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{{Short description|American alpine skier (born 1984)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Similar names|Ligeti (surname)}}
{{Infobox alpine ski racer
|name           = Ted Ligety
|image          = Ted Ligety 27797638.jpg
|image_size     = 210
|caption        = Ligety in 2018
|disciplines    = [[Giant slalom]], [[super-G]], [[Slalom skiing|slalom]], [[Alpine skiing combined|combined]]
|club           = [[Park City, Utah|Park City]] Ski Education Foundation
|birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1984|8|31}}
|birth_place    = [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|height         = 5 ft 11 in
|wcdebut        = November 22, [[2004 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2003]] (age 19)
|retired        =
|website        = [http://www.tedligety.com/ tedligety.com]
|olympicteams   = 4 – ([[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]], [[Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]], [[Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]], [[Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018]])
|olympicmedals  = 2
|olympicgolds   = 2
|worldsteams    = 7 – ([[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005|2005]]–[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015|15]], [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019|2019]])
|worldsmedals   = 7
|worldsgolds    = 5
|wcseasons      = 18 – ([[2003-04 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2003]]–[[2020–21 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2021]])
|wcwins         = 25 – (24 [[Giant slalom|GS]], 1 [[Alpine skiing combined|SC]]) <!-- 25 thru 5 Dec 201 -->
|wcpodiums      = 52 – (1 [[Downhill (ski competition)|DH]], 2 [[Super-G|SG]], 41 [[Giant slalom|GS]],<br />{{spaces|9}} 6 [[Slalom skiing|SL]], 2 [[Alpine skiing combined|SC]]) <!-- 52 thru 3 Feb 2019 -->
|wcoveralls     = 0 – ''(3rd – [[2013 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2013]])''
|wctitles       = 5 – (5 [[Giant slalom|GS]])
|show-medals    = yes
|medals         =
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[alpine skiing]]}}
{{Medal|Country|the {{USA}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Cup race podiums}}  <!-- 52 thru 3 Feb 2019 -->
{{MedalCount | total = yes
| Slalom   | 0 | 2 | 4
| Giant    | 24 | 7 | 10
| Super-G  | 0 | 2 | 0
| Downhill | 0 | 1 | 0
| Combined | 1 | 1 | 0 <!--
| Parallel | 0 | 0 | 0 -->
}}
{{Medal|Competition|International alpine ski competitions}}
{{MedalCount|total=yes
| [[Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]] | 2 | 0 | 0
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|World Championships]] | 5 | 0 | 2
}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Turin]]|[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's combined|Combined]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014 Sochi]]|[[Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|Giant slalom]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011|2011 Garmisch]]|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 – Men's giant slalom|Giant slalom]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013|2013 Schladming]]|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's super-G|Super-G]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013|2013 Schladming]]|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's super combined|Combined]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013|2013 Schladming]]|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's giant slalom|Giant slalom]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015|2015 Beaver Creek]]|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's giant slalom|Giant slalom]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009|2009 Val d'Isère]]|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 – Men's giant slalom|Giant slalom]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015|2015 Beaver Creek]]|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's super combined|Combined]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships|Junior World Ski Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships 2004|2004 Maribor]]|Slalom}}
}}
'''Theodore Sharp Ligety''' (born August 31, 1984) is a retired American [[Alpine skiing|alpine ski racer]], a two-time [[Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics|Olympic]] gold medalist, and an entrepreneur, having cofounded [[Shred Optics]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.inc.com/magazine/201402/will-yakowicz/ted-ligety-olympic-skier-shred.html|title=Olympic Skier Ted Ligety's Other Job: Entrepreneur|date=January 22, 2014|work=Inc.com|access-date=2017-07-27}}</ref> Ligety won the [[alpine skiing combined|combined]] event at the [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Olympics in Turin]] and the [[Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|giant slalom race]] at the [[Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014 Olympics in Sochi]]. He is also a five-time [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|World Cup]] champion in [[giant slalom]] ([[2008 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2008]], [[2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2010]], [[2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2011]], [[2013 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2013]] and [[2014 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2014]]).<ref name="tl4cry">{{cite web|url=http://www.skiracing.com/?q=node/21813|publisher=Ski Racing.com|title=Ligety takes final GS and fourth GS crown|date=March 16, 2013}}</ref> Ligety won the gold medal in the [[giant slalom]] at the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011|2011 World Championships]].  He successfully defended his world title in giant slalom in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013|2013]] in [[Planai|Schladming]], Austria, where he also won an unexpected gold medal in the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's super-G|super-G]] and a third gold medal in the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's super combined|super combined]].<ref name="tgm">{{cite news|url=http://www.skiracing.com/?q=node/21715|publisher=Ski Racing.com|title=Third Gold medal for Ted Ligety|date=February 15, 2013}}</ref>

