Travis Ganong
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | July 14, 1988 Truckee, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, super-G | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Squaw Valley Ski Club | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | November 28, 2009 (age 21) | ||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 – (2014) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 3 – (2011, 2013, 2015) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 6th – (2011–16) | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 1 – (1 DH) | ||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 3 – (3 DH) | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (23rd in 2014) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (9th in DH, 2014) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Travis Ganong (born July 14, 1988) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer. He competed for the U.S. at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.[1]
At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Ganong placed 5th in the men's downhill with a time of 2:06.64, which was 0.41 behind the winning time.[2]
Ganong won his first World Cup race on December 28, 2014, a victory in downhill in Santa Caterina, Italy.[3]
Ganong is in a relationship with Canadian alpine skier Marie-Michèle Gagnon.[4]
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 21 | 149 | — | — | 53 | — | — |
| 2011 | 22 | 115 | — | — | 45 | 44 | — |
| 2012 | 23 | 88 | — | — | 60 | 30 | — |
| 2013 | 24 | 57 | — | — | 45 | 18 | — |
| 2014 | 25 | 23 | — | — | 19 | 9 | — |
| 2015 | 26 | 29 | — | — | 27 | 11 | — |
| 2016 | 27 | 25 | — | — | 19 | 11 | — |
Race podiums
- 1 win – (1 DH)
- 3 podiums – (3 DH)
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 01 Mar 2014 |  Kvitfjell, Norway |
Downhill | 3rd |
| 2015 | 28 Dec 2014 |  Santa Caterina, Italy |
Downhill | 1st |
| 2016 | 28 Nov 2015 |  Lake Louise, Canada |
Downhill | 3rd |
World Championship results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | — | — | 18 | 24 | — |
| 2013 | 24 | — | — | — | DNF | — |
| 2015 | 26 | — | — | DNF | 2 | — |
Olympic results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 25 | — | — | 23 | 5 | — |
References
- ^ Travis Ganong – United States – Sochi 2014 Olympics.
- ^ "Travis Ganong leads U.S. in downhill". Lake Placid News. 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
- ^ "Maiden victory for Travis Ganong". Federation Internationale de Ski. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ Mastarciyan, Michael (16 November 2013). "5 Things You Should Know About...Marie-Michele Gagnon". Federation Internationale de Ski. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
External links
- Travis Ganong at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- FIS-ski.com – Travis Ganong – World Cup season standings
- Ski-db.com – results – Travis Ganong
- Sports Reference – Olympic results – Travis Ganong
- U.S. Ski Team – profile – Travis Ganong
- Atomic Skis – athletes – Travis Ganong
- Sochi 2014 – Travis Ganong
- Travis Ganong on Twitter
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