Iris Pflum
On snow, she established herself among the sport's elite by competing in the 2026 Olympics in Italy after building her way up through three Junior World Championship silver medals, a North American Cup title, and seven National Championships. Crucially, her greatest defining moments transcend the scoreboard: she funded every mile of that climb herself, training, traveling, and competing against the world's best while working and studying in between. This relentless drive to compete on her own terms has made her a fierce, outspoken voice for mental health and for the women coming up behind her in a sport that still asks them to do more with less. She doesn't just make the story, she is the story, making every run for every woman who will follow.