Ligety planned to participate in the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021|2021 World Championships]] in [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]] but withdrew due to an injury, which prompted his retirement from ski racing in early February, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fis-ski.com/en/alpine-skiing/alpine-news-multimedia/news-multimedia/news/winter-2020-21/ted-ligety-announces-retirement|title=Ted Ligety announces retirement|date=February 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/02/13/ted-ligety-alpine-skiing-retire/|title = Ted Ligety forgoes final race before retirement - Alpine Skiing|date = February 13, 2021}}</ref> He finished his career with 25 victories (24 in giant slalom and 1 super combined) and 52 podiums in World Cup competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ski-db.com/db/profiles/ted_ligety_usa_534562.php|title=Ted Ligety U.S.A.: Facts and Figures|work=Ski-Db.com|publisher=Matteo Pacor|access-date=January 9, 2022}}</ref> His Olympic [[giant slalom]] gold medal, 24 GS World Cup wins, 3 GS world championship gold medals and 5 World Cup titles put him among the three greatest giant slalom skiers of all time, according to Ski-DB.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ski-db.com/db/stats/sup_gsm.php|title=Men's GS Super Ranking|work=Ski-Db.com|publisher=Matteo Pacor|access-date=January 9, 2022}}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Ligety was born in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], the son of Cyndi Sharp and Bill Ligety, who are real estate agents.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/sports/this-skiing-thing-works-out-all-right-for-ligety.html|title=Told to Be 'Realistic,' Ted Ligety Defied His Doubters|first=Bill|last=Pennington|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 12, 2014|access-date=February 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/torino/alpine/2006-02-14-ligety-cover_x.htm|title=USATODAY.com - Late-bloomer Ligety's gold 'unexpected'|website=usatoday30.usatoday.com}}</ref> He grew up in [[Park City, Utah|Park City]] and began skiing at two and racing at ten.  He attended [[The Winter Sports School in Park City|The Winter Sports School]] and graduated in 2002.  Ligety was named to the U.S. Skiing Development Team and won a silver medal in slalom in the Junior World Championships in 2004.  He made his first start in a World Cup event during the [[2004 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2004 World Cup]] season in the giant slalom at Park City. In the summer of 2004, Ligety and [[United States Ski Team|U.S. Ski Team]] head coach Sasha Rearick studied [[Fu Style Baguazhang|Fu Style]] Tai Chi.<ref name = "Wayne">{{cite book | author = Peter M. Wayne, Mark L. Fuerst | title = The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi|year=2013 | page = 179 | publisher = Shambhala | isbn = 978-1590309421 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8V9Scs0LdaYC&pg=PT178}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tai Chi Classes Return to Park City|last=Waldburger|first=Adia|date=November 13, 2004|work=The Park Record}}</ref> The next winter in the [[2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2005 season]], Ligety was added to the U.S. Ski Team full-time, during which he had four top-15 finishes in slalom, placing 24th overall in the discipline.

===2006 season===
{{See also|2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup}}
Ligety recorded his first World Cup podium finish in the first [[2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup - Men's Slalom|slalom of the season]], at [[Beaver Creek Resort|Beaver Creek]] in December, and followed that up with a second and a third during the next three slaloms. Ligety's first major victory of his professional career came at the [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]], held at [[Sestriere]].  Ligety won the gold medal in the men's [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's combined|combined]] event, a major upset after the two racers favored to win the event failed to finish the slalom portion. At age 21, he became the first American man to win an Olympic gold medal in [[alpine skiing]] in a dozen years, since [[Tommy Moe]] won the [[Downhill skiing|downhill]] at the [[Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994 Winter Olympics]] in [[Lillehammer]], [[Norway]].  Ligety also became just the fourth American male skier to win Olympic gold, along with Moe, [[Phil Mahre]] (slalom, 1984) and [[Bill Johnson (skier)|Bill Johnson]] (downhill, 1984).  At Turin, Ligety also participated in the [[giant slalom]] and the [[Slalom skiing|slalom]], but he failed to complete either event.  Following his Olympic victory in the combined, Ligety recorded his first [[Alpine skiing World Cup|World Cup]] victory, a win in the giant slalom in [[Yongpyong Ski Resort|Yongpyeong]], [[South Korea]]. He finished ninth in the overall World Cup standings for the year, marking the first time that three American men had placed in the top 10 (along with [[Bode Miller]] in third and [[Daron Rahlves]] in fourth), despite the fact that he did not compete in downhill or [[super-G]] that year. - It was a little surprise that Ted Ligety's first win was in a giant slalom because he wasn't known as a good giant slalom racer (he had only placed in the top ten in one race before, being 8th at [[Sölden]] on October 23, 2005 - and he had bib-number 18, a number which is behind the top fifteen of the world; at that time he was far better in the slalom by finishing 3rd at [[Beaver Creek Resort|Beaver Creek]] on December, 4th, and also at [[Kranjska Gora]] in December 2005, and indeed finishing second at [[Adelboden]] on January 8). On that March 5, he was only 8th-placed after the first leg (with a deficite of 1.13 sec. behind leading [[Davide Simoncelli]] but he was able to overtake all elite racers in the second leg). - It took long until he could achieve a second win (Kranjska Gora on March 8, 2008).

