Biography ted ligety olympics 2014

Ted Ligety began skiing at Park City Mountain Resory, site of several of the Winter Olympic Alpine races. He was named to the US Ski Developmental team in , winning a silver medal that year in the slalom in the Junior World Cup, and moved up to the US Ski team in His Olympic gold medal in the combined was a big surprise, but in March , he won his first World Cup race, a giant slalom in Korea.

Biography ted ligety olympics 2014 In the tight-knit elite ski circles, his name rarely came up in conversation. Ligety retired in February of after 18 years of competition, carrying with him the legacy of a free-spirited innovator in the sport, as much as a champion many times over. These days, he lives in the same mountain town where he spent his youth, keeping busy with family and the ski accessories company he launched back in , Shred Optics. Ligety was 17 when he started showing promise on the slopes and even then, he was only 4th or 5th best on the developmental squad. Still, he had a big year at 18 and then made the U.

In , Ligety won two World Cup giant slaloms and was the giant slalom World Cup champion for the year. He also won a World Cup giant slalom in February , his fourth World Cup race victory, so far all coming in the giant slalom. At the World Championships, he earned a bronze medal in the GS. Through , Ligety has six US championships, and serves as the Director of Skiing at the Mt.

Holly Club in southwest Utah.