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Ted Ligety

1984 - Today

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2024). Ted Ligety is the 259th most popular skier (up from 272nd in 2024), the 13,343rd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,316th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Ted Ligety ranks 259 out of 817. Before him are Kamil Stoch, Hubert Neuper, Horst Bulau, Matti Hautamäki, Didier Défago, and Jakub Janda. After him are Helena Šikolová, Michael von Grünigen, Petra Kronberger, Marco Odermatt, Blanka Paulů, and Thomas Müller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Ted Ligety ranks 276. Before him are Simon Fourcade, Luca Marinelli, Michael Rensing, Finn Wittrock, Han Ji-hye, and Corey Graves. After him are Rajkummar Rao, Han Geng, Christian Bolaños, Birce Akalay, Abdelkader Ghezzal, and Akiko Sudo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ted Ligety ranks 13,347 out of 20,380. Before him are Stanley Hauerwas (1940), Joseph Bernardin (1928), Leroy Burrell (1967), Road Warrior Hawk (1957), Max Martini (1969), and Corey Graves (1984). After him are Sarah Drew (1980), Arthur Fry (1931), Taylor Townsend (1996), Jon Abrahams (1977), Jessica Bowman (1980), and Barbara Lee (1946).

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Among SKIERS In United States

Among skiers born in United States, Ted Ligety ranks 9. Before him are Mikaela Shiffrin (1995), Bode Miller (1977), Barbara Cochran (1951), Bill Johnson (1960), Andrea Mead Lawrence (1932), and Gretchen Fraser (1919). After him are Jessica Diggins (1991), Julia Mancuso (1984), Tamara McKinney (1962), Tommy Moe (1970), Jason Lamy-Chappuis (1986), and Diann Roffe (1967).

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