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Ted Ligety

1984 - Today

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Theodore Sharp Ligety (born August 31, 1984) is a retired American alpine ski racer, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, and an entrepreneur, having cofounded Shred Optics. Ligety won the combined event at the 2006 Olympics in Turin and the giant slalom race at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. He is also a five-time World Cup champion in giant slalom (2008, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ted Ligety has received more than 380,882 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Ted Ligety is the 272nd most popular skier (up from 363rd in 2019), the 13,321st most popular biography from United States (up from 14,088th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Skier.

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  • 380k

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  • 47.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Ted Ligety ranks 272 out of 817Before him are Bill Johnson, Baldur Preiml, Andreas Widhölzl, Gabriela Svobodová, Doris de Agostini, and Giorgio Vanzetta. After him are Kjetil Jansrud, Gretchen Fraser, Stefan Horngacher, Patrick Ortlieb, Terje Langli, and Didier Défago.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Ted Ligety ranks 282Before him are Ramazan Özcan, Rachael Taylor, Jorge Masvidal, Lucas Grabeel, Stéphane Sessègnon, and Alona Bondarenko. After him are Sejad Salihović, Édgar Barreto, Juan Pablo Carrizo, Jeremy Wariner, Martin Johnsrud Sundby, and Jin Akanishi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ted Ligety ranks 13,321 out of 20,380Before him are Joseph Story (1779), Kelli Giddish (1980), Hardcore Holly (1963), Barbara Nichols (1928), Kate Siegel (1982), and Bruce Timm (1961). After him are Julie Sommars (1942), Johnny Kerr (1932), Jared Isaacman (1983), Dennis Mitchell (1966), Tony Hale (1970), and Ashley Blue (1981).

Among SKIERS In United States

Among skiers born in United States, Ted Ligety ranks 8Before him are Lindsey Vonn (1984), Mikaela Shiffrin (1995), Phil Mahre (1957), Bode Miller (1977), Barbara Cochran (1951), and Bill Johnson (1960). After him are Gretchen Fraser (1919), Tamara McKinney (1962), Julia Mancuso (1984), Jessica Diggins (1991), Jason Lamy-Chappuis (1986), and Tommy Moe (1970).