Todd Lodwick

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Todd Lodwick

Full name	Todd Lodwick
Date of birth	November 21, 1976 (1976-11-21) (age 31)
Place of birth	Steamboat Springs, U.S.
Height	5'10"
Professional information
Club	Steamboat Springs Winter Sports CLU
Skis	Rossignol
World Cup
Seasons	1993-2006
Wins	6
Additional podiums	18
Total podiums	24
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Todd Lodwick (born November 21, 1976 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado) is a retired american nordic combined skier and by several measures the most successful north american in this sport ever. During his international career between 1993 and 2006 he participated in four Winter Olympics and 143 World Cup events. His greatest success have been 6 World Cup wins (including the 7.5 km sprint event at the 1998 Holmenkollen ski festival, only the third American to win anything at this prestigious event) and the gold medal at the 1996 Junior World Championships in Asiago, Italy. He finished in Top Ten of the World Cup overall standings eight consecutive years with a fourth place being his best result in the seasons 1997/98, 1999/2000 and 2004/05. Furthermore, Lodwick won 18 US-championships in nordic skiing (10 in nordic combined and 8 in ski jumping).

Despite competing on such a high level over a long period, he never won a medal at a major event, although in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City he came very close, finishing fourth in the 4 x 5 km team event and fifth in the 7.5 km sprint event.