Bode Miller

World Cup Champion, Alpine Skiing

Career Highlights:  Known for his speed and risk-taking approach, Bode Miller won his second overall Alpine Skiing World Cup title in four years this season, after also winning the title in 2005…His title helped lead the U.S. ski team to sweep both the men’s and women’s overall World Cup titles for the first time in 25 years, as Lindsey Vonn won the woman’s title… With 31 World Cup victories, Miller is the most successful American alpine skier ever passing the great Phil Mahre earlier this year… He is also a four-time World Champion in four different disciplines (slalom, giant slalom, Super G, and downhill)…Miller won the gold medal in both the downhill and the giant slalom at the 2006 U.S. National Championships… He also competed for the U.S. at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy… In 2005 he became the first American skier in 22 years to win the prestigious Alpine skiing World Cup overall title…His go-for-broke and win-or-crash style has made Miller a worldwide fan favorite …He finished the 2004-05 World Cup season with seven victories and won the World Cup super G title for the 2004-05 season when he tied teammate Daron Rahlves for first place in the final super G race of the season…Miller captured gold medals in the downhill and super G at the 2005 World Alpine Ski Championship in Bormio, Italy…He accomplished what only two other men have done in the history of Alpine skiing World Cup by leading the overall standings from the season’s start to finish…His other career accomplishments include the 2003-04 World Cup giant slalom title, six World Cup victories in 2004, two gold medals and a silver medal at the 2003 World Alpine Ski Championships, and six U.S. National Championships gold medals…Miller also captured two silver medals in the giant slalom and the combined at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City (the only two alpine medals won by an American at the Games)…He started skiing at age three and began competing at 11…Miller wrote a book titled “Bode:  Go Fast, Be Good, Have Fun.”

Updated: May, 2008
Courtesy NBC