Jared Goldberg
| — Alpine skier ♂ — | |
| Disciplines | giant slalom, slalom, super combined, super-G, downhill |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 17, 1991 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Height | 6 ft (183 cm)[1] |
| World Cup debut | Lake Louise, Canada, 2012[2] |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | USA: 2014 |
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.
Early life
Goldberg was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Don and Annette Goldberg, and is Jewish.[3][4][5] His family moved to Utah when he was four years old, and his hometown is Holladay, Utah.[6] He had his bar mitzvah celebration in a ski lodge.[7]
For high school, he went to Skyline High School in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he also played lacrosse.[4][8] He attended Westminster College, where he studied mechanical engineering and environmental biology.[6][4][9]
Skiing career
Goldberg's club is Snowbird Sports Education Foundation.[6]
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.[6] He took third in Super-G (SG) at the 2012 U.S. Championships.[6]
Goldberg won the downhill title in the 2013 U.S. Championships in Copper Mountain, Colorado, where also took second in SG.[6] He took third in GS at the 2014 U.S. Championships.[6]
Goldberg represented the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics and competed in Sochi, Russia, coming in 11th in Men's combined (SC), 12th in DH, and 19th in Men's giant slalom.[10][6][1]
In the 2015 World Championshiops, Goldberg had the third-fastest downhill run, AC, in Vail/Beaver Creek.[6] In 2016, skiing at Snowbird in Utah his left ski hit a hidden tree trunk and he snapped his Achilles tendon.[11]
He competed in the 2017 Alpine World Ski Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in February 2017.[12] In March 2017 he took second place in SG at the U.S. Alpine Championships.[13]
References
- 1 2 "Jared Goldberg Bio, Stats, and Results," Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
- ↑
- ↑ "Sizing up some of the non-Israeli Jews in Sochi," The Jerusalem Post.
- 1 2 3 "Team USA: Athlete Roster - Skiing," Archived 2016-07-12 at the Wayback Machine. 2014 U.S. Olympic Team Media Guide.
- ↑ "Jared Goldberg: A Passion for the Mountains," First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Jared Goldberg | U.S. Ski Team - Alpine", alpine.usskiteam.com.
- ↑ "4 Jewish Athletes To Watch at Sochi Winter Olympics", The Forward.
- ↑ Lindsey Van. "Meet the 15 Utahns who will help represent the US at the Sochi Olympics," Deseret News.
- ↑ "The Weirdest Dance Moves We’ve Seen in a While," Skiracing.com.
- ↑ "Jared GOLDBERG | Alpine Skiing | United States – Sochi 2014 Olympics". m.sochi2014.com. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
- ↑ "Sugarloaf a stop on road to recovery for U.S. ski team's Goldberg; Utah resident shakes off torn Achilles to resume budding international career," CentralMaine.com.
- ↑ "Feuz claims World Championship downhill title," Skiracing.com.
- ↑ "Ross, Cochran-Siegle win super G at US Alpine Championships," WTOP.