Atle Lie McGrath

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Atle Lie McGrath
Atle Lie McGrath 2019.jpg
February 2019
Personal information
Born (2000-04-21) 21 April 2000 (age 24)
Burlington, Vermont, U.S. [1]
Occupation Alpine skier
Skiing career
Disciplines Slalom, Giant slalom
Club Bærums SK
World Cup debut12 January 2019 (age 18)
Olympics
Teams1 – (2022)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams2 – (2023, 2025)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons7 – (20192025)
Wins3 – (3 SL)
Podiums15 – (11 SL, 3 GS, 1  PG)
Overall titles0 – (7th in 2025)
Discipline titles0 – (3rd in SL and PAR, 2022)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
World Cup race podiums
Event1st2nd3rd
Slalom362
Giant slalom012
Parallel001
Total375
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Saalbach Slalom
Junior World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Val di Fassa Combined
Medalists of the men's combined event at the 2019 Junior World Championships, from left to right: Lie McGrath (NOR), Tobias Hedstrom (SWE), Lucas Braathen (NOR) McGrath Hedstroem Braathen JWC2019.jpg
Medalists of the men's combined event at the 2019 Junior World Championships, from left to right: Lie McGrath (NOR), Tobias Hedström (SWE), Lucas Braathen (NOR)

Atle Lie McGrath (born 21 April 2000) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, a member of the Norwegian Alpine Ski Team. [2] He gained his first World Cup podium in December 2020 in a giant slalom at Alta Badia, Italy, and his first win in March 2022 in slalom at Flachau, Austria.

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Skiing career

McGrath competed at the Junior World Championships in 2018 and 2019; he raced all of the events (DH, SG, AC, GS, and SL) both years. In 2018, he was the best U18 skier in three events; in 2019, he was the silver medalist in the combined. McGrath was also fourth in the downhill, just 0.01 second from the podium. [3]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombinedParallel
2020 19 133 55 35
2021 20 56 44 21 16
2022 21 12 3 17 3
2023 22 20 11 18 30
2024 23 12 11 8
2025 24 7 5 14
Standings through 27 March 2025

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2021 20 Dec 2020 Flag of Italy.svg Alta Badia, Italy Giant slalom 2nd
2022 14 Nov 2021 Flag of Austria.svg Lech/Zürs, Austria Parallel-G 3rd
25 Jan 2022 Flag of Austria.svg Schladming, Austria Slalom 2nd
9 Mar 2022 Flag of Austria.svg Flachau, AustriaSlalom1st
20 Mar 2022 Flag of France.svg Méribel, FranceSlalom1st
2023 8 Jan 2023  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Adelboden, SwitzerlandSlalom2nd
2024 7 Jan 2024Slalom2nd
14 Jan 2024  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Wengen, SwitzerlandSlalom2nd
1 Mar 2024 Flag of the United States.svg Aspen, USAGiant slalom3rd
2025 27 Oct 2024 Flag of Austria.svg Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom3rd
24 Nov 2024 Flag of Austria.svg Gurgl, AustriaSlalom2nd
15 Dec 2024 Flag of France.svg Val d'Isère, FranceSlalom2nd
23 Dec 2024 Flag of Italy.svg Alta Badia, ItalySlalom3rd
19 Jan 2025  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Wengen, SwitzerlandSlalom1st
16 Mar 2025 Flag of Norway.svg Hafjell, NorwaySlalom2nd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombinedTeam
Combined
ParallelTeam
event
2023 22 DNF 5
2025 24 2 10 DNF2 7

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2022 21 31 DNF1

Personal life

Born in the United States in Vermont, McGrath moved to Oslo when he was two years old. His father, American Felix McGrath, raced for the U.S. Ski Team on the World Cup circuit from 1984 through 1990. [4] His mother, Selma Lie, was a cross-country ski racer in Norway and on the NCAA circuit for the University of Vermont; [5] [6] he has a younger brother named Leo.

McGrath grew up as a multisport athlete, also racing cross-country skiing until age 12 and playing football until age 15.[ citation needed ] He represents the sports club Bærums SK. [3]

References

  1. "Atle Lie MCGRATH". Beijing 2022 Olympics . Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  2. Staff (May 13, 2019). "Norway Names 2019-20". FIS. Archived from the original on 2023-06-13. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  3. 1 2 Atle Lie McGrath at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  4. "McGrath second in World Cup race". Nashua Telegraph. (New Hampshire, U.S.). March 20, 1988. p. C2.
  5. Staff (2003). "Selma Lie (2003) - University of Vermont Athletic Hall of Fame". University of Vermont Athletics. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  6. Snow Country. Vol. 3. The New York Times Company. December 1990. p. 27.