===2007 season===
{{See also|2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup}}
In the summer of 2006, Ligety changed his ski supplier from [[Völkl]] to [[Skis Rossignol|Rossignol]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.denverpost.com/snowsports/ci_4539242|newspaper=Denver Post|title=New sponsor will help meet the need for speed|last=Ligety|first=Ted|date=October 24, 2006|access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> With Rahlves' retirement, Ligety began to compete in all five events.  However, he managed only two podium finishes during the season, a second in slalom and a third in giant slalom.  Disappointingly, he had three fourth-place finishes, one in giant slalom, one in super combined, and one in the World Cup finals downhill, as well as a fourth-place finish in the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's giant slalom|giant slalom]] at the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007|2007 World Championships]] in [[Åre Ski Area|Åre]], [[Sweden]], missing a medal by 0.07 seconds.  He finished eleventh overall in [[2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2007]].

===2008 season===
{{See also|2008 Alpine Skiing World Cup}}
Ligety won his first [[Alpine Skiing World Cup|World Cup]] season title in the [[giant slalom]] in [[2008 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2008]], and finished fifth in the overall standings.   He won the final two giant slaloms of the year at [[Kranjska Gora]] and [[Bormio]] to edge out two-time defending champion [[Benjamin Raich]] of [[Austria]] for the season title.  He also recorded four other podium finishes: a second and a third in giant slalom and two third places in slalom.  In addition to his title, Ligety ranked seventh in combined and ninth in slalom. When the last giant slalom race was started on March 14, Ligety was ahead to Raich with a margin of 27 points, but in that actual race he was only seventh-placed after the first leg while Raich was second-placed. But Ligety did do a phenomenal best time in the second leg, becoming first ahead to Raich.

===2009 season===
{{See also|2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup}}
Ligety opened defense of his 2008 giant slalom title with a third-place finish in [[Sölden]], [[Austria]], and then placed second at [[Beaver Creek Resort|Beaver Creek]], [[Colorado]]. At the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009|2009 World Championships]] in [[Val d'Isère]], [[France]], Ligety took the bronze medal in the giant slalom, then won his fourth World Cup race at [[Kranjska Gora]]. He finished the season with another second at the finals in [[Åre Ski Area|Åre]], [[Sweden]], which left him ranked third in GS and ninth overall for the season.
Taking the bronze medal on February 13 (and starting with bib number 1) he had to strain because he was only ninth-placed (with a deficit of 1.71 sec. to leading [[Carlo Janka]]) after the first leg. In the second leg he took the lead and remained there until [[Benjamin Raich]] overtook him with a margin of 0.28 sec.

===2010 season===
[[File:World Cup Champs Ted Ligety and Lindsey Vonn.jpg|thumb|World Cup champs, 2010:<br />Ligety and [[Lindsey Vonn]]]]
{{See also|2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup}}
Ligety notched his fifth World Cup victory in January, his third win at [[Kranjska Gora]] in as many seasons. At the finals in [[Garmisch Classic|Garmisch]], [[Germany]], he finished on the podium to secure his second season title in giant slalom, and finished seventh in the overall standings.

At the [[Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Vancouver Olympics]] at [[Whistler Blackcomb|Whistler]],  he finished ninth in the [[Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|giant slalom]] (on February 23, he was eighth-placed after the first leg, 0.60 sec. behind leading [[Carlo Janka]], but he couldn't do better in the second leg) and fifth in the [[Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's combined|super combined]] on February 21.  He was fifteenth in the downhill portion and first in the one slalom run, to finish a half-second out of the medals. In the "special slalom" race (held on February 27; he had bib number 16), only a brief time elapsed when he came out of the course in the first leg.

===2011 season===
{{See also|2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup}}
After racing for four seasons on [[Skis Rossignol|Rossignol]] skis, Ligety switched his equipment supplier to [[Head (company)|Head]] in the summer of 2010,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121103163932/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/more/12/03/alpine.skiing.ted.ligety.ap/index.html ''Sports Illustrated''] – December 3, 2010 – accessed December 5, 2010</ref> as fellow American champions [[Lindsey Vonn]] and [[Bode Miller]] did in previous seasons. Ligety won his sixth World Cup race in December 2010, his first win on home snow in the [[United States of America|U.S.]], taking the giant slalom by a substantial 0.82 seconds at [[Beaver Creek Resort|Beaver Creek]], [[Colorado]], the site of his first podium five years earlier.  It was the first World Cup victory in the U.S. (and [[North America]]) by an American male in four years; the last was by Bode Miller in the downhill at Beaver Creek in December [[2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2006]]. Six days later, Ligety won the next GS race in [[Val d'Isère]], [[France]], by over a full second.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/50854710-77/ligety-cup-run-slalom.html.csp|newspaper=Salt Lake Tribune|title=World Cup skiing: Ligety crushes field, wins another giant-slalom title|date=December 11, 2010}}</ref> He won his third consecutive GS race at [[Alta Badia]], [[Italy]], the following week.

