Luke Winters
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Born | (1997-04-02) April 2, 1997 (age 27) Gresham, Oregon, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||
Skiing career | |||||||||||||||||||||
Disciplines | Slalom, giant slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Mount Hood Race Team and Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | November 18, 2018 (age 21) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 1 – (2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 1 – (2021, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 4 – (2019–2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (62nd in 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 0 – (23rd in SL, 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Luke Winters (born April 2, 1997) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer.[1] He was a medalist at the Junior World Championships in 2018. At the World Cup level, Winters focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.
Career
At the 2018 Junior World Championships in Davos, Switzerland, Winters won the bronze medal in the Super-G, was ninth in the downhill, and 22nd in the Alpine combined. In November 2018, he made his World Cup debut in the slalom at Levi, Finland. The following March, he gained his first national championship title, winning the alpine combined at Sugarloaf, Maine. He followed that up with his second national title, in slalom at Waterville Valley.[1][2]
In December 2019, he scored his first World Cup points at 19th place in the slalom at Val-d'Isère, France; he was second after the first run with bib 40. At his first World Championships in 2021, he was fifteenth after the first run of the slalom but failed to finish.
He has qualified to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[3]
Personal life
Born and raised in Gresham, Oregon, a suburb east of Portland, Winters learned to race at Mount Hood. He attended Sugar Bowl Academy, a ski academy in northern California near Lake Tahoe, and graduated in 2015.[4] Winters has a twin brother, two sisters, and two great parents.[2]
World Cup results
Season standings
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2019 | 21 | no World Cup points | |||||
2020 | 22 | 127 | 49 | — | — | — | — |
2021 | 23 | 116 | 39 | — | — | — | — |
2022 | 24 | 62 | 23 | — | — | — | |
2023 | 25 | 93 | 31 | — | — | — |
Top 20 results
- 0 podiums; 3 top tens
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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2020 | 15 December 2019 | Val-d'Isère, France | Slalom | 19th |
2021 | 31 January 2021 | Chamonix, France | Slalom | 19th |
2022 | 9 January 2022 | Adelboden, Switzerland | Slalom | 10th |
22 January 2022 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Slalom | 11th | |
9 March 2022 | Flachau, Austria | Slalom | 7th | |
20 March 2022 | Méribel, France | Slalom | 8th | |
2023 | 4 January 2023 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Slalom | 11th |
4 February 2023 | Chamonix, France | Slalom | 12th |
World Championship results
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2021 | 23 | DNF2 | — | — | — | — |
2023 | 25 | 30 | — | — | — | — |
Olympic results
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2022 | 24 | DNF1 | DNF1 | — | — | — |
Junior World Championship results
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2018 | 20 | DNF2 | DNF1 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
United States Championships
- United States slalom champion in 2019 and 2020
- United States combined champion in 2019 and 2021
References
- ^ a b Luke Winters at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- ^ a b "Luke Winters". usskiandsnowboard.org.
- ^ OlympicTalk (2022-01-22). "Team USA athlete roster for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ Scacco, Justin. "Sugar Bowl alumnus Luke Winters picks up World Cup points in Croatia". www.sierrasun.com. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
External links
- Luke Winters at FIS (alpine)
- Luke Winters at Olympedia
- Luke Winters at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Luke Winters at U.S. Ski Team
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- 2005: (Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer, Andreas Ertl, Martina Ertl, Florian Eckert, Hilde Gerg, Felix Neureuther)
- 2007: (Renate Götschl, Michaela Kirchgasser, Marlies Schild, Mario Matt, Fritz Strobl, Benjamin Raich)
- 2009: 0000Not contested
- 2011: (Taïna Barioz, Anémone Marmottan, Tessa Worley, Thomas Fanara, Cyprien Richard, Gauthier de Tessières)
- 2013: (Nicole Hosp, Michaela Kirchgasser, Carmen Thalmann, Marcel Hirscher, Marcel Mathis, Philipp Schörghofer)
- 2015: (Eva-Maria Brem, Marcel Hirscher, Nicole Hosp, Michaela Kirchgasser, Christoph Nösig, Philipp Schörghofer)
- 2017: (Adeline Baud Mugnier, Nastasia Noens, Tessa Worley, Mathieu Faivre, Julien Lizeroux, Alexis Pinturault)
- 2019: (Aline Danioth, Andrea Ellenberger, Wendy Holdener, Sandro Simonet, Daniel Yule, Ramon Zenhäusern)
- 2021: (Sebastian Foss-Solevåg, Kristin Lysdahl, Kristina Riis-Johannessen, Fabian Wilkens Solheim, Thea Louise Stjernesund)
- 2023: (Tommy Ford, Katie Hensien, Paula Moltzan, Nina O'Brien, River Radamus, Luke Winters)