Ted Ligety
Olympic Games Gold 2006 Turin Combined Gold 2014 Sochi Giant slalom World Championships Gold 2011 Garmisch Giant slalom Gold 2013 Schladming Super-G Gold 2013 Schladming Combined Gold 2013 Schladming Giant slalom Gold 2015 Beaver Creek Giant slalom Bronze 2009 Val d'Isère Giant slalom Bronze 2015 Beaver Creek Combined Junior World Ski Championships Silver 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 December 2014, he has 24 victories (23 in giant slalom and 1 super combined) and 49 podiums in World Cup competition. His Olympic giant slalom gold medal, 23 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.