Emma Aicher: Four disciplines, a broad horizon

If you want to follow Emma Aicher through a winter, looking at just one discipline is hardly enough. The German skier represents an all-round ability that you can recognise on very different race courses. In downhill, she competes for wins; in slalom, for podium finishes. Between the two lies giant slalom, with its longer turns. This range is precisely what makes her profile interesting ahead of the 2026/27 season.

The starting point is documented: Aicher finished second in the overall World Cup in 2025/26. She is also part of the German national team for 2026/27. Which races she actually competes in will be decided by the respective selections. The venues below are therefore a guide for your winter, not confirmation that she will start.

Aicher was born in Sundsvall, Sweden, and competes for SC Mahlstetten. She has represented Germany since 2020/21. Her World Cup debut followed in November 2021 in Levi. Her public sporting biography therefore leads from Scandinavia into German racing, without reducing her background to a single Alpine town.

Team successes followed early on. At the 2021 World Championships, she won team bronze; at the 2022 Olympics, team silver. She demonstrated her range in the junior ranks with three silver medals at the 2022 Junior World Championships. Downhill, giant slalom and slalom stood alongside each other at the time. Her later versatility already had a sporting foundation.

You can view this career as an invitation to switch between disciplines while watching. If you follow Aicher only in downhill, you see an important part of her. A slalom, however, shows a different aspect of the same career. A single race can hardly reflect this range.

Aicher celebrated her first World Cup win in March 2025 in the downhill at Kvitfjell. Shortly afterwards, she won the super-G in La Thuile. Super-G combines high speed with more pronounced changes of direction. These two successes explain why her versatility now also has a clear focus in the speed disciplines.

At the 2026 Winter Games, she won silver in downhill and in the team combined event. She took on the slalom section there. This role is revealing when it comes to understanding her profile: success in a speed discipline and a contribution in the technical section fit together for her.

The total of five World Cup wins is a record as at 22 October 2026. It describes completed races, not the prospects for the coming winter. The second overall position is subject to the same qualification. A successful previous season provides a starting point; it does not yet answer any question about the next podium.

St. Moritz is a suitable venue for following the speed-focused part of Aicher’s profile. For the weekend from 18 to 20 December 2026, the organiser lists two super-G races and one giant slalom. There is no downhill. This difference matters if you are travelling for a specific discipline.

Flachau offers the technical counterpoint. Women’s giant slalom and slalom are scheduled for 4 and 5 January 2027. For comparison, it is worth following both runs of a discipline rather than looking only at the final result.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen comes into focus for downhill. The women’s races are scheduled for 27 and 28 February 2027. The date sources were checked on 22 October 2026; check the entries and daily programme again before travelling.

The World Championships in Crans-Montana form another focal point of the winter. The organiser lists 1 to 14 February 2027. For an all-round skier like Aicher, several disciplines are relevant there; the federation decides the selection. Dates checked: 22 October 2026.

For St. Moritz, the organiser describes spectator access routes to Salastrains. A footpath leads uphill from the Chantarella mid-station, while another leads downhill from the Signal mountain station. Choose according to what your group can comfortably walk. A finish-area ticket does not make that decision for you.

The finish area is our recommendation if you want to experience Aicher’s races with split times and the finish itself. From a position along the course, you can see one section of the movement more closely, but you may lose the wider context more easily. Both perspectives have value. You will not automatically get a complete overview of the television coverage on the mountain.

For Garmisch, the organising committee names the connection via Kreuzeck station and footpaths to the Kandahar Arena. The travel information page also contains older timetables. Do not use a time found there for February 2027 without checking it. The current event schedule remains decisive.

Race venues do not make Aicher’s hometown of Sundsvall an Alpine home region.

Compare accommodation based on the actual routes to the mountain railway and spectator access. A short day of skiing and a full race day place different demands on the same address. Plan them separately. This leaves time to consciously watch the next speed event after a slalom and get to know Aicher’s versatility through more than one finish.