Bill Demong
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Bill Demong | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Bill Demong | |
Nickname | Billy | |
Date of birth | March 28, 1980 | |
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 | |||
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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.
[edit] References
- Eurosport.com report on Demong's victory in Lahti, Finland. - Accessed Match 9, 2007.
- FIS-Ski: Bill Demong - statistics
- U.S. Ski Team Biography
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