Daron Rahlves

Daron Rahlves
	Rahlves in 2012
Personal information
Born	June 12, 1973 (age 51); Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, super-G, giant slalom
Club	Sugar Bowl Ski Team
World Cup debut	March 13, 1994 (age 20)
Retired	March 26, 2006 (age 32) / February 21, 2010 (age 36)
Website	DaronRahlves.com
Olympics
Teams	3 – (1998, 2002, 2006) – alpine; 1 – (2010) – freestyle
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	6 – (1996–2005)
Medals	3 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	12 – (1995–2006)
Wins	12 – (9 DH, 3 SG)
Podiums	28 – (20 DH, 7 SG, 1 GS)
Overall titles	0 – (4th in 2006)
Discipline titles	0 – (2nd in DH & SG, 2004)
Medal record
Representing the United States
Men's alpine skiing
World Cup race podiums
World Championships
Men's freestyle skiing
Winter X Games

Daron Louis Rahlves (born June 12, 1973) is a former American World Cup alpine ski racer and freestyle skier.

Biography

A Rahlves Olympic bib (left) displayed in a museum.

Born in Walnut Creek, California, and raised in Northern California, Rahlves attended the Green Mountain Valley School in Vermont and currently resides in Truckee, California. He retired from racing at the end of the 2006 season with twelve World Cup victories and a world championship.

Rahlves earned three World Championships medals, a gold in 2001 in the super-G and a silver and bronze (downhill and giant slalom) in 2005. His best year in the overall World Cup standings was 2006, when he finished fourth. Rahlves' best years in the downhill standings were 2003 and 2004, when he placed second. He was also the runner-up in the Super G standings in 2004.

Rahlves was named to the U.S. Olympic team as a freestyle skier for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. He competed in the ski cross event at Cypress Mountain and placed 24th.

Personal life

Daron is married to Michelle ^[1] and has twins: son Dreyson and daughter Miley (born in July 2007).^[2]

Movies

Rahlves has been featured in several movies as his racing career matured and after retirement. 2005 brought Rahlves' first appearance in Warren Miller's "Impact". In 2007, Rahlves was featured in Rage Films' movie "Enjoy" as well as Jalbert Productions' "The Thin Line: Examination of the downhill" and in 2008 has segments in Warren Miller's "Children of Winter" and again in Rage Film's movie "Down Days". He has also been in Warren Miller's Dynasty and Matchstick Productions' "In Deep in 2009. In 2010 Rahlves starred in Teton Gravity Research's "Light The Wick" and in 2011 Warren Miller's "Like There's No Tomorrow". Rahlves was a featured in Teton Gravity Research's "The Dream Factory". Most recently, Rahlves rode a night scene in Alyeska in which the snow was backlit with array of projected LED colors for Sweetgrass Productions "Afterglow" in 2014.

Awards and titles

2001 World Championships in St. Anton, Austria: Gold Medal in Super-G.
2003 Hahnenkamm in Kitzbühel, Austria: 1st place in Downhill, the first American champion on the prestigious Streif course in 44 years (Buddy Werner in 1959).
2004 Hahnenkamm in Kitzbühel, Austria: 1st place in Super G, becoming the first American champion ever in that race.
2005 World Championships in Bormio, Italy: Silver Medal in Downhill behind Bode Miller, completing the first 1-2 finish for American men ever at the Worlds.
- Bronze Medal in Giant slalom.
2006 Lauberhorn in Wengen, Switzerland: 1st place in Downhill (third American to win)
12 World Cup victories.
7 U.S. National Championships titles

World Cup results

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
1995	21	59	—	—	18	—	—
1996	22	58	—	27	18	—	—
1997	23	47	—	—	11	—	—
1998	24	57	—	—	12	46	—
1999	25	53	—	—	19	32	—
2000	26	20	—	47	10	10	—
2001	27	29	—	38	17	15	—
2002	28	34	—	45	12	19	—
2003	29	6	—	49	24	2	—
2004	30	5	—	33	2	2	—
2005	31	5	—	12	3	4	—
2006	32	4	—	11	3	3	—

Race victories

12 wins – (9 DH, 3 SG)
28 podiums – (20 DH, 7 SG, 1 GS)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline
2000	3 Mar 2000	Kvitfjell, Norway	Downhill
2000	4 Mar 2000	Kvitfjell, Norway	Downhill
2003	29 Dec 2002	Bormio, Italy	Downhill
2003	25 Jan 2003	Kitzbühel, Austria	Downhill
2004	5 Dec 2003	Vail, USA	Downhill
	23 Jan 2004	Kitzbühel, Austria	Super-G
	7 Mar 2004	Kvitfjell, Norway	Super-G
	10 Mar 2004	Sestriere, Italy	Downhill
2005	11 Mar 2005	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Super-G
2006	2 Dec 2005	Beaver Creek, USA	Downhill
	29 Dec 2005	Bormio, Italy	Downhill
	14 Jan 2006	Wengen, Switzerland	Downhill

World Championship results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
1996	22	—	DNF1	22	—	—
1997	23	—	DNF1	DNF	31	—
1999	25	—	—	13	DNF	—
2001	27	—	19	1	5	—
2003	29	—	16	22	DSQ	—
2005	31	—	3	10	2	—

Olympic results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
1998	24	—	20	7	—	—
2002	28	—	—	8	16	—
2006	32	—	DNF1	9	10	—
2010	36	24th in ski cross (freestyle)

References

^ "US Ski Team profile". Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

Daron Rahlves at FIS (alpine)
Daron Rahlves at FIS (freestyle)
Daron Rahlves at Olympedia
Daron Rahlves at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
Official website

[1] "US Ski Team profile". Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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