BIRTHDATE: 8/31/84 HOMETOWN: Park City, UT WEBSITE: tedligety.com
BEST RESULTS:
Olympic Champion, Torino 2006
Overall World Cup Giant Slalom Champion 2008
6 time U.S. Nationals Champion
1st place World Cup Finals
Giant Slalom, Bormio, ITA 2008
1st place World Cup Giant Slalom, Kranjska Gora, SLO2008
1st place World Cup Giant Slalom, Yong Pyong, JPN 2006
2nd place World Cup Slalom, Adelboden, SUI 2006
2nd place World Cup Giant Slalom, Soelden, AUT 2007
2nd place World Cup Giant Slalom, Beaver Creek, USA 2008
3rd place World Cup Giant Slalom, Soelden, AUT 2008
3 x 1st place Giant Slalom winner in 2011
Crystal globe winner GS last 09, 10, 11.
ABOUT ME: I was born and raised in the "PC". Started skiing when I was ?2 and racing when I was 10. I grew up playing just about every sport in some ?capacity. But skiing was always the sport of choice. I made the US Ski Team when ?I was 18, then went on to winning an Olympic Gold Medal in Torino then the World ?Cup GS Globe. After winning the Olympics I started SHRED Optics with Carlo Salmini, to make a product that wasn't "racer" and was outside of most peoples ?idea of what a goggle should look like.<br />When I'm not racing, I try to get in as much powder skiing as possible and try ?to perfect the world's ugliest misty 7. Otherwise in the summer I love to ?waterski, Mountain bike, play tennis and just about any other sport.
SOMETHING YOU THINK EVERYONE SHOULD TRY IN THEIR LIFETIME: ?Other than skiing in general...mmm... skydiving? Anything that would totally take ?you out of your element.
FILMS:?Truth In Motion. TV, mostly in europe though.
AGE YOU LEARNED TO SHRED: 2
CRAZIEST DREAM: I rarely remember my dreams, I just wake up and I need ?to change my underwear. Also, apparently I talk a lot in my sleep.
WHAT EXCITES YOU: Skiing of course is the number one thing. Doing ?anything that entails my going fast or catching air. Otherwise, steak, food from ?my fryer, ice cream, sleeping, ect.
