Luke Winters
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.
| Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Slalom, Giant slalom | |||||||||||||
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| Club | Mount Hood Race Team and Academy | |||||||||||||
| Born | April 2, 1997 Gresham, Oregon, U.S. | |||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | November 18, 2018 (age 21) | |||||||||||||
| Olympics | ||||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 – (2022) | |||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | |||||||||||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 – (2021) | |||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 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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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 21 | no World Cup points | |||||
| 2020 | 22 | 127 | 49 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 23 | 116 | 39 | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 24 | 62 | 23 | — | — | — | — |
Top 20 results
- 0 podiums; 3 top tens
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Junior World Championship results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 20 | DNF2 | DNF1 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
References
- Luke Winters at the International Ski Federation
- "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