Travis Ganong
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| Full name | Travis Scott Ganong | ||||||||||||||
| Born | July 14, 1988 Truckee, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, Super-G | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Squaw Valley Ski Club | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | November 28, 2009 (age 21) | ||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 – (2014, 2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 7 – (2011–2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 14 – (2010–2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 2 – (2 DH) | ||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 6 – (5 DH, 1 SG) | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (20th in 2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (9th in DH, 2014) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Travis Scott Ganong (born July 14, 1988) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. Born and raised in Truckee, California, he competed for the U.S. at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,[1] and placed fifth in the downhill at Rosa Khutor, 0.41 seconds behind the winner.[2][3]
Ganong gained his first World Cup victory in December 2014 in a downhill in Santa Caterina, Italy.[4] At his third World Championships in 2015 at Beaver Creek, Colorado, he won the silver medal in the downhill. Ganong injured his right knee (ACL) in late December 2017 at Bormio and missed the rest of the season, including the 2018 Olympics.[5]
Ganong has been in a relationship with Canadian alpine racer Marie-Michèle Gagnon since 2008.[6][7] The pair met through mutual friend Louis-Pierre Hélie.[8] In 2014, the couple moved to a new home in Lake Tahoe, California.[9][10] They announced their engagement in September 2021. They married on July 20, 2024.
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 21 | 149 | — | — | 53 | — | — |
| 2011 | 22 | 115 | — | — | 45 | 44 | — |
| 2012 | 23 | 88 | — | — | 60 | 30 | — |
| 2013 | 24 | 57 | — | — | 45 | 18 | — |
| 2014 | 25 | 23 | — | — | 19 | 9 | — |
| 2015 | 26 | 29 | — | — | 27 | 11 | — |
| 2016 | 27 | 25 | — | — | 19 | 11 | — |
| 2017 | 28 | 22 | — | — | 15 | 12 | — |
| 2018 | 29 | 106 | — | — | 31 | 55 | — |
| 2019 | 30 | 44 | — | — | 16 | 20 | — |
| 2020 | 31 | 24 | — | — | 12 | 13 | — |
| 2021 | 32 | 40 | — | — | 16 | 18 | — |
| 2022 | 33 | 20 | — | — | 14 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 34 | 35 | — | — | 46 | 11 |
- Standings through February 5, 2023
Race podiums
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | March 1, 2014 | Kvitfjell, Norway | Downhill | 3rd |
| 2015 | December 28, 2014 | Santa Caterina, Italy | Downhill | 1st |
| 2016 | November 28, 2015 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 3rd |
| 2017 | January 27, 2017 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Downhill | 1st |
| 2022 | December 3, 2021 | Beaver Creek, USA | Super-G | 3rd |
| 2023 | January 21, 2023 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Downhill | 3rd |
World Championship results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | — | — | 18 | 24 | — |
| 2013 | 24 | — | — | — | DNF | — |
| 2015 | 26 | — | — | DNF | 2 | — |
| 2017 | 28 | — | — | 14 | 25 | — |
| 2019 | 30 | — | — | DNF | 26 | — |
| 2021 | 32 | — | — | 8 | 12 | — |
| 2023 | 34 | — | — | 30 | 28 | — |
Olympic results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 25 | — | — | 23 | 5 | — |
| 2018 | 29 | Injured, did not compete[5] | ||||
| 2022 | 33 | — | — | 12 | 20 | — |
References
- ^ Travis Ganong – United States Archived July 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine – Sochi 2014 Olympics.
- ^ "Travis Ganong leads U.S. in downhill". Lake Placid News. February 9, 2014. Archived from the original on March 17, 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Travis Ganong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016.
- ^ "Maiden victory for Travis Ganong". Federation Internationale de Ski. December 28, 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
- ^ a b "Travis Ganong out for season with torn knee ligament". Summit Daily. (Frisco, Colorado). January 1, 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
- ^ Reguly, Eric (February 9, 2014). "Canada's Gagnon draws inspiration from boyfriend's run ahead of alpine Olympic debut". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
- ^ "Das WM-Liebespaar: Gagnon und Ganong" [The World Championship lovers: Gagnon and Ganong]. Kleine Zeitung (in German). February 15, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
- ^ Bossé, Olivier (November 18, 2017). "Marie-Michèle Gagnon: le feu de l'effort" [Marie-Michèle Gagnon: the fire of the effort]. Le Soleil (Quebec) (in French). Retrieved March 2, 2019.
- ^ Gilbert, Manon (October 15, 2014). "Le virage de Marie-Michèle Gagnon" [The turn of Marie-Michèle Gagnon]. Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved March 2, 2019.
- ^ Drouin, Simon (March 31, 2014). "Changement de cap pour Marie-Michèle Gagnon" [Change of course for Marie-Michèle Gagnon]. La Presse (Canadian newspaper) (in French). Retrieved March 2, 2019.
External links
- Travis Ganong at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Travis Ganong at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Travis Ganong at Atomic Skis (archived January 18, 2022)
- Travis Ganong at U.S. Ski & Snowboard (archived May 24, 2023)
- Travis Ganong at Team USA (archive April 4, 2023)
- Travis Ganong at Olympics.com
- Travis Ganong at Olympedia