- Daron Rahlves
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Daron Rahlves Disciplines DH, SG, GS Club Sugar Bowl Ski Team Born June 12, 1973
Walnut Creek, California, U.S.A.Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) World Cup debut March 13, 1994 Retired March 26, 2006 Website daronrahlves.com Olympics Teams 3 (1998, 2002, 2006) Medals 0 (0 gold) World Championships Teams 6 (1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005) Medals 3 (1 gold) World Cup Seasons 13 Wins 12 Podiums 28 Overall titles 0 Discipline titles 0 Medal recordCompetitor for the 
United StatesMen’s Alpine Skiing World Championships Gold 2001 St. Anton Super-G Silver 2005 Bormio Downhill Bronze 2005 Bormio Giant Slalom Men's Freestyle Skiing Winter X Games Gold 2008 Aspen Ski Cross Daron Louis Rahlves (born June 12, 1973, in Walnut Creek, California) is an American freestyle skier and a former alpine ski racer. Raised in northern California, he attended the Green Mountain Valley School in Vermont and currently resides in Truckee, California. He retired from World Cup racing at the end of the 2006 season with 12 World Cup victories and a world championship.
Rahlves earned three World Championships medals, a gold in 2001 in the Super G and a silver and bronze (downhill and giant slalom) in 2005. His best year in the overall World Cup standings was in 2006, when he finished fourth. His best years in the downhill standings were 2003 and 2004, when he placed second.
He was named to the US team in January 2010 for the 2010 Winter Olympics as a freestyle skier.
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Personal life
Daron is married to Michelle [1] and has twins: son Dreyson and daughter Miley (born in July 2007).[2]
Awards and titles
- 2001 World Championships in St. Anton, Austria: Gold Medal in Super G.
- 2003 Hahnenkamm in Kitzbühel, Austria: 1st place in Downhill, becoming the first American champion on the prestigious Streif course in 44 years (Buddy Werner in 1959).
- 2004 Hahnenkamm in Kitzbühel, Austria: 1st place in Super G, becoming the first American champion ever in that race.
- 2005 World Championships in Bormio, Italy: Silver Medal in Downhill behind Bode Miller, completing the first 1-2 finish for American men ever at the Worlds.
- Bronze Medal in Giant Slalom.
- 2006 Lauberhorn in Wengen, Switzerland: 1st place in Downhill (third American to win)
- 12 World Cup victories.
- 7 U.S. National Championships titles
World Cup victories
Date Location Race March 3, 2000 
KvitfjellDownhill March 4, 2000 KvitfjellDownhill December 29, 2002 
BormioDownhill January 25, 2003 
KitzbühelDownhill December 5, 2003 VailDownhill January 23, 2004 KitzbühelSuper-G March 7, 2004 KvitfjellSuper-G March 10, 2004 SestriereDownhill March 11, 2005 
LenzerheideSuper-G December 2, 2005 Beaver CreekDownhill December 29, 2005 BormioDownhill January 14, 2006 WengenDownhill References
- Official website
- Daron Rahlves at the International Ski Federation . Alpine skier
- Daron Rahlves at the International Ski Federation . Freestyle skier
- Ski-DB.com - Results - Daron Rahlves
- U.S. Ski Team.com - biography - Daron Rahlves
- NBC Olympics.com - profile
- U.S. Olympic team biography
1987: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1989: Martin Hangl | 1991: Stephan Eberharter | 1993: unassigned | 1996: Atle Skårdal | 1997: Atle Skårdal | 1999: Lasse Kjus and Hermann Maier | 2001: Daron Rahlves | 2003: Stephan Eberharter | 2005: Bode Miller | 2007: Patrick Staudacher | 2009: Didier Cuche | 2011: Christof InnerhoferCategories:- 1973 births
- Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- American alpine skiers
- American freestyle skiers
- Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Living people
- Olympic alpine skiers of the United States
- Olympic freestyle skiers of the United States
- People from the San Francisco Bay Area
- X-Games athletes
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