Daron Rahlves

Daron Louis Rahlves (born June 12, 1973) is a former American World Cup alpine ski racer and freestyle skier.

Daron Rahlves
Alpine skier
DisciplinesDownhill, Super G,
Giant Slalom
ClubSugar Bowl Ski Team
Born (1973-06-12) June 12, 1973
Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
World Cup debutMarch 13, 1994 (age 20)
RetiredMarch 26, 2006 (age 32) / February 21, 2010 (age 36)
WebsiteDaronRahlves.com
Olympics
Teams3 – (1998, 2002, 2006) – alpine
1 – (2010) – freestyle
Medals0
World Championships
Teams6 – (19962005)
Medals3 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons12 – (1995–2006)
Wins12 – (9 DH, 3 SG)
Podiums28 – (20 DH, 7 SG, 1 GS)
Overall titles0 – (4th in 2006)
Discipline titles0 – (2nd in DH & SG, 2004)

Born in Walnut Creek, California, and raised in Northern California, Rahlves attended the Green Mountain Valley School in Vermont and currently resides in Truckee, California. He retired from racing at the end of the 2006 season with twelve 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 2006, when he finished fourth. Rahlves' best years in the downhill standings were 2003 and 2004, when he placed second. He was also the runner-up in the Super G standings in 2004.

Rahlves was named to the U.S. Olympic team as a freestyle skier for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. He competed in the ski cross event at Cypress Mountain and placed 24th.

Personal life

Daron is married to Michelle [1] and has twins: son Dreyson and daughter Miley (born in July 2007).[2]

Movies

Rahlves has been featured in several movies as his racing career matured and after retirement. 2005 brought Rahlves' first appearance in Warren Miller's "Impact". In 2007, Rahlves was featured in Rage Films' movie "Enjoy" as well as Jalbert Productions' "The Thin Line: Examination of the Downhill" and in 2008 has segments in Warren Miller's "Children of Winter" and again in Rage Film's movie "Down Days". He has also been in Warren Miller's Dynasty and Matchstick Productions' "In Deep in 2009. In 2010 Rahlves starred in Teton Gravity Research's "Light The Wick" and in 2011 Warren Miller's "Like There's No Tomorrow". Rahlves was a featured in Teton Gravity Research's "The Dream Factory". Most recently, Rahlves rode a night scene in Alyeska in which the snow was backlit with array of projected LED colors for Sweetgrass Productions "Afterglow" in 2014.

Awards and titles

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
1995215918
199622582718
1997234711
199824571246
199925531932
20002620471010
20012729381715
20022834451219
200329649242
20043053322
20053151234
20063241133

Race victories

  • 12 wins – (9 DH, 3 SG)
  • 28 podiums – (20 DH, 7 SG, 1 GS)
Season Date Location Discipline
20003 Mar 2000Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill
4 Mar 2000Downhill
200329 Dec 2002Bormio, ItalyDownhill
25 Jan 2003Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill
2004 5 Dec 2003Vail, USADownhill
23 Jan 2004Kitzbühel, AustriaSuper-G
7 Mar 2004Kvitfjell, NorwaySuper-G
10 Mar 2004Sestriere, ItalyDownhill
200511 Mar 2005Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandSuper-G
20062 Dec 2005Beaver Creek, USADownhill
29 Dec 2005Bormio, ItalyDownhill
14 Jan 2006Wengen, SwitzerlandDownhill

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 
Super GDownhillCombined
199622DNF122
199723DNF1DNF31
19992513DNF
2001271915
2003291622DSQ
2005313102

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 
Super GDownhillCombined
199824207
200228816
200632DNF1910
20103624th in ski cross (freestyle)

References

  1. "US Ski Team profile". Archived from the original on January 9, 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-06.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-02-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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