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Miller first gained widespread recognition when he won two silver medals at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] in the [[Giant Slalom]] and Combined events. Miller grew up on 500 acres (2 km²) of land in the forests of [[New Hampshire]] without electricity or running water, where he was [[home schooling | home-schooled]]. During his high school years Miller attended the [[Carrabassett Valley, Maine|Carrabassett Valley Academy]] in Maine where he also played tennis and soccer. |
Miller first gained widespread recognition when he won two silver medals at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] in the [[Giant Slalom]] and Combined events. Miller grew up on 500 acres (2 km²) of land in the forests of [[New Hampshire]] without electricity or running water, where he was [[home schooling | home-schooled]]. During his high school years Miller attended the [[Carrabassett Valley, Maine|Carrabassett Valley Academy]] in Maine where he also played tennis and soccer. |
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Miller is known for his reckless style, often risking crashes to increase his chances of winning a given race |
Miller is known for his reckless style, often risking crashes to increase his chances of winning a given race, for his reclusive but outspoken personality, and for making attention-getting statements. |
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On the program ''[[60 Minutes]]'', in [[January 2006]], Miller described the act of skiing drunk and compared it to driving while intoxicated. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10727859/] He issued an apology for these comments less than a week after they aired. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10820499/] During an interview with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' later the same month, he claimed [[Lance Armstrong]], [[Barry Bonds]], and unspecified other athletes "knowingly" cheated by using performance enhancing drugs. [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11045824/] |
On the program ''[[60 Minutes]]'', in [[January 2006]], Miller described the act of skiing drunk and compared it to driving while intoxicated. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10727859/] He issued an apology for these comments less than a week after they aired. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10820499/] During an interview with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' later the same month, he claimed [[Lance Armstrong]], [[Barry Bonds]], and unspecified other athletes "knowingly" cheated by using performance enhancing drugs. [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11045824/] |
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Samuel Bode Miller (born October 12 1977, Easton, New Hampshire) (middle name pronounced Bode-ee, in IPA [boʊˈdiː]) is an American alpine skier.
Miller first gained widespread recognition when he won two silver medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics in the Giant Slalom and Combined events. Miller grew up on 500 acres (2 km²) of land in the forests of New Hampshire without electricity or running water, where he was home-schooled. During his high school years Miller attended the Carrabassett Valley Academy in Maine where he also played tennis and soccer.
Miller is known for his reckless style, often risking crashes to increase his chances of winning a given race, for his reclusive but outspoken personality, and for making attention-getting statements.
On the program 60 Minutes, in January 2006, Miller described the act of skiing drunk and compared it to driving while intoxicated. [1] He issued an apology for these comments less than a week after they aired. [2] During an interview with Rolling Stone later the same month, he claimed Lance Armstrong, Barry Bonds, and unspecified other athletes "knowingly" cheated by using performance enhancing drugs. [3]
In the 2002/2003 season Miller sought the overall FIS World Cup title but fell just short, finishing second to Austrian Stephan Eberharter. In the 2003/2004 season he won FIS World Cup titles in two disciplines: Giant Slalom and Combined but placed 4th in the competition for the overall title. In the 2004/2005 season Miller won his first overall FIS World Cup title, defeating Austrians Benjamin Raich and Hermann Maier. Miller also won the 2005 FIS World Cup title in Super-G and was second in both Downhill and Giant Slalom.
In the 2004/2005 season, Miller also made history by winning at least one race in each of the four standard disciplines: Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super-G, and Downhill: by winning a slalom in Sestriere, Italy, on December 13, 2004, he shared this record with Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg, who had been the first man to accomplish this feat in 1989. The victory was his sixth of the season after only ten races.
Miller has historically fared well at the FIS World Ski Championships. At the 2003 Ski Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, he won three medals: gold in Giant Slalom and combined, and silver in Super-G. At the 2005 FIS World Ski Championships in Bormio, Italy he won two gold medals: in Super-G and in Downhill.
Bode's autobiography, Bode: Go Fast, Be Good, Have Fun, co-written with his friend Jack McEnany, was published by Villard/Random House on October 18, 2005.
Miller's first four bids in the 2006 Winter Olympics have fallen short: a 5th place finish in the Downhill, a disqualification—while in first place at the time—during the second leg of the Combined event, a DNF(Did Not Finish) in the Super G, and a tie for 6th in the Giant Slalom. He has one final chance to medal in this Olympics.
External link
- Official website
- Bode Miller's U.S. Olympic Team Bio ... with links to features, photos, interviews