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Ted Ligety Profile |
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Birth Date: August 31, 1984
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Birth Place: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Birth Name: Ted Sharp Ligety
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Height: 5'11"
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Biography |
Ted Ligety is an alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team. He
is a former Olympic gold medalist and the reigning World Cup
champion in the giant slalom. Currently, he has four World
Cup victories (all in giant slalom), 15 podiums, and 48 top
ten finishes.
Growing up in Park City Mountain Resort, Utah, Ligety began
skiing at two and started racing at eleven. He was named to
the U.S. Skiing Development Team and won a silver medal in
slalom in the Junior World Cup in 2004. He made his first
start in a World Cup event during the 2004 World Cup season
in the giant slalom at Park City, and he was added to the
U.S. Ski Team full-time in the 2005 season, during which he
had four top-15 finishes in slalom, placing 24th overall in
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since March 13, 2009
Anyhow, Ted is living proof that Olympic outdoors sports tend to go hand in hand with hunkiness, especially at Olympic level, yet he should be better advised to avoid long hair, looks count for lots of endorsements etc. in any competetive career, and top-competition-sports are highly media-sensitive in today's (not even only Western) reality