Thomas Sven "Tommy" Moe (born February 17, 1970) is a former World Cup alpine ski driver from the United States. An Olympic gold and silver medalist in 1994, he specializes in downhill speed events and Super G.
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Initial years
Born in Missoula, Montana, Moe learned to ski and race at The Big Mountain near Whitefish, where his father was a member of a ski patrol. Moe perfected her skills as a teenager in Alaska in Alyeska, near Anchorage, where she attended Glacier Creek Ski Academy. He joined the US Ski Team in 1986 at the age of 16.
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Racing career
Moe made his World Cup debut at 17 and the day before he turned 19, competing at the 1989 World Championships in Vail, Colorado, where he was 12th in a downhill competition. He earned his first World Cup point (15th) in March 1990 with 13th place finish in Sweden, the last race of the 1990 season.
In a surprise appearance at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, Moe became the first American male ski driver to win two medals in one Winter Olympics, with gold under the hill and silver in the super-G at Kvitfjell. At that time Moe was a resident of Alaska; after his Olympic victory, his father was shown on television while waving Alaska state flags.
From a Norwegian ancestor, he quickly became a favorite with the audience at Kvitfjell, despite defeating Kjetil AndrÃÆ' Ã… © Aamodt of Norway with 0.04 seconds to clinch the gold medal in decline. He then placed second in super-G on his 24th birthday, finishing 0.09 seconds behind Markus Wasmeier of Germany. His success came despite having never won a World Cup race, although he has reached three podiums and has raced well twelve months earlier, starting with fifth place down the 1993 World Championships in Japan. (He won a month after the Olympic, super-G in Whistler, Canada, his only victory at the World Cup).
Moe's World Cup best season also took place in 1994, where he finished third in the super-G and eighth in both the overall and declining standings. (Since 1971, the World Cup standings have not included the results of the Winter Olympic Games or the World.)
In March 1995, Moe suffered a right knee injury in Kvitfjell, in the same race in which he won an Olympic medal thirteen months earlier. After recovering, he never regained his best performance, and missed the World Championships in 1997 after a thumb injury in late January required an operation. He returned in March and won a descend in the US Alps Championships in Maine. Moe made the third US Olympic team in 1998 in Nagano, and finished eighth in the super-G and the twelfth on the downhill lane in Hakuba. He retired from a competitive ski race in June at the age of 28.
Career highlights
- 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway: two medals
- Gold Medal in Downhill
- Silver medal in Super G (on her 24th birthday)
- Five (5) US Alpine Championships
- One (1) World Cup Victory (1994, Super G in Whistler)
- Being inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame in 2003
World Cup Results
Standings season
Racing pads
- 1 win - (1 SG)
- 7 podiums - (4 DH, 3 SG)
World Championship Results
- Super-G in 1993 was canceled after some weather delays.
Olympic results
After race
Moe and was inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame five years later, and currently a co-owner of Tordrillo Mountain Lodge in Alaska Range and lives in Wilson, Wyoming. He serves as a ski ambassador at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.
Personal
Moe married longtime girlfriend Megan Gerety in 2003; they have two daughters and live in western Wyoming.
References
External links
- Tommy Moe in the International Ski Federation
- FIS-Ski.com - World Cup standings - Tommy Moe - 1990-98
- Ski-db.com - results - Tommy Moe
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Tommy Moe". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sport Reference LLC.
- US. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame - Tommy Moe
- Jackson Hole.com - Tommy Moe
- Tordrillo Mountain Lodge - Tommy Moe
- Classic Mountain Zone.com - Tommy Moe - 1998 retired
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