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2021. She holds both Swedish and German citizenship.
In March 2019, Aicher won the U16 Slalom of the FIS Children Cup, representing Sweden. Later that year, she took part in her first FIS races. In 2020, she joined the German Ski Association, for the reason of "better training opportunities in the Alps". Making her debut in the Europa Cup in December 2020, she took her first podium in slalom in January 2021.Zell am See (AUT) European Cup – Women's Slalom January 25, 2021 FIS website. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
Three weeks later, Aicher represented Germany at the World Championships, where she won bronze in the team event. That November on her eighteenth birthday, she made her World Cup debut in a parallel giant slalom at Lech/Zürs, Austria.
Without a top 30 result in World Cup downhill through January 2025, Aicher finished sixth in both downhill and super-G at the World Championships in early February. Three weeks later at a pair of downhill races in Kvitfjell, Norway, she gained her first World Cup podium and followed it up with a victory the next day.ZK Goh: Emma Aicher follows Friday podium with first World Cup win in Kvitfjell downhill; Lindsey Vonn 16th. olympics.com, 1 March 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2025.'It is unbelievable': Aicher wins Kvitfjell Downhill for first World Cup victory. fis-ski.com, 1 March 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
On 8 February 2026, Aicher won a silver medal in the downhill Alpine skiing event at the Olimpia delle Tofane in Cortina d'Ampezzo at the 2026 Winter Olympics with a time of 1:36.14. Two days later, she achieved the top time of 44.38 in the slalom event of alpine combined at the same skiing center, securing another silver medal with teammate Kira Weidle-Winkelmann.
World Cup results Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Parallel 2022 18 71 28 — — — 19 2023 19 40 23 — 28 29 rowspan=4 2024 2048 35 39 28 27 2025 21 15 17 41 15 9 202622618
Race podiums 5 wins (2 DH, 3 SG) 13 podiums (4 DH, 4 SG, 5 SL), 35 top tens Season Date Location Discipline Place202528 February 2025 Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill 2nd 1 March 2025 Downhill 1st13 March 2025 La Thuile, Italy Super-G 1st202615 November 2025 Levi, Finland Slalom 3rd13 December 2025 St. Moritz, Switzerland Downhill 1st16 December 2025 Courchevel, France Slalom 3rd18 January 2026 Tarvisio, Italy Super-G 1st25 January 2026 Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic Slalom 3rd28 February 2026 Soldeu, Andorra Super-G 1st1 March 2026 Super-G 2nd6 March 2026 Val di Fassa, Italy Downhill 2nd15 March 2026 Åre, Sweden Slalom 2nd24 March 2026 Hafjell, Norway Slalom 3rd
World Championship results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomSuper-GDownhillCombinedTeamcombinedParallelTeam event 2021 17 DNF2 — — — — rowspan=2 193 2023 19 21 31 — DNF 8 — — 2025 21 DNF1 23 6 6 17 —
Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined Teamcombined Team event 2022 18 18 21 — — — 2 2026 22 9 19 DNF2 2
References
External links
Emma Aicher at Milano Cortina 2026
Meet Germany's next golden girl Emma Aicher exclusive: I do it my way, olympics.com