Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin received her third consecutive Team USA female athlete of the month award ©Getty Images

Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin received her third consecutive Team USA female athlete of the month award. 

The 24-year-old was awarded the accolade in November and December and has now been named female athlete of the month for January. 

Shiffrin earned four International Ski Federation World Cup podium finishes last month, taking super-G and downhill gold in the Bulgarian town of Bansko, along with slalom bronze in Flachau and giant slalom bronze in Sestriere.

The victories in Bulgaria marked the two-time Olympic champion's 65th and 66th World Cup wins and moved her into first place in the super-G standings.

Para Nordic skier Daniel Cnossen won the male athlete of the month award.

Para Nordic skier Daniel Cnossen won the Team USA male athlete of the month award for January ©Getty Images
Para Nordic skier Daniel Cnossen won the Team USA male athlete of the month award for January ©Getty Images

He captured gold in the biathlon relay and silver in the sitting class of the cross-country short-distance and biathlon sprint events at the Para Nordic Skiing World Cup in Altenberg and Dresden. 

The 39-year-old was also crowned the American national champion in the middle-distance cross-country, cross-country sprint and biathlon sprint races in Utah. 

Team of the year went the men's four-man bobsleigh team, made up of Hunter Church, Josh Williamson, Jimmy Reed and Kris Horn. 

They claimed a bronze medal at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation World Cup in the Austrian resort of Igls. 

A public vote accounted for 50 per cent of the final result, with the remaining 50 per cent coming from national governing body representatives and select members of the media.