Ted Ligety

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ted Ligety
Occupation	Skier
Date Of Birth	Aug 31, 1984(1984-08-31)
Age	40
Birthplace	Salt Lake City
Country	United States
Birth City	Utah
Horoscope	Leo

Ted Ligety Biography

Ted Ligety is one of the most popular and richest Skier who was born on August 31, 1984 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Alpine skier who earned the silver medal at the combined events of the 2006 Olympics as well as at the giant slalom event at the 2014 Olympics.

He was Olympic teammate together with He has been Olympic teammates with Bode Miller..

After the Olympics, Ligety won the giant slalom in Kranjska Gora for a record sixth time. At the season finals in Lenzerheide he surprisingly finished second, tied with Christof Innerhofer, in the downhill race. The result was his first ever podium in downhill and made him only the second American skier in history, after Bode Miller, to podium in all five alpine skiing disciplines. Ligety then finished fifth in the final super-G race. Before the last giant slalom race of the season Ligety was trailing Marcel Hirscher by 50 points for the discipline title. However, Ligety won the race on March 15 with a 0,03 second advantage over Alexis Pinturault and with Hirscher finishing fourth, both skiers ended the season tied with 560 points. The Crystal Globe was however awarded to Ligety who won due to having five discipline victories during the season compared to Hirscher’s two. This was the fifth giant slalom title in Ligety’s career. – Hirscher lost the title in that last giant slalom race with a deficit of 0.01 seconds to the 3rd place (achieved by Felix Neureuther) which is awarded 60 points, therefore 10 points more than fourth place.

Through a Citi charitable program, Ligety supports Youth Enrichment Services, an organization located in Boston founded in 1968, that takes urban youth to the mountains and teaches them how to ski and snowboard.

Parents of the boy have been Bill Ligety and Cyndi Sharp two real estate agents.

Ted Ligety Net Worth

Ted Ligety is one of the richest Skier from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ted Ligety 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began to ski when he was only two years old.

In 2013, at the World Championships he won three gold medals.

Ligety was very skeptical of the new FIS rules for the giant slalom, and cited David Dodge. Dodge stated that it was well known that if one tipped the new ski 7° more it would have the same turning radius than the old 27m ski. The greater knee angulation would then increase the risk of injury. Doubts if the new rules would affect his level of skiing didn’t last long as Ligety won the first race of the season in Soelden by a huge margin of 2.75 seconds over Manfred Moelgg who finished second. The season turned out to be the best in Ligety’s career as he finished on podium in all eight giant slalom races of the season and winning six of them. That feat helped him to regain the discipline title. In overall standings Ligety finished on the career best 3rd place.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Ted Ligety height 5 ft 11 in Ted weight 86 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Ted Ligety Dating?

According to our records, Ted Ligety married to Mia Pascoe. As of December 1, 2023, Ted Ligety’s is not dating anyone.

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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. Ligety’s first major victory of his professional career came at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, held at Sestriere. 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. 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 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 Turin, Ligety also participated in the giant slalom and the slalom, but he failed to complete either event. Following his Olympic victory in the combined, Ligety recorded his first World Cup victory, a win in the giant slalom in Yongpyeong, South Korea. He finished ninth in the overall World Cup standings for the year, marking the first time that three American men had placed in the top 10 (along with Bode Miller in third and Daron Rahlves in fourth), despite the fact that he did not compete in downhill or super-G that year. – It was a little surprise that Ted Ligety’s first win was in a giant slalom because he wasn’t known as a good giant slalom racer (he had only placed in the top ten in one race before, being 8th at Sölden on October 23, 2005 – and he had bib-number 18, a number which is behind the top fifteen of the world; at that time he was far better in the slalom by finishing 3rd at Beaver Creek on December, 4th, and also at Kranjska Gora on December 2005, and indeed finishing second at Adelboden on January 8). On that March 5, he was only 8th-placed after the first leg (with a deficite of 1.13 sec. behind leading Davide Simoncelli but he was able to overtake all elite racers in the second leg). – It took long until he could achieve a second win (Kranjska Gora on March 8, 2008). There is an additional note: A day before his first win there also was carried out a giant slalom at Yongpyong but he did miss; beset with jetleg, he didn’t wake up in time.

Facts & Trivia

Ted Ranked on the list of most popular Skier. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ted Ligety celebrates birthday on August 31 of every year.

In the summer of 2006, Ligety changed his ski supplier from Völkl to Rossignol. With Rahlves’ retirement, Ligety began to compete in all five events. However, he managed only two podium finishes during the season, a second in slalom and a third in giant slalom. Disappointingly, he had three fourth-place finishes, one in giant slalom, one in super combined, and one in the World Cup finals downhill, as well as a fourth-place finish in the giant slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden, missing a medal by 0.07 seconds. He finished eleventh overall in 2007.

Top Facts about Ted Ligety

1. Ted Ligety is a retired American alpine skier.
2. He won two Olympic gold medals in 2006 and 2014.
3. Ligety has also won five World Championship titles.
4. He is known for his technical skills in giant slalom.
5. Ligety has won 25 World Cup races in his career.
6. He was born on August 31, 1984, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
7. Ligety started skiing at the age of two and racing at ten.
8. His nickname is “Mr. GS” due to his success in giant slalom events.
9. Injuries forced him to retire from competitive skiing in 2021.
10. Ligety founded Shred Optics, a company that produces ski goggles and helmets.

Is Ted a ligety?

Olympics

How many kids does Ted Ligety have?

With a growing family (wife Mia and three sons ) back home and his Utah- based global business, Shred, Ligety decided to retire last February. And he’s anxious to make a few fun runs of his own on the slopes of Utah’s Deer Valley Resort this winter.

How many Olympic medals does Ted Ligety have?

Ligety won two Olympic gold medals , five world titles and five season titles, many of them in GS.

How old is Ted Ligety?

37 years (August 31, 1984)

What does Ted Ligety do?

Ted Ligety – Alpine Ski Racer Ted Ligety is one of the best giant slalom racers in the history of skiing. At age 21, he shocked the world by becoming the youngest American male to win an Olympic Gold Medal in Alpine Skiing.