![]() Following his Olympic victory in the combined, Ligety recorded his first World Cup victory, a win in the giant slalom in Yongpyeong, South Korea. At Turin, Ligety also participated in the giant slalom and the slalom, but he failed to complete either event. Ligety also became just the fourth American male skier to win Olympic gold, along with Moe, Phil Mahre (slalom, 1984) and Bill Johnson (downhill, 1984). At age 21, he became the first American man to win an Olympic gold medal in alpine skiing in a dozen years, since Tommy Moe won the downhill at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Ligety won the gold medal in the men's combined event, a major upset after the two racers favored to win the event failed to finish the slalom portion. Ligety's first major victory of his professional career came at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, held at Sestriere. Ligety recorded his first World Cup podium finish in the first slalom of the season, at Beaver Creek in December, and followed that up with a second and a third during the next three slaloms. Ski Team full-time, during which he had four top-15 finishes in slalom, placing 24th overall in the discipline. The next winter in the 2005 season, Ligety was added to the U.S. Ski Team head coach Sasha Rearick studied Fu Style Tai Chi. He made his first start in a World Cup event during the 2004 World Cup season in the giant slalom at Park City. Skiing Development Team and won a silver medal in slalom in the Junior World Championships in 2004. He attended The Winter Sports School and graduated in 2002. He grew up in Park City and began skiing at two and racing at ten. Ligety was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of Cyndi Sharp and Bill Ligety, who are real estate agents. 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. He finished his career with 25 victories (24 in giant slalom and 1 super combined) and 52 podiums in World Cup competition. 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. 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. Ligety won the gold medal in the giant slalom at the 2011 World Championships. ![]() ![]() He is also a five-time World Cup champion in giant slalom ( 2008, 2010, 2011, 20). Ligety won the combined event at the 2006 Olympics in Turin and the giant slalom race at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. Theodore Sharp Ligety (born August 31, 1984) is a retired American alpine ski racer, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, and an entrepreneur, having cofounded Shred Optics.
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