Luke Winters

Luke Winters

Personal information
Born	(1997-04-02) April 2, 1997 (age 28) Gresham, Oregon, U.S.
Occupation	Alpine skier
Sport
Country	United States
Skiing career
Disciplines	Slalom, giant slalom
Club	Mount Hood Race Team and Academy
World Cup debut	November 18, 2018 (age 21)
Olympics
Teams	1 – (2022)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	3 – (2021, 2023, 2025)
Medals	1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	4 – (2019–2022)
Podiums	0
Overall titles	0 – (62nd in 2022)
Discipline titles	0 – (23rd in SL, 2022)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing the   United States World Championships 2023 Méribel Team event World Junior Championships 2018 Davos Super-G

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.

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	—	—	—	—N/a
2022	24	62	23	—	—	—
2023	25	93	31	—	—	—

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
2023	4 January 2023	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany	Slalom	11th
	4 February 2023	Chamonix, France	Slalom	12th

World Championship results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant   slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined	Team Combined	Parallel	Team  event
2021	23	DNF2	—	—	—	—	—N/a	—	—
2023	25	30	—	—	—	—	—	1
2025	27	DNF2	—	—	—	—N/a	—	—N/a	—

Olympic results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant  Slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2022	24	DNF1	DNF1	—	—	—

World Junior Championship results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant   slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2018	20	DNF2	DNF1	3	9	22

United States Championships

Further information: United States Alpine Ski Championships

• United States slalom champion in 2019 and 2020
• United States combined champion in 2019 and 2021

References

1. Luke Winters at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
2. "Luke Winters". usskiandsnowboard.org.
3. OlympicTalk (2022-01-22). "Team USA athlete roster for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
4. 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 U.S. Ski & Snowboard
• Luke Winters at Olympedia
• Luke Winters at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Luke Winters at U.S. Ski Team