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Atle Lie McGrath

{{short description|Norwegian alpine skier}}

{{Infobox alpine ski racer

|name = Atle Lie McGrath

|image = Atle Lie McGrath 2019.jpg

|image_size = 230px

|caption = February 2019

|disciplines = Slalom, Giant slalom

|club = Bærums SK

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2000|4|21}}

|birth_place = Burlington, Vermont, U.S.{{cite web |title=Atle Lie MCGRATH |url=https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/alpine-skiing/athlete-profile-n1031303-atle-lie-mcgrath.htm |work=Beijing 2022 Olympics |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203190138/https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/alpine-skiing/athlete-profile-n1031303-atle-lie-mcgrath.htm |url-status=dead }}

|height =

|wcdebut = 12 January 2019 (age 18)

|retired =

|website =

|olympicteams = 1 – (2022)

|olympicmedals = 0

|olympicgolds =

|worldsteams = 2 – (2023, 2025)

|worldsmedals = 1

|worldsgolds = 0

|wcseasons = 7 – (2019–2025)

|wcwins = 3 – (3 SL)

|wcpodiums = 15 – (11 SL, 3 GS, 1 PG)

|wcoveralls = 0 – (7th in 2025)

|wctitles = 0 – (3rd in SL and PAR, 2022)

|show-medals = yes

|medaltemplates=

{{Medal|Sport|Men's alpine skiing}}

{{Medal|Country|{{NOR}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Cup race podiums}}

{{MedalCount | total = yes

| Slalom | 3 | 6 | 2

| Giant slalom | 0 | 1 | 2

| Parallel | 0 | 0 | 1

}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2025 Saalbach|Slalom}}

{{Medal|Competition|Junior World Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2019 Val di Fassa|Combined}}

}}

File:McGrath Hedstroem Braathen JWC2019.jpg, from left to right: Lie McGrath (NOR), Tobias Hedström (SWE), Lucas Braathen (NOR)]]

Atle Lie McGrath (born 21 April 2000) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, a member of the Norwegian Alpine Ski Team.{{cite web|url=https://fisc-web-prod.corebine.com/en/alpine-skiing/alpine-news-multimedia/news-multimedia/news/news-2019-2020/norway-names-2019-20|title=Norway Names 2019-20|last=Staff|date=May 13, 2019|website=FIS|language=en|access-date=2020-01-13|archive-date=2023-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613234041/https://fisc-web-prod.corebine.com/en/alpine-skiing/alpine-news-multimedia/news-multimedia/news/news-2019-2020/norway-names-2019-20|url-status=dead}} He gained his first World Cup podium in December 2020 in a giant slalom at Alta Badia, Italy, and his first win in March 2022 in slalom at Flachau, Austria.

Skiing career

McGrath competed at the Junior World Championships in 2018 and 2019; he raced all of the events (DH, SG, AC, GS, and SL) both years. In 2018, he was the best U18 skier in three events; in 2019, he was the silver medalist in the combined. McGrath was also fourth in the downhill, just 0.01 second from the podium.{{FIS|S=AL|ID=213823}}

World Cup results

=Season standings=

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
Season

! Age

! Overall

! Slalom

! Giant
slalom

! Super-G

! Downhill

! Combined

! Parallel

20201913355————35
202120564421——rowspan=5 {{n/a}}16
20222112bgcolor="cc9966"|317——bgcolor="cc9966"|3
20232220111830—rowspan=3 {{n/a}}
20242312118——
2025247514——

:{{small|Standings through 27 March 2025}}

=Race podiums=

  • 3 wins - (3 SL)
  • 15 podiums – (11 SL, 3 GS, 1 PG)

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
Season

! Date

! Location

! Discipline

! Place

2021align=right|20 Dec 2020align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Alta Badia, ItalyGiant slalom2nd
rowspan=4|2022align=right|14 Nov 2021align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} Lech/Zürs, Austria{{nowrap|Parallel-G}}3rd
align=right|25 Jan 2022align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} Schladming, AustriaSlalom2nd
align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|9 Mar 2022align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} Flachau, Austriabgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Slalombgcolor="#BOEOE6"|1st
align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|20 Mar 2022align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Méribel, Francebgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Slalombgcolor="#BOEOE6"|1st
2023align=right|8 Jan 2023align=left rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|SUI}}  Adelboden, SwitzerlandSlalom2nd
rowspan="3"|2024align=right|7 Jan 2024Slalom2nd
align=right|14 Jan 2024align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}}  Wengen, SwitzerlandSlalom2nd
align=right|1 Mar 2024align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Aspen, USAGiant slalom3rd
rowspan="6"|2025align=right|27 Oct 2024align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom3rd
align=right|24 Nov 2024align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} Gurgl, AustriaSlalom2nd
align=right|15 Dec 2024align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Val d'Isère, FranceSlalom2nd
align=right|23 Dec 2024align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Alta Badia, ItalySlalom3rd
align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|19 Jan 2025align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}}  Wengen, Switzerlandbgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Slalombgcolor="#BOEOE6"|1st
align=right|16 Mar 2025align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} Hafjell, NorwaySlalom2nd

World Championship results

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

!   Year   !!  Age  !!  Slalom  !!  Giant 
 slalom  !! Super-G !! Downhill !! Combined !! Team
Combined !! Parallel !!Team
event

202322——DNF—5{{n/a}}——
202524style="background:silver;"|210——{{n/a}}DNF2{{n/a}}7

Olympic results

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
  Year  

! Age 

! Slalom 

! Giant 
 slalom 

!Super-G

!Downhill

!Combined

2022

|21

|31

| DNF1

|—

| —

|—

Personal life

Born in the United States in Vermont, McGrath moved to Oslo when he was two years old. His father, American Felix McGrath, raced for the U.S. Ski Team on the World Cup circuit from 1984 through 1990.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vvolAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6858%2C6778424 |work=Nashua Telegraph |location=(New Hampshire, U.S.) |title=McGrath second in World Cup race |date=March 20, 1988 |page=C2}} His mother, Selma Lie, was a cross-country ski racer in Norway and on the NCAA circuit for the University of Vermont;{{cite web|url=https://uvmathletics.com/hof.aspx?hof=267|title=Selma Lie (2003) - University of Vermont Athletic Hall of Fame|last=Staff|date=2003|website=University of Vermont Athletics|language=en|access-date=2020-01-12}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nKcEpFTjzyYC&q=Selma+Lie+ski&pg=PA27|title=Snow Country|last=|date=December 1990|publisher=The New York Times Company|volume=3|page=27|language=en|issue=10}} he has a younger brother named Leo.

McGrath grew up as a multisport athlete, also racing cross-country skiing until age 12 and playing football until age 15.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}} He represents the sports club Bærums SK.

References

{{reflist|2}}

External links

  • {{Sports links}}
  • {{Ski-DB}}
  • [https://www.head.com/en_US/athletes/ski/race/atle-lie-mcgrath Atle Lie McGrath] at Head Skis

  • {{Team Norway|alpint/atle-lie-mcgrath}}

    • {{Alpine Ski Europa Cup Champions Men}}

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    Category:2000 births

    Category:Living people

    Category:Skiers from Bærum

    Category:Skiers from Vermont

    Category:Norwegian male alpine skiers

    Category:Norwegian people of American descent

    Category:Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics

    Category:Olympic alpine skiers for Norway

    Category:21st-century Norwegian sportsmen