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Theodore Sharp Ligety (born August 31, 1984) is a retired American
Ligety planned to participate in the 2021 World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo but withdrew due to an injury, which prompted his retirement from ski racing in early February, 2021.[4][5] He finished his career with 25 victories (24 in giant slalom and 1 super combined) and 52 podiums in World Cup competition.[6] His Olympic giant slalom gold medal, 24 GS World Cup wins, 3 GS world championship gold medals and 5 World Cup titles put him among the three greatest giant slalom skiers of all time, according to Ski-DB.[7]
Early life and career
Ligety was born in
2006 season
Ligety recorded his first World Cup podium finish in the first
2007 season
In the summer of 2006, Ligety changed his ski supplier from
2008 season
Ligety won his first
2009 season
Ligety opened defense of his 2008 giant slalom title with a third-place finish in
2010 season
Ligety notched his fifth World Cup victory in January, his third win at Kranjska Gora in as many seasons. At the finals in Garmisch, Germany, he finished on the podium to secure his second season title in giant slalom, and finished seventh in the overall standings.
At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics at Whistler, he finished ninth in the giant slalom (on February 23, he was eighth-placed after the first leg, 0.60 sec. behind leading Carlo Janka, but he couldn't do better in the second leg) and fifth in the super combined on February 21. He was fifteenth in the downhill portion and first in the one slalom run, to finish a half-second out of the medals. In the "special slalom" race (held on February 27; he had bib number 16), only a brief time elapsed when he came out of the course in the first leg.
2011 season
After racing for four seasons on
In February he won his first world championship, taking gold in the giant slalom at the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Fourth after the first run, Ligety won by 0.08 seconds over Cyprien Richard of France.[15] He won his third season title in giant slalom in 2011.[16]
2012 season
Even though Ligety was able to win three giant slalom races during the season, he was dethroned as the discipline champion by an overall champion Marcel Hirscher from Austria. Before the last giant slalom race which was held on March 17 at Schladming, Hirscher was in lead with 605 points ahead to Ted with 513 points. Therefore, Ted was forced to attack as powerful as he was able to do but he did fall in the first leg; he did continue but he finished on the 29th place (it was the last place), he had a deficite of 11.16 seconds to leading (it was not Hirscher, who was second) Hannes Reichelt. But Ted had lost; his only rehabilitation was that he could achieve the quickest time in the second leg, and finishing 25th (with a deficite of 10.03 seconds to Hirscher, who was victorious at last - but not gaining any point because in the final races there are only the best 15 can gain points).
2013 season
Ligety was very skeptical of the new FIS rules for the
Ligety made his season even more impressive by winning three gold medals at the World Championships in Schladming. The first gold he won surprisingly in super-G race which was his first victory in the discipline in an international level. Ligety then won also the super combined event and successfully defended his title in the giant slalom. It was the first time in 45 years that one male skier won three gold medals in one championships.[22]
2014 season
Ligety won three giant slalom races prior to the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. On January 17, Ligety gained his 20th World Cup victory with a win in the super combined event in Wengen, his first (and only) World Cup win outside the giant slalom discipline.
Entering the Olympics, Ligety was considered a favorite to medal in three disciplines, but he finished 12th in the super combined and 14th in the super-G. While under pressure as a big favorite to win a gold in the giant slalom, Ligety began his first run with an attacking attitude and established a 0.93 second lead. He skied carefully on the second run to secure the first-ever gold medal for an American man in the discipline. Ligety became the first male American ski racer in history to win two Olympic gold medals in his career.[23]
After the Olympics, Ligety won the giant slalom in Kranjska Gora for a record sixth time. At the season finals in Lenzerheide he surprisingly finished second, tied with Christof Innerhofer, in the downhill race. The result was his first ever podium in downhill and made him only the second American skier in history, after Bode Miller, to podium in all five alpine skiing disciplines.[24][25] Ligety then finished fifth in the final super-G race. Before the last giant slalom race of the season Ligety was trailing Marcel Hirscher by 50 points for the discipline title. However, Ligety won the race on March 15 with a 0,03 second advantage over Alexis Pinturault and with Hirscher finishing fourth, both skiers ended the season tied with 560 points. The Crystal Globe was however awarded to Ligety who won due to having five discipline victories during the season compared to Hirscher's two. This was the fifth giant slalom title in Ligety's career.[26] - Hirscher lost the title in that last giant slalom race with a deficit of 0.01 seconds to the 3rd place (achieved by Felix Neureuther) which is awarded 60 points, therefore 10 points more than fourth place.
