Jump to content

Tommy Ford (skier)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tommy Ford
Ford in 2023
Personal information
Born (1989-03-20) March 20, 1989 (age 35)
Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
OccupationAlpine skier
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Skiing career
DisciplinesGiant slalom, super-G
ClubMount Bachelor Ski
Education Foundation
World Cup debutOctober 25, 2009 (age 20)
Websiteonionsontop.tumblr.com
Olympics
Teams3 – (2010, 2018, 2022)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams5 – (2011, 20152019, 2023)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons13 – (20102013, 20152023)
Wins1 – (1 GS)
Podiums3 – (3 GS)
Overall titles0 – (22nd in 2020)
Discipline titles0 – (5th in GS, 2020)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing the  United States
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Méribel Team event

Tommy Ford (born March 20, 1989) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.[1] He specializes in giant slalom and super-G; his best World Cup result to date is a first-place finish at a giant slalom event in December 2019. He has represented the US in three Winter Olympics and five World Championships.

Career

[edit]

Ford was on skis at age two, as his parents were racers and coaches. Raised in Bend, Oregon, he skied and raced at nearby Mount Bachelor and later attended Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, and has won eight titles at the U.S. Alpine Championships.[2]

During the 2013 season, Ford fractured his right femur in mid-January while free skiing in La Clusaz, France. Following surgery in Annecy, he returned to the U.S. and missed over two years, including the 2013 World Championships and 2014 Winter Olympics.[3][4] During the 2017 season, Ford had five top-20 finishes in giant slalom and was 25th in the season standings.

Ford attained his first career World Cup top-ten finish in December 2017, a tenth-place finish in giant slalom in Beaver Creek, Colorado. At the 2018 Winter Olympics at Pyeongchang, he was twentieth in the giant slalom at Yongpyong. Ford scored two more top-tens in March with a ninth at Kranjska Gora and an eighth at the World Cup finals at Åre and was 17th in the giant slalom standings for the 2018 season.

During the 2019 season, Ford had four top-ten finishes in giant slaloms and was tenth in the GS season standings.

Ford began the 2020 season with his strongest finish to date, with a fourth in the opening GS at Sölden, Austria. Several weeks later, he earned his first World Cup podium with a win in the giant slalom at Beaver Creek in December 2019.[5]

He has qualified to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[6]

World Cup results

[edit]

Season standings

[edit]
Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super G Downhill Combined Parallel
2010 20 116 35
2011 21 108 41 37
2012 22 74 28 46
2013 23 136 49
2014 24 injured: did not compete
2015 25 118 36
2016 26 109 39 56
2017 27 82 25
2018 28 58 17
2019 29 41 10
2020 30 22 5 12
  2021^ 31 44 13
2022 32 135 46
2023 33 74 23
2024 34 48 20
Standings through 19 December 2023
^ Season-ending injuries on 9 January 2021

Race podiums

[edit]
  • 1 win – (1 GS)
  • 3 podiums – (3 GS), 17 top tens (16 GS, 1 PG)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2020 8 Dec 2019 United States Beaver Creek, United States Giant slalom 1st
22 Feb 2020 Japan Yuzawa Naeba, Japan Giant slalom 3rd
2021 7 Dec 2020 Italy Santa Caterina, Italy Giant slalom 2nd

World Championship results

[edit]
  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel Team
event
2011 21 DNF2 14
2013 23 injured: did not compete
2015 25 19
2017 27 DNF1
2019 29 12
2021 31 injured: did not compete
2023 33 DNF2 1

Olympic results

[edit]
  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined Team
event
2010 20 26
2014 24 injured: did not compete
2018 28 20
2022 32 12 4

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Tommy Ford". Team USA. Archived from the original on December 29, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  2. ^ "Ford, Staples win combined titles". U.S. Ski Team. March 30, 2012. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
  3. ^ "Tommy Ford fractures femur in France". Ski Racing.com. January 16, 2013.
  4. ^ "Ford out with fractured femur". U.S. Ski Team. January 16, 2013.
  5. ^ "Tommy Ford ends US men's World Cup drought at Beaver Creek". NBC Sports. December 8, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  6. ^ OlympicTalk (January 22, 2022). "Team USA athlete roster for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
[edit]