Jared Goldberg (born June 17, 1991) is an American Olympic alpine skier, and a member of the United States Ski Team's alpine skiing program.
He was the 2010 U.S. Junior Championships combined champion, and won the downhill title in the 2013 U.S. Championships. Goldberg competed for the United States in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
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Early life
Goldberg was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Don and Annette Goldberg. His family moved to Utah when he was four years old, and his hometown is Sugar House, Utah. He is Jewish and had his bar mitzvah celebration in a ski lodge.
Jared grew up powder skiing at Snowbird Ski Resort in Salt Lake City, Utah. His freeskiing backround is what has helped him excel in jumps, terrain, and to ski comfortably at high speeds.
For high school, he went to Skyline High School in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he also played the mid field position in lacrosse. He attends Westminster College, where he studies mechanical engineering.
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Skiing career
Goldberg's club is Snowbird Sports Education Foundation.
Goldberg was the 2010 U.S. Junior Championships combined champion, and took second in Junior downhill and third in junior giant slalom (GS) in the 2011 U.S. Junior Championships. He took third in Super-G (SG) at the 2012 U.S. Championships.
Goldberg won the downhill title in the 2013 U.S. Championships in Copper Mountain, Colorado, where also took second in SG. He took third in GS at the 2014 U.S. Championships.
In 2013, Goldberg was the overall Nor-Am Champion, competing in three different circuits that season; Nor-Am Cup, Europa Cup, and World Cup.
Goldberg represented the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics and competed in Sochi, Russia, coming in 11th in Men's combined (SC), and 19th in Men's giant slalom.
In the 2015 World Championshiops, Goldberg had the third-fastest downhill run, AC, in Vail/Beaver Creek. In 2016, skiing at Snowbird in Utah his left ski hit a hidden tree trunk and he snapped his Achilles tendon.
He competed in the 2017 Alpine World Ski Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in February 2017. In March 2017 he took second place in SG at the U.S. Alpine Championships.
References
External links
- United States Ski Team Profile for Jared Goldberg
- FIS bio
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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