Ryan St. Onge

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Ryan St. Onge Freestyle skiing
nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday February 7, 1983
place of birth Hartford
size 175 cm
Weight 75 kg
Career
discipline Aerials
status active
Medal table
World championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
FIS Freestyle Skiing World Championships
gold Inawashiro 2009 Aerials
Placements in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup January 22, 1999
 World Cup victories 7th
 Overall World Cup 5th ( 2008/09 )
 Aerials World Cup 2. (2008/09)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Aerials 7th 1 1
last change: February 28, 2011

Ryan St. Onge (born February 7, 1983 in Hartford , Connecticut ) is an American freestyle skier . He specializes in the aerials (jumping) discipline. In 2009 he became world champion.

biography

St. Onge grew up in Connecticut and later in Colorado . At the beginning he also competed in the mogul slope division, only from 2000 did he focus entirely on the aerials discipline. He made his debut in the World Cup on January 22, 1999 in Heavenly , where he finished 13th. He only played part of the next three seasons for school reasons. In 2003 he took part in the world championships for the first time.

St. Onge rose to the top of the world in the 2004/05 season. After a few top 10 results in the previous winters, he won his first World Cup competition on January 9, 2005 at Mont Tremblant , followed by another victory in Deer Valley three weeks later . At the 2005 World Cup , he jumped to sixth place. The 2005/06 season was similarly successful with two World Cup victories. The 2006 Winter Olympics, on the other hand, ended disappointingly with 18th place. After another victory at the beginning of winter, only moderate results followed in the 2006/07 season, the best result in the 2007/08 season was a third place.

St. Onge was far more successful in the winter of 2008/09. He won two more World Cup competitions and took second place in the discipline ranking. He celebrated the greatest success of his career so far at the 2009 World Cup in Inawashiro by winning the gold medal. In the winter of 2009/10, St. Onge did not get beyond 13th place in the World Cup. The best result of the season he achieved at the 2010 Winter Olympics , where he just missed a medal in fourth. In the 2010/11 season he has so far achieved a podium finish in the World Cup.

successes

Olympic games

World championships

World Cup ratings

  • 2002/03 season : 7th Aerials World Cup
  • Season 2004/05 : 6. Aerials World Cup
  • Season 2005/06 : 5. Aerials World Cup
  • Season 2006/07 : 8. Aerials World Cup
  • Season 2008/09 : 5. Overall World Cup, 2nd Aerials World Cup

World Cup victories

St. Onge has achieved 9 podiums so far, including 7 wins:

date place country
January 9, 2005 Mont Tremblant Canada
January 28, 2005 Deer Valley United States
September 4, 2005 Mount Buller Australia
January 13, 2006 Deer Valley United States
December 9, 2006 Beida Lake China
January 30, 2009 Deer Valley United States
February 14, 2009 Moscow Russia

More Achievements

  • 3 US championship titles (2005, 2008, 2009)
  • 11 podiums in the Nor-Am Cup, including 5 wins
  • 2 podium places in the European Cup

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