Atle Lie McGrath

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Atle Lie McGrath
Alpine skier
DisciplinesSlalom, Giant slalom
ClubBærums SK
Born (2000-04-21) 21 April 2000 (age 21)
Vermont, United States
World Cup debut12 January 2019 (age 18)
Olympics
Teams0
World Championships
Teams0
World Cup
Seasons4 – (20192022)
Wins0
Podiums1 – (1 GS)
Overall titles0 – (56th in 2021)
Discipline titles0 – (21st in GS, 2021)
Medal record
Medalists of the men's combined event at the 2019 Junior World Championships, from left to right: Lie McGrath (NOR), Tobias Hedström (SWE), Lucas Braathen (NOR)

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.

Skiing career[]

Lie 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. Lie 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 Parallel
2020 19 133 55 35
2021 20 56 44 21 16
2022 21 13 8 37 3
Standings through 12 December 2021

Race podiums[]

  • 2 podiums – (1 GS, 1 PG)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2021 20 Dec 2020 Italy Alta Badia, Italy Giant Slalom 2nd
2022 14 Nov 2021 Austria Lech/Zürs, Austria Parallel-G 3rd

Personal life[]

Born in the United States in Vermont, Lie 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.[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]

Lie McGrath grew up as a multisport athlete, also racing cross-country skiing until age 12 and playing football until age 15.[citation needed] He represents the sports club Bærums SK.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Staff (May 13, 2019). "Norway Names 2019-20". FIS. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  2. ^ a b Atle Lie McGrath at the International Ski Federation
  3. ^ "McGrath second in World Cup race". Nashua Telegraph. (New Hampshire, U.S.). March 20, 1988. p. C2.
  4. ^ Staff (2003). "Selma Lie (2003) - University of Vermont Athletic Hall of Fame". University of Vermont Athletics. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  5. ^ Editors (December 1990). Snow Country. 3. The New York Times Company. p. 27.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

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