In February he won his first [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|world championship]], taking gold in the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 – Men's giant slalom|giant slalom]] at the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011|2011 World Championships]] in [[Garmisch Classic|Garmisch-Partenkirchen]], [[Germany]].  Fourth after the first run, Ligety won by 0.08 seconds over [[Cyprien Richard]] of France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skiracing.com/?q=node/9392|publisher=Ski Racing.com|title=Gold medal for USA's Ted Ligety|date=February 18, 2011}}</ref> He won his third season title in giant slalom in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|first=Graham|last=Dunbar|date=March 19, 2011|title=American Ted Ligety clinched the World Cup giant slalom title|work=[[The Washington Post]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|page=D4}}</ref>

===2012 season===
{{See also|2012 Alpine Skiing World Cup}}
Even though Ligety was able to win three giant slalom races during the season, he was dethroned as the discipline champion by an overall champion [[Marcel Hirscher]] from Austria. Before the last giant slalom race which was held on March 17 at [[Schladming]], Hirscher was in lead with 605 points ahead to Ted with 513 points. Therefore, Ted was forced to attack as powerful as he was able to do but he did fall in the first leg; he did continue but he finished on the 29th place (it was the last place), he had a deficite of 11.16 seconds to leading (it was not Hirscher, who was second) [[Hannes Reichelt]]. But Ted had lost; his only rehabilitation was that he could achieve the quickest time in the second leg, and finishing 25th (with a deficite of 10.03 seconds to Hirscher, who was victorious at last - but not gaining any point because in the final races there are only the best 15 can gain points).

===2013 season===
{{See also|2013 Alpine Skiing World Cup}}
Ligety was very skeptical of the new FIS rules for the [[giant slalom]], and cited David Dodge. Dodge stated that it was well known that if one tipped the new ski 7° more it would have the same turning radius than the old 27m ski. The greater knee angulation would then increase the risk of injury.<ref>[http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1389597-ted-ligety-skiings-most-outspoken-critic-is-still-the-best-in-the-world Ted Ligety, Skiing's Most Outspoken Critic, Is Still the Best in the World], bleacher report, October 28, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.skiracing.com/?q=node/11158 A Letter To FIS], David Dodge, 2011.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://warnernickerson.com/2011/08/26/more-fis-regulation-talk/ |title=More FIS regulation talk &#124; Warner Nickerson |access-date=October 30, 2012 |archive-date=January 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130106013030/http://warnernickerson.com/2011/08/26/more-fis-regulation-talk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.astm.org/DIGITAL_LIBRARY/STP/PAGES/STP47461S.htm Update on Injury Trends in Alpine Skiing], Johnson, Etlinger, Shealy, Update on Injury Trends in Alpine Skiing, 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.ski-online.de/xfiles_a6/1209459872_7.pdf Unfälle und Verletzungen im alpinen Skisport] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125064603/http://www.ski-online.de/xfiles_a6/1209459872_7.pdf |date=November 25, 2011 }}, David Schulz, Auswertungsstelle für Skiunfälle, Stiftung Sicherheit im Skisport, 2011.</ref> Doubts if the new rules would affect his level of skiing didn't last long as Ligety won the first race of the season in [[Soelden]] by a huge margin of 2.75 seconds over [[Manfred Moelgg]] who finished second. The season turned out to be the best in Ligety's career as he finished on podium in all eight giant slalom races of the season and winning six of them. That feat helped him to regain the discipline title. In overall standings Ligety finished on the career best 3rd place.

Ligety made his season even more impressive by winning three gold medals at the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013|World Championships]] in [[Schladming]]. The first gold he won surprisingly in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's super-G|super-G]] race which was his first victory in the discipline in an international level. Ligety then won also the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's super combined|super combined]] event and successfully defended his title in the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's giant slalom|giant slalom]]. It was the first time in 45 years that one male skier won three gold medals in one championships.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/16/sports/ted-ligety-pulls-off-rare-triple-at-skiing-championships.html|title=Ted Ligety Pulls Off Rare Triple at Skiing Championships|first=Bill|last=Pennington|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 15, 2013|access-date=February 13, 2018}}</ref>

===2014 season===
{{See also|2014 Alpine Skiing World Cup}}
Ligety won three giant slalom races prior to the [[Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014 Olympics]] in [[Sochi]]. On January 17, Ligety gained his 20th World Cup victory with a win in the [[Alpine skiing combined|super combined]] event in [[Lauberhorn|Wengen]], his first (and only) World Cup win outside the giant slalom discipline.

Entering the Olympics, Ligety was considered a favorite to medal in three disciplines, but he finished 12th in the [[Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's combined|super combined]] and 14th in the [[Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's super-G|super-G]]. While under pressure as a big favorite to win a gold in the [[Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|giant slalom]], Ligety began his first run with an attacking attitude and established a 0.93 second lead. He skied carefully on the second run to secure the first-ever gold medal for an American man in the discipline. Ligety became the first male American ski racer in history to win two Olympic gold medals in his career.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/20/sports/olympics/ligety-takes-big-lead-in-giant-slalom.html|title=Ted Ligety Extends Reign With Giant Slalom Win|first=Bill|last=Pennington|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 19, 2014|access-date=February 13, 2018}}</ref>

