Atle Lie McGrath
Norwegian alpine skier
Atle Lie McGrath
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Born |
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2000-04-21
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21 April 2000
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23)
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Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Disciplines | Slalom , Giant slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Bærums SK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | 12 January 2019 (age 18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 1 – ( 2022 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seasons | 5 – ( 2019 – 2023 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 2 – (2 SL ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 5 – (3 SL, 1 GS , 1 PG ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (12th in 2022 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 0 – (3rd in SL , PAR , 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Atle Lie McGrath (born 21 April 2000) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer , a member of the Norwegian Alpine Ski Team. [2] He gained his first World Cup podium in December 2020 in a giant slalom at Alta Badia , Italy, and his first win in March 2022 in slalom at Flachau , Austria.
Skiing career
Lie McGrath competed at the Junior World Championships in 2018 and 2019 ; he raced all of the events (DH, SG, AC, GS, and SL) both years. In 2018, he was the best U18 skier in three events; in 2019, he was the silver medalist in the combined. Lie McGrath was also fourth in the downhill, just 0.01 second from the podium. [3]
World Cup results
Season standings
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom |
Giant
slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel |
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2020 | 19 | 133 | 55 | — | — | — | — | 35 |
2021 | 20 | 56 | 44 | 21 | — | — | — | 16 |
2022 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 17 | — | — | 3 | |
2023 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 30 | — | — |
Race podiums
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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2021 | 20 Dec 2020 |
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Giant slalom | 2nd |
2022 | 14 Nov 2021 |
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Parallel-G | 3rd |
25 Jan 2022 |
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Slalom | 2nd | |
9 Mar 2022 |
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Slalom | 1st | |
20 Mar 2022 |
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Slalom | 1st |
Olympic results
Year | Age | Slalom |
Giant
Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2022 | 21 | 31 | DNF1 | — | — | — |
Personal life
Born in the United States in Vermont , Lie McGrath moved to Oslo when he was two years old. His father, American Felix McGrath , raced for the U.S. Ski Team on the World Cup circuit from 1984 through 1990. [4] His mother, Selma Lie, was a cross-country ski racer in Norway and on the NCAA circuit for the University of Vermont . [5] [6] He also has a younger brother named Leo.
Lie McGrath grew up as a multisport athlete, also racing cross-country skiing until age 12 and playing football until age 15. [ citation needed ] He represents the sports club Bærums SK . [3]
References
- ↑ "Atle Lie MCGRATH" . Olympics.com . Retrieved 3 February 2022 .
- ↑ Staff (May 13, 2019). "Norway Names 2019-20" . FIS . Retrieved 2020-01-13 .
- 1 2 Atle Lie McGrath at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- ↑ "McGrath second in World Cup race" . Nashua Telegraph . (New Hampshire, U.S.). March 20, 1988. p. C2.
- ↑ Staff (2003). "Selma Lie (2003) - University of Vermont Athletic Hall of Fame" . University of Vermont Athletics . Retrieved 2020-01-12 .
- ↑ Snow Country . Vol. 3. The New York Times Company. December 1990. p. 27.
External links
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Atle Lie McGrath
at
FIS
(alpine)
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Atle Lie McGrath
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Olympics.com
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Atle Lie McGrath
at Olympedia
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Atle Lie McGrath
at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Atle Lie McGrath at Head Skis
- Atle Lie McGrath at Olympics.com
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Atle Lie McGrath
at
Olympedia
- Atle Lie McGrath at Team Norway (in Norwegian)