Luke Winters
{{short description|American alpine skier}}
{{Infobox alpine ski racer
| name = Luke Winters
| image =
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| disciplines = Slalom, giant slalom
| country = {{USA}}
| club = Mount Hood Race Team and Academy
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|4|2}}
| birth_place = Gresham, Oregon, U.S.
| height =
| wcdebut = November 18, 2018 (age 21)
| retired =
| website =
| olympicteams = 1 – (2022)
| olympicmedals = 0
| olympicgolds =
| worldsteams = 3 – (2021, 2023, 2025)
| worldsmedals = 1
| worldsgolds = 1
| wcwins =
| wcpodiums = 0
| wcoveralls = 0 – (62nd in 2022)
| wctitles = 0 – (23rd in SL, 2022)
| medals =
{{MedalSport|Men's alpine skiing}}
{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Méribel|Team event}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|{{nowrap|2018 Davos}} |{{nowrap|Super-G}}}}
|show-medals = yes
}}
Luke Winters (born April 2, 1997) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer.{{FIS|S=AL|ID=189140}} He was a medalist at the Junior World Championships in 2018. At the World Cup level, Winters focuses on the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.
Career
At the 2018 Junior World Championships in Davos, Switzerland, Winters won the bronze medal in the Super-G, was ninth in the downhill, and 22nd in the Alpine combined. In November 2018, he made his World Cup debut in the slalom at Levi, Finland. The following March, he gained his first national championship title, winning the alpine combined at Sugarloaf, Maine. He followed that up with his second national title, in slalom at Waterville Valley.{{cite web|url= https://usskiandsnowboard.org/athletes/luke-winters|title=Luke Winters|website= usskiandsnowboard.org}}
In December 2019, he scored his first World Cup points at 19th place in the slalom at Val-d'Isère, France; he was second after the first run with bib 40. At his first World Championships in 2021, he was fifteenth after the first run of the slalom but failed to finish.
He has qualified to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.{{Cite web|last=OlympicTalk|date=2022-01-22|title=Team USA athlete roster for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics|url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/01/21/team-usa-athlete-roster-winter-olympics-2022-beijing/|access-date=2022-01-23|website=OlympicTalk {{!}} NBC Sports|language=en-US}}
Personal life
Born and raised in Gresham, Oregon, a suburb east of Portland, Winters learned to race at Mount Hood. He attended Sugar Bowl Academy, a ski academy in northern California near Lake Tahoe, and graduated in 2015.{{Cite web|last=Scacco|first=Justin|title=Sugar Bowl alumnus Luke Winters picks up World Cup points in Croatia|url=https://www.sierrasun.com/sports/sugar-bowl-alumnus-luke-winters-picks-up-world-cup-points-in-croatia/|access-date=2020-08-26|website=www.sierrasun.com|language=en-US}} Winters has a twin brother, two sisters, and two great parents.
World Cup results
=Season standings=
=Top 20 results=
- 0 podiums; 3 top tens
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"
! Date
! Location
! Discipline
! Place
| align=right| 15 December 2019
| align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Val-d'Isère, France
| Slalom
| 19th
| align=right| 31 January 2021
| align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Chamonix, France
| Slalom
| 19th
| align=right| 9 January 2022
| align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}} Adelboden, Switzerland
| Slalom
| 10th
| align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}} Kitzbühel, Austria
| Slalom
| 11th
| align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}} Flachau, Austria
| Slalom
| 7th
| align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Méribel, France
| Slalom
| 8th
| align=right| 4 January 2023
| align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
| Slalom
| 11th
| align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Chamonix, France
| Slalom
| 12th
World Championship results
Olympic results <!--[[File:Olympic rings.svg|50px]] -->
World Junior Championship results
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
! Year !! Age !! Slalom !! Giant
slalom !! Super-G !! Downhill !!Combined
| 20
| DNF2
| DNF1
| style="background:#cc9966;"|3
| 9
| 22
United States Championships
{{Further |United States Alpine Ski Championships}}
- United States slalom champion in 2019 and 2020
- United States combined champion in 2019 and 2021
References
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External links
- {{sports links}}
- {{Ski-DB}}
- [https://usskiandsnowboard.org/athletes/luke-winters Luke Winters] at U.S. Ski Team
{{Footer World Champions Mixed Team}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Winters, Luke}}
Category:American male alpine skiers
Category:Sportspeople from Gresham, Oregon
Category:Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics