Ted Ligety

Ted Ligety

— Alpine skier —
Ligety in December 2006
Disciplines	Giant slalom, Super-G, Slalom, Combined
Club	Park City Ski Education Foundation
Born	(1984-08-31) August 31, 1984 (age 32) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
World Cup debut	November 22, 2003 (age 19)
Website	tedligety.com
Olympics
Teams	3 – (2006, 2010, 2014)
Medals	2 (2 gold)
World Championships
Teams	6 – (2005–15)
Medals	7 (5 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	13th – (2005–17)
Wins	25 – (24 GS, 1 SC)
Podiums	51 – (1 DH, 2 SG, 40 GS,           6 SL, 2 SC)
Overall titles	0 – (3rd – 2013)
Discipline titles	5 – (5 GS)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing the  United States International alpine ski competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 0 0 World Championships 5 0 2 Total 7 0 2 Olympic Games 2006 Turin Combined 2014 Sochi Giant slalom World Championships 2011 Garmisch Giant slalom 2013 Schladming Super-G 2013 Schladming Combined 2013 Schladming Giant slalom 2015 Beaver Creek Giant slalom 2009 Val d'Isère Giant slalom 2015 Beaver Creek Combined Junior World Ski Championships 2004 Maribor Slalom

Theodore Sharp "Ted" Ligety (born August 31, 1984) is an American alpine ski racer and a two-time Olympic gold medalist.

Ligety won the combined event at the 2006 Olympics in Turin and the giant slalom race at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. He is also a five-time World Cup champion in giant slalom (2008, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014). Ligety won the gold medal in the giant slalom at the 2011 World Championships. He successfully defended his world title in giant slalom in 2013 in Schladming, Austria, where he also won an unexpected gold medal in the super-G and a third gold medal in the super combined. Through October, 2015, he has 25 victories (24 in giant slalom and 1 super combined) and 51 podiums in World Cup competition.

His Olympic giant slalom gold medal, 24 GS World Cup wins, 3 GS world championship gold medals and 5 World Cup titles make him one of the greatest giant slalom skiers of all time.