- Bode Miller
Samuel Bode Miller (born October 12 1977), best known as Bode Miller, is an American alpine skier. In 2005, he became the first American in 22 years to win the overall alpine skiing World Cup title, since Phil Mahre and Tamara McKinney in 1983. Earlier during his championship season, with a victory on November 28, 2004, he became only the fifth man to win World Cup races in all five disciplines: slalom, giant slalom, Super-G, downhill, and combined. - Julia Mancuso
Julia Mancuso (born March 9, 1984 in Reno, Nevada), is an American alpine skier and Olympic gold medalist in the giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The daughter of Ciro Mancuso, she resides in Olympic Valley, California. - Alberto Tomba
Alberto Tomba (born December 19 1966), popularly called Tomba la Bomba ("Tomba the Bomb"), is a retired Italian alpine skier. He scored notable success in the late 1980s and 1990s in the slalom and giant slalom, winning three Olympic gold medals. - Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety (born August 31, 1984 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA) is an American alpine skier. Ligety won the gold medal in the men's alpine combined event at the 2006 Winter Olympics, in an upset victory after the two skiers favored to win the event couldn't keep up with Ligety's blistering slalom runs. He is the first American to win an Olympic gold medal in alpine skiing since Tommy Moe won the downhill in Lillehammer in 1994. - Marlies Schild
Marlies Schild is an Austrian alpine skier. At the beginning of her career, her preference was in the downhill. However, by the age of 19 she had already undergone 5 knee surgeries, prompting her to concentrate instead on the less dangerous slalom and giant slalom competitions. At the Alpine World Ski Championships 2003 in St. Moritz she placed second in the slalom behind Janica Kostelić, and at the same competition in 2005 she won a bronze medal in the combination, … - Nicole Hosp
Nicole Hosp is a professional alpine skier from Austria, and the winner of the overall 2006–7 World Cup along with the giant slalom World Cup. This versatile all-around racer has won World Cup races in 4 of the 5 alpine skiing disciplines (Super-G, giant slalom, slalom, and combined), and is the reigning World Champion in the giant slalom. - Arnold Lunn
Sir Arnold Lunn (born April 18, 1888 in Madras, India ; died June 2 1974 in London, England) was a famous skier, mountaineer and writer. He was knighted for "services to British Skiing and Anglo-Swiss relations" in 1952. - Giorgio Rocca
Giorgio Rocca (born August 6,1975, Chur, Switzerland) is an Italian Alpine skier, a specialist of Slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli and Ingemar Stenmark, he is the sole skier to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slalom in a row, a result he scored in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba (7) made better. He is currently the fifth all-time slalom winner, with a total of 11 victories. Rocca made his debut in the Alpine Skiing World Cup on January 6, 1996, … - Alain Baxter
Alain Baxter (born 26 December 1973, Edinburgh) is a professional skier from Scotland. He specialises in the slalom discipline. - Thomas Grandi
Thomas Grandi (born December 27 1972 in Bolzano, Italy) is a Canadian alpine skier. He specializes in technical skiing (giant slalom and slalom skiing. Grandi started in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in the 1992-93 season. His first top ten finish in the World Cup came in December 1996 where he finished in 10th position in the Giant Slalom at Alta Badia in Italy. - Jean-Claude Killy
Jean-Claude Killy is a French alpine skier and a triple Olympic champion. Killy was born in Saint-Cloud, but brought up in Val d'Isère. Following his international success, he moved to Geneva, Switzerland in 1969. Killy was a World Cup champion in 1967 and would repeat in 1968. Killy won the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing with a sweep of all three gold medals at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, in the slalom, giant slalom and downhill events. - Kalle Palander
Kalle Markus Palander (born May 2, 1977 in Tornio) is a Finnish alpine skier, the most successful male Finn ever in the sport. In 1999 Palander won the world championship in slalom. He also won the Alpine skiing World Cup in slalom during the 2002-2003 season, and was fourth in the overall standings. Palander has also been successful in giant slalom. He is known for his relaxed attitude and for wearing a red tuque instead of a helmet when participating in slalom competitions - Resi Stiegler
Resi Stiegler is an American alpine skier. The daughter of Austrian Olympic champion Josef "Pepi" Stiegler, began skiing at age two and racing at six. Junior Olympic and Nor-Am success while still a teenager led to a U.S. Ski Team berth and eventually her first World Cup start in 2002, a slalom in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, where she finished a remarkable 11th. At the 2003 Junior World Championships in France, she won bronze medals in slalom and combined, … - Hansi Hinterseer
