Atle Lie McGrath
Atle Lie McGrath (born 21 April 2000) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, a member of the Norwegian Alpine Ski Team.[1] He gained his first World Cup podium in December 2020 in a giant slalom at Alta Badia, Italy.
| Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Slalom, Giant slalom | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | Bærums SK | |||||||||||||
| Born | 21 April 2000 Vermont, United States | |||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 12 January 2019 (age 18) | |||||||||||||
| Olympics | ||||||||||||||
| Teams | 0 | |||||||||||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||||
| Teams | 0 | |||||||||||||
| World Cup | ||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 3 – (2019–2021) | |||||||||||||
| Wins | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Podiums | 1 – (1 GS) | |||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (133rd in 2020) | |||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (55th in SL, 2020) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Skiing career
McGrath competed at the Junior World Championships in 2018 and 2019; he raced all of the events (DH, SG, AC, GS, and SL) both years. In 2018, he was the best U18 skier in three events; in 2019, he was the silver medalist in the combined. McGrath was also fourth in the downhill, just 0.01 second from the podium.[2]
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 19 | 113 | 55 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 20 | 16 | — | 8 | — | — | — |
- Standings through 21 December 2020
Race podiums
- 1 podium – (1 GS)
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 Dec 2020 |  Alta Badia, Italy | Giant Slalom | 2nd |
Personal life
Born in the United States in Vermont, McGrath moved to Oslo when he was two years old. His father, American Felix McGrath, raced for the U.S. Ski Team on the World Cup circuit from 1984 through 1990, had one podium finish in slalom (Åre, 1988), and finished third in that season's slalom standings (fifteenth overall).[3] His mother, Selma Lie, was a cross-country ski racer in Norway and on the NCAA circuit for the University of Vermont.[4][5]
McGrath grew up a multisport athlete, also racing cross-country skiing until age 12 and playing soccer until age 15. He represents the sports club Bærums SK.[2]
References
- Staff (May 13, 2019). "Norway Names 2019-20". FIS. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
- Atle Lie McGrath at the International Ski Federation
- "McGrath second in World Cup race". Nashua Telegraph. (New Hampshire, U.S.). March 20, 1988. p. C2.
- Staff (2003). "Selma Lie (2003) - University of Vermont Athletic Hall of Fame". University of Vermont Athletics. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- Editors (December 1990). Snow Country. 3. The New York Times Company. p. 27.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
External links
- Atle Lie McGrath at the International Ski Federation
- Atle Lie McGrath World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Atle Lie McGrath at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Head Skis – team – athletes – Atle Lie McGrath