Tommy Ford (skier)

Tommy Ford ( born March 20, 1989 in Bend, Oregon) is an American alpine skier. His strongest disciplines of giant slalom, slalom and super -G.

Biography

Ford played his first FIS race in December 2004. First great success he achieved at the U.S. Junior Championships in March 2006, when he won the slalom, giant slalom, Super -G and the combination and second in the downhill was. From 2007 to 2009 Ford participated in three World Junior Championships. During 2007, his best result of the 22 place in the slalom was, he was in 2008 ranked fourth in the giant slalom just behind the medals. At the Junior World Championships 2009 in Garmisch -Partenkirchen, he won behind Norwegian Jesper Riis- Johannessen silver in the slalom. At the U.S. Championships in 2008 and 2009 Ford reached the second place in the giant slalom. He was also excellent in the two years from Ski Racing Magazine's Junior of the Year.

In the Nor- Am Cup Ford since January 2007 at the start. In the 2007 /08 season he reached his first top - 10 rankings and in the last race of the winter, the giant slalom at Whiteface Mountain, the first victory. In the 2008 /09 season he remained without podiums, but came nine times in the top ten, and thus in the overall standings to tenth place. The second victory was on 16 March 2010 in the giant slalom at Waterville Valley.

In the World Cup Ford debuted on 25 October 2009 at the giant slalom in Soelden. The first World Cup points he won on December 20 of the same year with 24th place in the giant slalom on the Gran Risa in Alta Badia. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he finished 26th in the giant slalom. In March 2010, he won his first U.S. title in slalom, giant slalom, and in combination. His previous best World Cup result reached Ford on February 5, 2011 in Hinterstoder with rank 11 in the Super -G. Four days later, he scored in the Super- G World Cup 2011 in Garmisch -Partenkirchen on the 14th place, while He left after the World Cup giant slalom in the second round. In the Nor- Am Cup, he celebrated in the 2010/11 season with two wins and reached the second place in the giant slalom standings. Like last year, he was in 2011 three times U.S. champion, this time in super-G, giant slalom and combined.

In the World Cup season 2011/2012 Ford drove in four giant slaloms into the top 20 with a 12th place in Bansko was his best result of the season. In the Nor -Am and the European Cup he won this winter ever a giant slalom. At winter's end, he won another two U.S. Masters titles in slalom and in the combination.

Achievements

Olympic games

  • Vancouver 2010: 26 Giant Slalom

World Championships

  • Garmisch -Partenkirchen 2011: 14 Super -G

Junior World Championships

  • Altenmarkt 2007: 22 Slalom, 26 downhill, giant slalom 32
  • Formigal 2008: 4 Giant Slalom, 10 combination, slalom 18, 22, Super -G, downhill 37
  • Garmisch -Partenkirchen 2009: 2nd Slalom, Super-G, 8, 32 departure

World Cup

  • 3 places in the top 15

Nor- Am Cup

  • Season 2007/ 08: 10 Giant Slalom rating
  • Season 2008/ 09: 10th overall, 8 Giant Slalom rating
  • Season 2009/ 10: 8 Giant Slalom rating
  • Season 2010/ 11: 8th overall, 2nd giant slalom standings, 6 Super Combination Evaluation
  • 8 podiums, 5 wins:

Other successes

  • 8 U.S. Championship titles (Super -G in 2011, 2010 and 2011 giant slalom, slalom in 2010 and 2012, combined from 2010 to 2012 )
  • U.S. junior champion in slalom, giant slalom, Super-G and combined 2006
  • 2 wins in the European Cup
  • 4 wins in FIS races
Slalom skiing World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 2012 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup Bend (Oregon) Waterville Valley, New Hampshire FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics Aspen (Colorado) Whistler (British Columbia)
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