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Meet our US Ski Team athletes| EVENT | EVENT Date(s) | Locations |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | ||
| Aspen Winternational Women's Alpine World Cup | November 28 - 30 | Aspen, CO |
| Audi Birds of Prey | December 4 7 | Beaver Creek, CO |
| U.S.Snowboarding Grand Prix #1 | December 13 - 14 | Copper Mtn, CO |
| 2009 | ||
| Nature Valley Freestyle Cup | January 16 - 19 | Lake Placid, NY |
| Visa Freestyle International | January 29 31 | Deer Valley, UT |
| U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix #2 | January 29 - 31 | Boreal, CA |
| Visa U.S. Snowboarding Cup | February 27 March 1 | Sunday River, ME |
| U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix #3 - hp | March 13 15 | Killington, VT |
| Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships | March 27 29 | Alyeska, AK |
| Sprint U.S. Freestyle Championships | March 27 29 | TBD |
| Hartford U.S. Disabled Alpine Championships | March 28 April 2 | Winter Park, CO |
| USSA Junior Olympics (5 resorts, 15 days, Alpine/Freestyle/Cross Country) | March, TBD | TBD |
Lindsey Vonn
Lindsey Vonn, a Minnesota native who turned 24 in October, is one of the few world-class, four-event ski racers. Growing up in the Twin Cities area, Vonn was on skis at age 2. As a teenager she excelled at every level. Besides winning the World Cup overall and downhill titles in 2008, she's the only American to win at Italy's Trofeo Topolino (for skiers 11-14), and earn Junior Worlds medals and U.S. titles.
Career Highlights:
- Olympics; 2002, '06; Worlds: '05, '07
- 2008: World Cup Overall Champion
- 2008: World Cup Downhill Champion
- 2008: Most successful downhiller in U.S. history
- 2007: Two World Championships silvers (DH, SG)
- 2005: First World Cup win (DH), five other top-3s
- 2004: First World Cup podium (DH, Cortina)
- Four U.S. titles, three Junior Worlds medals
- 6th in 02 Olympic combined (top U.S. womens result)
Billy Demong
Billy Demong was on cross country skis by 3 and racing by 6. At 10, he started jumping in Larry Stone's Lake Placid program. He muscled his way into a preseason trip before the '98 Olympic season and earned his way onto the World Cup tour, competing in the Nagano Winter Games at 17 and his first World Championships the next year. Demong became only the second U.S. Nordic Combined skier to earn an Olympic or World Championships medal and then went on to be the first U.S. Nordic skier to finish on the World Cup Overall Podium in 2008.
Career Highlights:
- Olympics - 1998, '02, '06; Worlds - 1999, '01, '05, '07
- 2008: Third in the Overall World Cup standings
- 2007: Silver medal in the individual event at Worlds Champs
- 7 National Titles in Nordic Combined and Ski Jumping
- 9 career World Cup Podiums
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