Travis Ganong

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Travis Ganong
Born (1988-07-14) July 14, 1988 (age 35)
Truckee, California, U.S.
Occupation Alpine skier
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Skiing career
Disciplines Downhill, Super-G
Club Squaw Valley Ski Club
World Cup debutNovember 28, 2009 (age 21)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2014, 2022)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams7 – (2011–2023)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons14 – (2010–2023)
Wins2 – (2 DH)
Podiums6 – (5 DH, 1 SG)
Overall titles0 – (20th in 2022)
Discipline titles0 – (9th in DH, 2014)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing the
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Beaver Creek Downhill

Travis Ganong (born July 14, 1988) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. Born and raised in Truckee, California, he competed for the U.S. at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, [1] and placed fifth in the downhill at Rosa Khutor, 0.41 seconds behind the winner. [2]

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Ganong gained his first World Cup victory on December 2014 in a downhill in Santa Caterina, Italy. [3] At his third World Championships in 2015 at Beaver Creek, Colorado, he won the silver medal in the downhill. Ganong injured his right knee (ACL) in late December 2017 at Bormio and missed the rest of the season, including the 2018 Olympics. [4]

Ganong has been in a relationship with Canadian alpine racer Marie-Michèle Gagnon since 2008. [5] [6] The pair met through mutual friend Louis-Pierre Hélie. [7] In 2014, the couple moved to a new home in Lake Tahoe, California. [8] [9]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
2010 21149——53——
2011 22115——4544—
2012 2388——6030—
2013 2457——4518—
2014 2523——199—
2015 2629——2711—
2016 2725——1911—
2017 28 22 — — 15 12 —
2018 29 106 — — 31 55 —
2019 30 44 — — 16 20 —
2020 31 24 — — 12 13 —
2021 32 40 — — 16 18 —
2022 33 20 — — 14 11
2023 34 35 — — 46 11
Standings through 5 February 2023

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2014 1 Mar 2014 Flag of Norway.svg   Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill 3rd
2015 28 Dec 2014 Flag of Italy.svg Santa Caterina, ItalyDownhill1st
2016 28 Nov 2015 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill3rd
2017 27 Jan 2017 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyDownhill1st
2022 3 Dec 2021 Flag of the United States.svg Beaver Creek, USA Super-G 3rd
2023 21 Jan 2023 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill3rd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
2011 22 — — 18 24 —
2013 24 — — — DNF —
2015 26 — — DNF 2 —
2017 28 — — 14 25 —
2019 30 — — DNF 26 —
2021 32 — — 8 12 —
2023 34 — — 30 28 —

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
2014 25 — — 23 5 —
2018 29Injured, did not compete [4]
2022 33 — — 12 20 —

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References

  1. ↑ Travis Ganong – United States Archived 2014-07-19 at the Wayback Machine – Sochi 2014 Olympics.
  2. ↑ "Travis Ganong leads U.S. in downhill". Lake Placid News. 2014-02-09. Archived from the original on 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  3. ↑ "Maiden victory for Travis Ganong". Federation Internationale de Ski . 28 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Travis Ganong out for season with torn knee ligament". Summit Daily. (Frisco, Colorado). January 1, 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  5. ↑ Reguly, Eric (9 February 2014). "Canada's Gagnon draws inspiration from boyfriend's run ahead of alpine Olympic debut". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "Das WM-Liebespaar: Gagnon und Ganong" [The World Championship lovers: Gagnon and Ganong]. Kleine Zeitung (in German). 15 February 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  7. ↑ Bossé, Olivier (18 November 2017). "Marie-Michèle Gagnon: le feu de l'effort" [Marie-Michèle Gagnon: the fire of the effort]. Le Soleil (Quebec) (in French). Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  8. ↑ Gilbert, Manon (15 October 2014). "Le virage de Marie-Michèle Gagnon" [The turn of Marie-Michèle Gagnon]. Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  9. ↑ Drouin, Simon (31 March 2014). "Changement de cap pour Marie-Michèle Gagnon" [Change of course for Marie-Michèle Gagnon]. La Presse (Canadian newspaper) (in French). Retrieved 2 March 2019.
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