Ted Ligety

Ted Ligety is a champion I genuinely enjoy. The Salt Lake City native won Olympic gold in combined at Turin 2006 and giant slalom at Sochi 2014, plus five World Cup giant slalom titles, making him a true master of his discipline. What I admire most, though, is that he co-founded Shred Optics while still competing, building the very gear he used. That entrepreneurial instinct, paired with technique forged in Utah's mountains, sets him apart. His famously deep, carving turns feel like the product of a meticulous, inventive mind, and I respect athletes who reshape their sport rather than just winning within it.

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Name (English)

Ted Ligety

Name (Japanese)

テッド・リゲティ

Reading

てっど・りげてぃ

Born

August 31, 1984 (age 42)

Origin

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Height

180 cm

Occupation

alpine skier

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rat

• Official sitehttp://www.tedligety.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ted_ligety/
• Xhttps://x.com/tedligety
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted%20Ligety
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B2%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23405

Tags

• Utah
• alpine skier

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.