2015 season
The 2015 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season was less successful for Ligety as he was able to win just one race and finished third in the giant slalom standings and eleventh overall. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 held in Beaver Creek, Ligety finished third in the super combined event despite being ranked 29th after the downhill leg. In the giant slalom, placed fifth after the first run and trailing by 0.24 to then leading favorite Marcel Hirscher, Ligety skied impressively in the second run, to finish 0.45 ahead of Hirscher and secure his third consecutive world title in the discipline.
2016 season
Ligety won the season's first race, a giant slalom on October 25, 2015, at
2017 season
Ligety returned to World Cup racing in October 2016, competing in the prelude (giant slalom) race at
2018 season
Ligety returned to the World Cup racing late in 2017, competing in the Super G at
Ligety was named to the US Olympic team on January 6, 2018[30] to compete in the combined, Super G, giant slalom, and slalom races at the PyeongChang Olympics.[31] He came in fifth in the men's combined event,[32] but following a disappointing finish in the giant slalom, he decided to skip the slalom event and leave South Korea early to focus on the World Cup.[33]
Other achievements
Ligety has won six national championships, putting him behind the all-time record of nine, held by Bode Miller and Tiger Shaw.
Following his Olympic gold medal at Turin, he started Shred Optics in 2006; Ligety designs all the products and uses them himself. The company produces ski goggles, sunglasses, and helmets.
Ligety served as the Director of Skiing for the now-bankrupt Mt. Holly Club, a private luxury ski and golf resort in southwestern Utah. It is located in eastern Beaver County, on the site of the former Elk Meadows ski area (1971–84).[34][35]
World Cup results
Season titles
- 5 titles – 5 Giant slalom + 1 Combined unofficial
Season | Discipline |
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2008
|
Giant slalom |
2010
|
Giant slalom |
2011
|
Giant slalom |
2013
|
Giant slalom |
2014
|
Giant slalom |
Combined A |
A Unofficial, tied with Alexis Pinturault
Ingemar Stenmark is the only racer with more GS season titles (8).
Season standings
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004 |
19 | 132 | 54 | — | — | — | — |
2005 |
20 | 62 | 24 | — | — | — | — |
2006 |
21 | 9 | 4 | 12 | — | — | 13 |
2007 |
22 | 11 | 15 | 8 | — | 35 | 11 |
2008 |
23 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 40 | — | 7 |
2009 |
24 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 21 | — | 44 |
2010 |
25 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 14 | — | 14 |
2011 |
26 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 35 | 58 | 13 |
2012 |
27 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 34 | 47 | 13 |
2013 |
28 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 7 | — | — |
2014 |
29 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 20 | 26 | 1 |
2015 |
30 | 11 | 39 | 3 | 39 | 58 | 11 |
2016 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 18 | 25 | — | — |
2017 | 32 | 84 | — | 27 | 55 | — | — |
2018 | 33 | 38 | — | 8 | — | — | 21 |
2019 | 34 | 51 | — | 20 | 47 | — | 13 |
2020 | 35 | 44 | — | 12 | 57 | — | — |
2021 | 36 | 121 | — | 41 | — | — | — |
Race victories
Although a GS specialist, Ligety is among the few alpine ski racers to have a World Cup podium finish in all five disciplines. Both in
Season | Date | Location | Discipline |
---|---|---|---|
2006 |
Mar 5, 2006 | Yongpyong, South Korea |
Giant slalom |
2008 |
