Jared Goldberg

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Jared Goldberg
Alpine skier 
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G,
Combined
ClubSnowbird Sports Education Foundation
Born (1991-06-17) June 17, 1991 (age 30)
Boston, Massachusetts
Height6 ft (183 cm)[1]
World Cup debutNovember 25, 2012[2]
(age 21)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2014, 2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams3 – (2015-2021)
Medals0
World Cup
Podiums0

Jared Goldberg (born June 17, 1991) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer, a member of the U.S. Ski Team, and resident of Holladay, Utah.[3]

He was the 2010 U.S. Junior Championships combined champion, and won the downhill title in the 2013 U.S. Championships. Goldberg competed for the United States in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Early life[]

Goldberg was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Don (the owner of a computer consultants temporary staffing company) and Annette Goldberg (a nurse).[4][5][6][7] His parents, both part-time ski instructors, met for the first time at Killington Ski Resort in Vermont.[4] His family moved to Utah when he was four years old, and his hometown is Sugar House, Salt Lake City, Utah.[8] He is Jewish and had his Bar Mitzvah celebration in a ski lodge.[9]

Goldberg attended Skyline High School in Salt Lake City, where he played the midfield position in lacrosse and was also on the golf team.[6][10] He attends Westminster College, where he studies mechanical engineering.[8][6][11] His teammates call him “Goldie.”[12]

Skiing career[]

Goldberg's club is Snowbird Sports Education Foundation.[8] He first started competing in both skiing and snowboarding.[4]

Goldberg was the 2010 U.S. Junior Championships combined champion, and took second in Junior downhill and third in junior giant slalom (GS) in the 2011 U.S. Junior Championships.[8] He took third in Super-G (SG) at the 2012 U.S. Championships.[8]

Goldberg won the downhill title in the 2013 U.S. Championships in Copper Mountain, Colorado, where he also took second in SG.[8] He took third in GS at the 2014 U.S. Championships.[8]

In 2013, Goldberg was the overall Nor-Am Champion, competing in three different circuits that season; Nor-Am Cup, Europa Cup, and World Cup.

Goldberg represented the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics and competed in Sochi, Russia, finishing 11th in the combined and 19th in the giant slalom.[13][8][1] At 22 years of age, he was the youngest member of the 2014 US Men's Alpine Team.[14]

In the 2015 World Championships, Goldberg had the third-fastest downhill run, AC, in Vail/Beaver Creek.[8] In 2016, skiing at Snowbird in Utah, his left ski hit a hidden tree trunk and he snapped his Achilles tendon.[15]

In 2017, he competed in the World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in February,[16] and took second place in SG at the U.S. Alpine Championships in March.[17] In December, he gained his first World Cup top ten finish with ninth place in the downhill at Val Gardena, Italy.[18][19]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, Goldberg was 20th in the downhill, 24th in the super-G, and 36th at the combined.[20]

World Cup results[]

Season standings[]

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2013 21 144 52
2014 22 81 39 15
2015 23 72 41 36 16
2016 24 93 44 44 21
2017 25 98 56 31
2018 26 63 39 26 19
2019 27 103 60 36 37
2020 28 92 32 37
2021 29 42 30 17
Standings through 19 December 2020

Top ten finishes[]

  • 0 podiums
  • 3 top tens - (3 DH)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2018 16 Dec 2017 Italy Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 9th
2019 2 Mar 2019 Norway Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill 9th
2021 19 Dec 2020 Italy Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 6th

World Championship results[]

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2015 23 20 29
2017 25 20 21
2021 29 15

Olympic results Olympic rings.svg[]

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2014 22 19 11
2018 26 24 20 36

See also[]

  • List of select Jewish skiers

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Jared Goldberg Bio, Stats, and Results," Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. ^ "Jared Goldberg". U.S. Ski & Snowboard. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  3. ^ Jared Goldberg - U.S. Ski & Snowboard Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Jared Goldberg 36th in Alpine combined, optimistic about downhill - The Boston Globe
  5. ^ "Sizing up some of the non-Israeli Jews in Sochi," The Jerusalem Post.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Team USA: Athlete Roster - Skiing," Archived 2016-07-12 at the Wayback Machine 2014 U.S. Olympic Team Media Guide.
  7. ^ "Jared Goldberg: A Passion for the Mountains," First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i "Jared Goldberg | U.S. Ski Team - Alpine", alpine.usskiteam.com.
  9. ^ "4 Jewish Athletes To Watch at Sochi Winter Olympics", The Forward.
  10. ^ Lindsey Van. "Meet the 15 Utahns who will help represent the US at the Sochi Olympics", Deseret News.
  11. ^ "The Weirdest Dance Moves We've Seen in a While - Skiracing.com". www.Skiracing.com. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  12. ^ South Korea Olympics Get Jewish Athletes Going For Gold – The Forward
  13. ^ "Jared GOLDBERG | Alpine Skiing | United States – Sochi 2014 Olympics". m.sochi2014.com. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  14. ^ Jared Goldberg | NBC Olympics
  15. ^ "Sugarloaf a stop on road to recovery for U.S. ski team's Goldberg; Utah resident shakes off torn Achilles to resume budding international career," CentralMaine.com.
  16. ^ "Feuz claims World Championship downhill title," Skiracing.com.
  17. ^ "Ross, Cochran-Siegle win super G at US Alpine Championships," WTOP.
  18. ^ "Downhill Racer Jared Goldberg Is Headed To Second Olympics"
  19. ^ "Jared Goldberg Takes Career Best 9th" - Val Gardena Downhill - 2017 - Recent Videos - Alpine Test Gallery
  20. ^ "Jared Goldberg"

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