After the Olympics, Ligety won the giant slalom in [[Kranjska Gora]] for a record sixth time. At the season finals in [[Lenzerheide]] he surprisingly finished second, tied with [[Christof Innerhofer]], in the downhill race. The result was his first ever podium in downhill and made him only the second American skier in history, after [[Bode Miller]], to podium in all five alpine skiing disciplines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alpine.usskiteam.com/news/ligety-adds-downhill-podium-bio|title=Ligety Adds Downhill Podium to Bio|website=usskiteam.com|access-date=February 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://skiracing.com/stories/ligety-collects-fifth-discipline-podium-as-runner-up-in-downhill/|title=Ligety collects fifth discipline podium as runner-up in downhill - Skiracing.com|website=skiracing.com|date=March 12, 2014|access-date=February 13, 2018}}</ref> Ligety then finished fifth in the final super-G race. Before the last giant slalom race of the season Ligety was trailing [[Marcel Hirscher]] by 50 points for the discipline title. However, Ligety won the race on March 15 with a 0,03 second advantage over [[Alexis Pinturault]] and with Hirscher finishing fourth, both skiers ended the season tied with 560 points. The Crystal Globe was however awarded to Ligety who won due to having five discipline victories during the season compared to Hirscher's two. This was the fifth giant slalom title in Ligety's career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://skiracing.com/stories/ligety-grabs-fifth-gs-globe-by-skin-of-his-teeth/|title=Ligety grabs fifth GS globe by skin of his teeth - Skiracing.com|website=skiracing.com|date=March 15, 2014|access-date=February 13, 2018}}</ref> - Hirscher lost the title in that last giant slalom race with a deficit of 0.01 seconds to the 3rd place (achieved by [[Felix Neureuther]]) which is awarded 60 points, therefore 10 points more than fourth place.

===2015 season===
{{See also|2015 Alpine Skiing World Cup}}
The 2015 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season was less successful for Ligety as he was able to win just one race and finished third in the giant slalom standings and eleventh overall. At the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015]] held in Beaver Creek, Ligety finished third in the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's super combined|super combined]] event despite being ranked 29th after the downhill leg. In the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's giant slalom|giant slalom]], placed fifth after the first run and trailing by 0.24 to then leading favorite Marcel Hirscher, Ligety skied impressively in the second run, to finish 0.45 ahead of Hirscher and secure his third consecutive world title in the discipline.

=== 2016 season ===
Ligety won the season's first race, a giant slalom on October 25, 2015, at [[Sölden]], Austria. While training on January 27 at [[Oberjoch]], [[Germany]], he tore the [[Anterior cruciate|ACL]] in his right knee, which required surgery and ended his [[2015–16 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2016]] season.<ref name=oschacl16>{{cite news |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/international/ct-ski-ted-ligety-crash-spt-20160127-story.html |work=Chicago Tribune |agency=Associated Press |title=Olympic skiing champion Ted Ligety injures knee in training crash |date=January 27, 2016 |access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>

=== 2017 season ===
Ligety returned to World Cup racing in October 2016, competing in the prelude (giant slalom) race at [[Sölden]] on October 23 (finishing 5th), and he finished 11th in the giant slalom on December 4 at [[Val d'Isère]]. He was not able to finish the following two giant slalom races due to back pain, and subsequently returned to the United States.  On January 17, Ligety announced he would have season-ending back surgery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/sports/skiing/ted-ligety-back-surgery-olympian.html|title=Ted Ligety, Olympic Gold Medal Skier, to Have Season-Ending Back Surgery|last=Pennington|first=Bill|date=January 17, 2017|website=New York Times|access-date=17 January 2017}}</ref>

=== 2018 season ===
Ligety returned to the World Cup racing late in 2017, competing in the Super G at [[Lake Louise Ski Resort|Lake Louise]] on November 26 (DNF), and finishing seventh in the giant slalom on December 3, 2017, at [[Beaver Creek Resort|Beaver Creek]]. He went on to compete at the FIS World Cup events in [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]], [[Lauberhorn ski races|Wengen]], [[Adelboden]], [[Alta Badia]], and [[Val d`Isere]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=AL&competitorid=35276&type=result|title=LIGETY Ted - Biographie|website=data.fis-ski.com|access-date=February 13, 2018}}</ref>

Ligety was named to the US Olympic team on January 6, 2018<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.teamusa.org/News/2018/January/06/2-Time-Olympic-Champion-Ted-Ligety-Makes-2018-Team-Joined-By-Tommy-Ford-In-His-Return|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106153238/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2018/January/06/2-Time-Olympic-Champion-Ted-Ligety-Makes-2018-Team-Joined-By-Tommy-Ford-In-His-Return|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 6, 2018|title=2-Time Olympic Champion Ted Ligety Makes 2018 Team, Joined By Tommy Ford In His Return|website=teamusa.org|access-date=February 13, 2018}}</ref> to compete in the combined, Super G, giant slalom, and slalom races at the [[2018 Winter Olympics|PyeongChang Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Layden|first1=Tim|title=Ted Ligety is still skiing hard 12 years after winning gold|url=https://www.si.com/olympics/2018/02/13/ted-ligety-combined-skiing-marcel-hirscher|website=SI.com|publisher=Sport's Illustrated|access-date=13 February 2018|language=en|date=13 February 2018}}</ref> He came in fifth in the men's combined event,<ref>[[Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's combined]]</ref> but following a disappointing finish in the giant slalom, he decided to skip the slalom event and leave South Korea early to focus on the World Cup.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Drehs|first1=Wayne|title=Ligety splits from slalom, potential team event|url=http://www.espn.com/olympics/winter18/story/_/id/22506557/ted-ligety-leaving-olympics-focus-remainder-world-cup-season|access-date=22 February 2018|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|date=20 February 2018}}</ref>

===Other achievements===
Ligety has won six national championships, putting him behind the all-time record of nine, held by [[Bode Miller]] and [[Tiger Shaw (alpine skier)|Tiger Shaw]].