Hansi Hinterseer (born February 2, 1954) is an Austrian singer, actor, entertainer, and former alpine skier. He is the son of Ernst Hinterseer, who won a gold medal in Slalom skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics. In the 1970s Hansi Hinterseer became famous as a member of the Austrian Ski Team. He won six alpine skiing World Cup races in Slalom skiing and Giant Slalom skiing. In 1973 he won the alpine skiing World Cup in Giant Slalom skiing. - Ernst Hinterseer
Ernst Hinterseer is an Austrian former skier. At the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States he won gold in the slalom, and bronze in the giant slalom competition. Following his career as a ski racer he became national trainer for slalom and giant slalom in the early 1970s. His sons Ernst, Georg and Hansi Hinterseer also became ski racers. - Jens Byggmark
Jens Byggmark is a Swedish alpine skier, who specialises in slalom and giant slalom. Byggmark was born in in Örebro but was raised in Tärnaby. He made his World Cup debut in 2005, and has to date won two World Cup Slalom in the 2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup. He also obtained a second place in Schladming, Austria, again in Slalom. - Anja Pärson
Anja Sofia Tess Pärson (born April 25, 1981, in Umeå, Sweden) is a Swedish alpine skier, the winner of seven World Championships gold medals and two Overall Alpine Skiing World Cup titles. She is also the reigning Olympic champion in the slalom, after her victory at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Pärson was introduced to ski racing by her sister, Frida, and is now trained by her father, Anders. - Nancy Greene
Nancy Catherine Greene, born May 11, 1943 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, is a champion alpine skier voted as Canada's Female Athlete of the 20th Century. At the age of three, Nancy Greene's family moved to Rossland, British Columbia, a mountainous area and the site of the first ski competition ever held in Canada in 1897. The child of avid skiers, Greene began at a young age and while in high school she competed in the Canadian Junior Championships. - Ivica Kostelić
Ivica Kostelić is a Croatian alpine ski racer who specializes in slalom. He is the elder brother of overall World Cup champion Janica Kostelić. - Christin Cooper
Christin Cooper (born October 8, 1959) is an American former alpine skier from Ketchum, Idaho. Cooper's best season on the World Cup tour was in 1982, when she won three medals at the World Championships at Haus im Ennstal and finished in third place in the overall World Cup standings. She placed fourth in the overall standings in 1981. In honor of her silver medal in the giant slalom at the 1984 Winter Olympics, … - Toni Sailer
Anton "Toni" Sailer is an Austrian former skier, considered amongst one of the best ever in the sport history. Nicknamed "Blitz from Kitz", Sailer was the first skier at the olympic games to win all three Alpine skiing events (downhill, slalom and giant slalom), at the 1956 Winter Olympic Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo. He was the fifth athlete to win three gold medals in the same Winter Olympic Games. - Steven Nyman
Steven Nyman (born February 12, 1982 in Provo, Utah), sometimes known as Steve, is an American alpine skier and 2006 Olympian. Formerly a slalom skier, he is now a speed specialist, competing mainly in downhill, super G, and alpine combined. Nyman raced at Sundance as a junior until making a move to Park City in 1999. He was a discretionary pick for the 2002 World Junior Championships in Tarvisio, Italy, … - Michaela Kirchgasser
Michaela Kirchgasser (born on March 18, 1985 in Schwarzach im Pongau, Salzburg) is an Austrian alpine skiier specialized in Slalom and Giant Slalom. - Betsy Clifford
Betsy Clifford (born 15 October 1953 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a retired Canadian alpine skier. At the 1968 Winter Olympics, she was the youngest Canadian skier ever to compete. She finished 7th at the 1970 Alpine Skiing World Cup and 10th at the 1971 Alpine Skiing World Cup. In 1971, she won the Alpine skiing World Cup in slalom skiing. In 1970, she was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. In 1971, she was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame - Marielle Goitschel
Marielle Goitschel (born 28 September 1945 in Sainte-Maxime) is a former French alpine skier. Marielle is the younger sister of Christine Goitschel, another champion skier of the time, and the aunt of current speed skier Philippe Goitschel. After great success in the 1962 World Championships and 1964 Winter Olympics, winning 5 medals including 3 golds, Goitschel was considered the world's best female skier. - Rainer Schönfelder
Rainer Schönfelder is an Austrian skier who won the 2003-2004 men's World Cup slalom title. - Annie Famose