Mar 8, 2008 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Giant slalom |
Mar 14, 2008 | Bormio, Italy | Giant slalom | |
2009 |
Feb 28, 2009 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Giant slalom |
2010 |
Jan 29, 2010 | Giant slalom | |
2011 |
Dec 5, 2010 | Beaver Creek, United States | Giant slalom |
Dec 11, 2010 | Val d'Isère, France |
Giant slalom | |
Dec 19, 2010 | Alta Badia, Italy | Giant slalom | |
2012 |
Oct 23, 2011 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom |
Dec 6, 2011 | Beaver Creek, United States | Giant slalom | |
Mar 10, 2012 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Giant slalom | |
2013 |
Oct 28, 2012 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom |
Dec 2, 2012 | Beaver Creek, United States | Giant slalom | |
Dec 16, 2012 | Alta Badia, Italy | Giant slalom | |
Jan 12, 2013 | Adelboden, Switzerland | Giant slalom | |
Mar 9, 2013 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Giant slalom | |
Mar 16, 2013 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Giant slalom | |
2014 |
Oct 27, 2013 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom |
Dec 8, 2013 | Beaver Creek, United States | Giant slalom | |
Jan 17, 2014 | Wengen, Switzerland | Super combined | |
Feb 2, 2014 | St Moritz, Switzerland | Giant slalom | |
Mar 8, 2014 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Giant slalom | |
Mar 15, 2014 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Giant slalom | |
2015 |
Dec 7, 2014 | Beaver Creek, United States | Giant slalom |
2016 |
Oct 25, 2015 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom |
World Championships results
Ligety has won seven medals in the
At Schladming in 2013, he became a triple world champion in giant slalom, super-G, and combined at Planai. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three or more gold medals at one world championships and the first in 45 years, when Jean-Claude Killy won four in 1968 at Chamrousse, with the combined as a "paper race." Ligety is the first racer of either gender to win the super-G, giant slalom, and combined at one world championships.[3][36][37]
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | 20 | DNF2 | — | — | — | 12 |
2007 | 22 | DNF1 | 4 | 31 | — | DNF2 |
2009 | 24 | DNF2 | 3 | DNF | — | DSQ1 |
2011 | 26 | 19 | 1 | DNF | — | DNF2 |
2013 | 28 | DNF1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
2015 | 30 | 21 | 1 | 9 | — | 3 |
2017 | 32 | Injured: did not compete | ||||
2019 | 34 | — | 11 | — | — | DNS2 |
Olympic results
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | 21 | DSQ1 | DNF1 | — | — | 1 |
2010 | 25 | DNF1 | 9 | 19 | — | 5 |
2014 | 29 | DNF2 | 1 | 14 | — | 12 |
2018 | 33 | — | 15 | DNF | — | 5 |
Personal
Through a
Video
- YouTube.com – victory at Kranjska Gora (1.61 sec) – from Universal Sports – March 10, 2012
- YouTube.com – victory at Sölden (2.75 sec) – from Universal Sports – October 28, 2012
- YouTube.com – victory at Adelboden (1.15 sec) – from Universal Sports – January 12, 2013
- Bostock, Mike; Alexandra Garcia; Joe Ward; George Knowles (February 11, 2014). "Giant Slalom". New York Times. Retrieved February 18, 2014.Audiovisual presentation of Ligety's style in the super-G.
See also
References
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External links
- Ted Ligety at FIS (alpine)
- Ted Ligety at Olympics.com
- Ted Ligety at Olympedia
- Ted Ligety at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (archived)
- Ted Ligety at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Ted Ligety at U.S. Ski Team
- Ted Ligety Archived January 7, 2017, at the Head.com
- Ted Ligety[permanent dead link] at Shred Optics
- Official website