Bill Demong

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Bill Demong
Personal information
Full name Bill Demong
Nickname Billy
Date of birth March 28, 1980 (1980-03-28) (age 28)
Place of birth Saranac Lake, USA
Professional information
Club Lake Placid Ski Club
Skis Atomic
World Cup
Seasons 1997-
Wins 3
Additional podiums 5
Total podiums 8
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Medal record
Men's nordic combined
World Championships
Silver 2007 Sapporo 15 km individual

Bill Demong (born March 29, 1980, Vermontville, New York) is an American Nordic combined skier who has been competing since 1999. He won the silver medal in the 15 km individual event at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo.

Demong's best finish at the Winter Olympics was 14th in the 7.5 km event at Salt Lake City in 2002. He also finished fourth in the 4 x 5 km team event at those same games.

Demong has three 15 km individual World Cup victories with one in 2002 (Liberec, Czech Republic) and two in 2007 (Lahti, Finland: March 9; Trondheim, Norway: December 8). He also had three victories in World Cup B events in the United States in 2004 and 2005 as well.

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