Annie Famose is a French former Alpine skier. She was a member of the dominating French alpine skiing national team in the 1960s. She won two medals at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, as well as three medals (including one gold in slalom) at the 1966 World Championships in Portillo, Chile. Famose was a versatile all-event skier who was a threat to win races in any discipline, but she excelled in the slalom. She won two World Cup slalom races in 1967, … - Šárka Záhrobská
Šárka Záhrobská, born February 11, 1985 in Benecko, Krkonoše Mountains) is a Czech alpine skier, specializing in the slalom event. She won the gold medal in slalom at the 2007 World Championships and narrowly missed a bronze in the super combined, finishing in 4th place by 0.20 seconds. Two years earlier, she won her first medal at the 2005 World Championships, taking the bronze in slalom while placing 5th in the combined. - Henna Raita
Henna Raita (24 January 1975 in Lahti, Finland) is an alpine skier. Raita has been part of the Finnish Alpine skiing team since the 1990's. She got her first world cup points during the season 1999-2000 in Copper Mountain, USA when she was 13th in slalom. Raita stands 1.73 metres (5 ft 8 in) tall and weighs 65 kg (143 lb). She is currently trained by Kimmo Oivo and Michael Bont. - Günther Mader
Günther Mader is an Austrian former alpine skier. During a lengthy career which spanned from 1982 to 1998, he won 14 alpine skiing World Cup races. He is one of only five men to have won World Cup races in all five alpine disciplines, downhill, Super G, giant slalom, slalom, and combined. He placed 2nd overall in the World Cup standings in 1995 and 1996, and 3rd in 1990. __NOTOC_ - Kentaro Minagawa
is a Japanese alpine skier. His first international successes were at the 1996 Junior World Championships in Schwyz, with a 5th rank in Slalom, and a 9th rank in Giant Slalom. Since the 1997 Alpine Skiing World Cup he has been participating regularly in World Cup races, eight times ranking in the top ten. Shortly before the 2006 Winter Olympics he ranked 4th in Wengen, Switzerland. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy he also ranked 4th, … - Divina Galica
Divina Galica is an English member of the Order of the British Empire, best known for her Olympics career and her motorsport racing career. By age 20, she participated in her first Olympic games at Innsbruck 1964, competing in downhill skiing and the slalom. She also participated in the next two winter Olympics, at Grenoble 1968 and Sapporo 1972. Galica, a two-time captain of the British Women’s Olympic Ski Team, … - Corinne Schmidhauser
Corinne Schmidhauser (born 30 May 1964) is a former Swiss alpine skier. In 1987, she won the World Cup in slalom. - Francisco Fernández-Ochoa
Francisco Fernández-Ochoa was a Spanish alpine skier. He was born in Madrid. Throughout his career he won only one World Cup race. However, he won a gold medal in slalom during the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. He is known as being the only Spaniard ever to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. German-born Johann Muehlegg won three gold medals in cross-country skiing, but was stripped of his gold medals for doping offenses. - André Myhrer
André Myhrer in a Swedish alpine skier. He has competed in the Alpine skiing World Cup, finishing 34th overall in 2005. Myhrer won the 2007 slalom race at Beaver Creek. Myhrer also represented Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics. - Josef Stiegler
Josef (Pepi) Stiegler (born April 20, 1937) was a member of the Austrian national alpine ski team during the 1960s and one of the world's premier racers. He is the father of U.S. woman alpine skier Resi Stiegler. In the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, Josef Stiegler won a silver medal in Giant Slalom. At the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, he took the bronze medal in Giant Slalom and the gold in Slalom. - Hias Leitner
Matthias "Hias" Leitner (born September 22, 1935) is an Austrian former alpine skier. At the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States he won silver in the slalom competition. In 1966, 1967, and 1968 he won the Alpine skiing professional ski racing circuit. - Spencer Bane
Spencer Bane is a skier and world-class ski instructor. He works at Crested Butte Academy as a freestyle team coach. He has won the national title for giant slalom, slalom, and downhill, making him the third skier in history to win the triple crown of skiing. He has also gone on to win slopestyle, and is currently retired from active competition and now dedicates his time to coaching Cole Rebora, a future national champion. - Veronika Zuzulová
Veronika Zuzulová is the most successful Slovak alpine skier in recent years. She has three World Cup podiums to her credit, both in slalom: 3rd place in Zweisel, Germany on February 8, 2004 3rd place in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on January 7, 2007 and 3rd place in Sierra Nevada, Spain on February 25, 2007. - Janne Mikkola
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