Luke Winters (born April 2, 1997) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer. 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.
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.
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. Winters has a twin brother, two sisters, and two great parents.
World Cup results Season standings
Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2019 21 2020 22127 49———— 202123 116 39 — — — rowspan=3 2022246223 ——— 2023259331———
Top 20 results 0 podiums; 3 top tens
Season Date Location Discipline Place2020 15 December 2019 Val-d'Isère, France Slalom 19th2021 31 January 2021 Chamonix, France Slalom 19th2022 9 January 2022 Adelboden, Switzerland Slalom 10th 22 January 2022 Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 11th 9 March 2022 Flachau, Austria Slalom 7th 20 March 2022 Méribel, France Slalom 8th2023 4 January 2023 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Slalom 11th 4 February 2023 Chamonix, France Slalom 12th
World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined TeamCombined Parallel Team event 2021 23 DNF2 — — — — rowspan=2— — 2023 25 30 — — — —— 1 2025 27 DNF2 — — — ——
Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giant Slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2022 24 DNF1 DNF1 — — —
World Junior Championship results
Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2018 20 DNF2 DNF13 9 22
United States Championships
United States slalom champion in 2019 and 2020 United States combined champion in 2019 and 2021
References
External links
Luke Winters at U.S. Ski Team