Following his Olympic gold medal at Turin, he started [[Shred Optics]] in 2006; Ligety designs all the products and uses them himself. The company produces ski goggles, [[sunglasses]], and helmets.

Ligety served as the Director of Skiing for the now-bankrupt Mt. Holly Club, a private luxury ski and golf resort in southwestern Utah. It is located in eastern [[Beaver County, Utah|Beaver County]], on the site of the former Elk Meadows ski area (1971–84).<ref>[http://www.coloradoskihistory.com/lost/ut_elkmeadows.html Colorado Ski History.com] – Utah – Elk Meadows / Mt. Holly – accessed June 6, 2010</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sltrib.com/ci_13749230|newspaper=Salt Lake Tribune|last=Gorrell|first=Mike|title=Elk Meadows ski resort on auction block|date=November 9, 2009}}</ref>

==World Cup results==

===Season titles===
*5 titles – 5 [[Giant slalom]] + 1 [[Alpine skiing combined|Combined]] unofficial
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|-
! Season
! Discipline
|-
! [[2008 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2008]]
| [[Giant slalom]]
|-
! [[2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2010]]
| Giant slalom
|-
! [[2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2011]]
| Giant slalom
|-
! [[2013 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2013]]
| Giant slalom
|-
! rowspan=2|[[2014 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2014]]
| Giant slalom
|-
| ''Combined'' {{note label|2014combined|A|A}}
|}
{{note label|2014combined|A|A}} <small>Unofficial, tied with [[Alexis Pinturault]]<br />[[Ingemar Stenmark]] is the only racer with more GS season titles (8).</small>

===Season standings===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!Season !! Age !! Overall !! Slalom !! Giant<br />&nbsp;slalom&nbsp; !! Super-G !! Downhill !!Combined
|-
| [[2004 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2004]] || ''19'' || 132 || 54 || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2005]] || ''20'' || 62 || 24 || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2006]] || ''21'' || 9 || 4 || 12 || — || — || 13
|-
| [[2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2007]] || ''22'' || 11 || 15 || 8 || — || 35 || 11
|-
| [[2008 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2008]] || ''23'' || 5 || 9 || bgcolor="gold"|1 || 40 || — || 7
|-
| [[2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2009]] || ''24'' || 9 || 22 || bgcolor="cc9966"|3 || 21 || — || 44
|-
| [[2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2010]] || ''25'' || 7 || 24 || bgcolor="gold"|1 || 14 || — || 14
|-
| [[2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2011]] || ''26'' || 9 || 24 ||bgcolor="gold"|1 || 35 || 58 || 13
|-
| [[2012 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2012]] || ''27'' || 9 || 15 || bgcolor="silver"| 2 || 34 || 47 || 13
|-
| [[2013 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2013]] || ''28'' || bgcolor="cc9966" |3 || 19 || bgcolor="gold"|1 || 7 || — || —
|-
| [[2014 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2014]] || ''29'' || 4 || 23 ||bgcolor="gold"|1 || 20 || 26 || bgcolor="gold"|1
|-
| [[2015 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2015]] || ''30'' || 11 || 39 ||bgcolor="cc9966"| 3 || 39 || 58 || 11
|-
| [[2015–16 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2016]] || ''31'' || 38 || 49 || 18 || 25 || — || —
|-
| [[2016–17 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2017]] || ''32'' || 84 || — || 27 || 55 || — || —
|-
| [[2017–18 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2018]] || ''33'' || 38 || — || 8 || — || — || 21
|-
| [[2018–19 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2019]] || ''34'' || 51 || — || 20 || 47 || — || 13
|-
| [[2019–20 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2020]] || ''35'' || 44 || — || 12 || 57 || — || — 
|-
| [[2020–21 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|2021]] || ''36'' || 121 || — || 41 || — || — || — 
|}
:

===Race victories===
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Although a GS specialist, Ligety is among the few alpine ski racers to have a World Cup podium finish in all five disciplines. Both in [[2013 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2013]] and [[2014 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2014]], he was the racer with the most victories that season and among the top three with the most podiums.
* 25 wins – (24 [[Giant slalom|GS]], 1 [[Alpine skiing combined|SC]]) <!-- thru 5 Dec 2015 -->
* 52 podiums – (1 [[Downhill (ski competition)|DH]], 2 [[Super-G|SG]], 41 GS, 6 [[Slalom skiing|SL]], 2 [[Alpine skiing combined|SC]]) <!-- 52 thru 28 Jan 2018 -->
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"
|-
!Season
!Date
!Location
!Discipline
|-
|'''[[2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2006]]'''|| align=right|Mar 5, 2006 ||align=left| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Yongpyong Ski Resort|Yongpyong]], [[South Korea]] || align=center|[[Giant slalom]]
|-
| rowspan=2|'''[[2008 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2008]]'''|| align=right|Mar 8, 2008 ||align=left| {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Kranjska Gora]], [[Slovenia]] || Giant slalom
|-
| align=right|Mar 14, 2008 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Bormio]], [[Italy]] || Giant slalom
|-
|'''[[2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2009]]'''|| align=right|Feb 28, 2009 ||rowspan=2 align=left| {{flagicon|SLO}} Kranjska Gora, Slovenia || &nbsp; Giant slalom &nbsp;
|-
|'''[[2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2010]]'''|| align=right|Jan 29, 2010 || Giant slalom
|-
| rowspan=3|'''[[2011 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2011]]'''|| align=right|Dec 5, 2010 ||align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Birds of Prey (ski course)|Beaver Creek]], [[United States]] || Giant slalom
|-
| align=right|Dec 11, 2010 || align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Val d'Isère]], [[France]] || Giant slalom
|-
| align=right|Dec 19, 2010 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alta Badia]], Italy || align=center| Giant slalom
|-
| rowspan=3|'''[[2012 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2012]]'''|| align=right| Oct 23, 2011 || align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Sölden]], [[Austria]] || Giant slalom
|-
| align=right|Dec 6, 2011 ||align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Beaver Creek, United States || Giant slalom
|-
| align=right|Mar 10, 2012 ||align=left| {{flagicon|SLO}} Kranjska Gora, Slovenia  || Giant slalom
|-
| rowspan=6|'''[[2013 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2013]]'''|| align=right| Oct 28, 2012 ||align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}} Sölden, Austria || Giant slalom
|-
| align=right|Dec 2, 2012 ||align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Beaver Creek, United States || Giant slalom
|-
| align=right|Dec 16, 2012 ||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Alta Badia, Italy || Giant slalom
|-
| align=right|Jan 12, 2013 ||align=left| &nbsp;{{flagicon|SUI}}&nbsp; [[Adelboden]], [[Switzerland]] || Giant slalom
|-
| align=right|Mar 9, 2013 ||align=left| {{flagicon|SLO}} Kranjska Gora, Slovenia || Giant slalom
|-
| align=right|Mar 16, 2013 ||align=left| &nbsp;{{flagicon|SUI}}&nbsp; [[Lenzerheide]], Switzerland || Giant slalom
|-
| rowspan=6|'''[[2014 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2014]]'''|| align=right| Oct 27, 2013 ||align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}} Sölden, Austria || Giant slalom
|-
| align=right|Dec 8, 2013 ||align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Beaver Creek, United States ||  Giant slalom
|-
| align=right|Jan 17, 2014 ||align=left| &nbsp;{{flagicon|SUI}}&nbsp; [[Lauberhorn ski races|Wengen]], Switzerland || [[Alpine skiing combined|Super combined]]
|-
| align=right|Feb 2, 2014 ||align=left| &nbsp;{{flagicon|SUI}}&nbsp; [[Piz Nair|St Moritz]], Switzerland ||  Giant slalom
|-
| align=right|Mar 8, 2014 ||align=left| {{flagicon|SLO}} Kranjska Gora, Slovenia  || Giant slalom
|-
| align=right|Mar 15, 2014 ||align=left| &nbsp;{{flagicon|SUI}}&nbsp; Lenzerheide, Switzerland || Giant slalom
|-
| rowspan=1|'''[[2015 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2015]]'''|| align=right| Dec 7, 2014 ||align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Beaver Creek, United States || Giant slalom
|-
| rowspan=1|'''[[2016 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2016]]'''|| align=right| Oct 25, 2015 ||align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}} Sölden, Austria || Giant slalom
|}

==World Championships results==
Ligety has won seven medals in the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|World Championships]], five of them gold. He won three of them in giant slalom, after a bronze medal in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009|2009]] in [[Val d'Isère]] behind [[Carlo Janka]] and [[Benjamin Raich]] he won the GS world title in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011|2011]] besting [[Cyprien Richard]] and [[Philipp Schörghofer]]. Ligety repeated as world champion in GS in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013|2013]], ahead of [[Marcel Hirscher]] and [[Manfred Mölgg]] and again in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015|2015]].

At [[Schladming]] in 2013, he became a triple world champion in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's giant slalom|giant slalom]], [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's super-G|super-G]], and [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's super combined|combined]] at [[Planai]]. Ligety became the fifth man in history to win three or more gold medals at one world championships and the first in 45 years, when [[Jean-Claude Killy]] won four in [[Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics|1968]] at [[Chamrousse]], with the combined as a "paper race." Ligety is the first racer of either gender to win the super-G, giant slalom, and combined at one world championships.<ref name=tgm/><ref name=twgsbf>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/ted-ligety-takes-13-second-lead-over-svindal-in-1st-run-of-gs-at-worlds-hirscher-3rd/2013/02/15/9070f092-7757-11e2-b102-948929030e64_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216225407/http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/ted-ligety-takes-13-second-lead-over-svindal-in-1st-run-of-gs-at-worlds-hirscher-3rd/2013/02/15/9070f092-7757-11e2-b102-948929030e64_story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 16, 2013|newspaper=Washington Post|agency=Associated Press|title=Ted Ligety wins GS, becomes 1st man in 45 years to win 3 golds at a world championships|date=February 15, 2013}}</ref><ref name=pctdom>{{cite news|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/55838449-77/ligety-championships-giant-gold.html.csp|newspaper=Salt Lake Tribune|last=Lewis |first=Michael C.|title=Park City's Ted Ligety dominates giant slalom for third gold at world championships |date=February 15, 2013}}</ref>
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!&nbsp; Year &nbsp; !! &nbsp;Age&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Slalom&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Giant&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;slalom&nbsp; !! Super-G !! Downhill !!Combined
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005|2005]] || ''20'' || DNF2 || — || — || — || 12
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007|2007]] || ''22'' || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's slalom|DNF1]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's giant slalom|4]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's super-G|31]] || |[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's downhill|—]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's super combined|DNF2]]
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009|2009]] || ''24'' || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 – Men's slalom|DNF2]] ||style="background:#c96;"|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 – Men's giant slalom|3]] || |[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 – Men's super-G|DNF]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 – Men's downhill|—]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 – Men's super combined|DSQ1]]
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011|2011]] || ''26'' || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 – Men's slalom|19]] ||style="background:gold;"|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 – Men's giant slalom|1]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 – Men's super-G|DNF]] ||[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 – Men's downhill|—]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 – Men's super combined|DNF2]]
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013|2013]] || ''28'' || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's slalom|DNF1]] ||style="background:gold;"|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's giant slalom|1]] ||style="background:gold;"|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's super-G|1]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's downhill|—]] ||style="background:gold;"|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's super combined|1]]
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015|2015]] || ''30''|| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's slalom|21]] || style="background:gold;"|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's giant slalom|1]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's super-G|9]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's downhill|—]] || style="background:#c96;"|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's super combined|3]] 
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017|2017]] || ''32''|| colspan=5|''{{small|Injured: did not compete}}''<!--[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 – Men's slalom|—]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 – Men's giant slalom|—]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 – Men's super-G|—]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 – Men's downhill|—]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 – Men's alpine combined|—]] -->
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019|2019]] || ''34''|| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 – Men's slalom|—]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 – Men's giant slalom|11]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 – Men's super-G|—]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 – Men's downhill|—]] || [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 – Men's alpine combined|DNS2]] 
|}

== Olympic results ==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!&nbsp; Year &nbsp; !! &nbsp;Age&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Slalom&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Giant&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;slalom&nbsp; !! Super-G !! Downhill !!Combined
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]] || ''21'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom|DSQ1]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|DNF1]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's super-G|—]] ||[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|—]] ||style="background:gold;"|[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's combined|1]]
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]] || ''25'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom|DNF1]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|9]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's super-G|19]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's combined|5]]
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]] || ''29'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom|DNF2]] ||style="background:gold;"|[[Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|1]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's super-G|14]] ||[[Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|—]] ||[[Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's combined|12]]
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018]] || ''33'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom|—]]  || [[Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|15]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's super-G|DNF]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|—]]  ||[[Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's combined|5]]
|}

==Personal life==
Through a [[Citi]] charitable program, Ligety supports [[Youth Enrichment Services]], an organization located in Boston founded in 1968, that takes urban youth to the mountains and teaches them how to ski and snowboard.<ref name=yes/> He is married and has three children, a son born in 2017 and twin sons born in 2020.<ref>{{cite AV media | last = Krupka | first = Jimmy | date = May 28, 2020 | title = Podcast: Ted Ligety, Mr. GS | medium = podcast | url = https://www.skiracing.com/top-rotator/podcast-ted-ligety-mr-gs | access-date = June 28, 2020 | publisher = Ski Racing Media}}</ref>

==Video==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjoM3PsfcvI YouTube.com] – victory at Kranjska Gora ''(1.61 sec)'' – from Universal Sports – March 10, 2012
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouQWNvTX2q0 YouTube.com] – victory at Sölden ''(2.75 sec)'' – from Universal Sports – October 28, 2012
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90-44iV3-gA YouTube.com] – victory at Adelboden ''(1.15 sec)'' – from Universal Sports – January 12, 2013
*{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2014/sochi-olympics/giant-slalom.html|title=Giant Slalom|last=Bostock|first=Mike |author2=Alexandra Garcia |author3=Joe Ward |author4=George Knowles|work=[[New York Times]]|date=February 11, 2014 |access-date=February 18, 2014}}Audiovisual presentation of Ligety's style in the super-G.

==See also==
* [[List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's race winners]]

==References==
{{reflist|colwidth=30em|refs=

<ref name=yes>{{cite AV media
 | last = Ligety
 | first = Ted
 | date = October 24, 2013
 | title = Citi: Ted Ligety for Citi's Every Step of the Way Program
 | medium = video
 | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8ovGse2Q_U
 | access-date = November 2, 2013
 | publisher = Citi
}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
* {{Sports links}}
* {{Ski-DB}}
* [http://alpine.usskiteam.com/athletes/ted-ligety Ted Ligety] at [[U.S. Ski Team]]
* [http://www.head.com/us/athletes/ski/race/ted-ligety/ Ted Ligety] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107162059/http://www.head.com/us/athletes/ski/race/ted-ligety/ |date=January 7, 2017 }} at [[Head.com]]
* [https://shredoptics.com/athlete/ted-ligety/ Ted Ligety]{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at [[Shred Optics]]
* {{official website|http://www.tedligety.com/}}

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