Tommy Moe
Tommy Moe | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Thomas S. Moe | |||||||||||||||||||||
nation | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | 17th February 1970 (age 50) | |||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Missoula , United States | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Downhill , Super-G combination |
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society | Jackson Hole SKI Club | |||||||||||||||||||||
status | resigned | |||||||||||||||||||||
End of career | 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Sven "Tommy" Moe (born February 17, 1970 in Missoula , Montana ) is a former American ski racer .
He won the gold medal in the downhill and silver in the super G at the 1994 Olympic Games in Lillehammer . Besides his medals in Norway , he only won the Super-G in the World Cup once ( Whistler , March 13, 1994). His surprising gold medal came ten years after Bill Johnson's success in Sarajevo; the narrow lead over local hero Kjetil André Aamodt was 0.04 seconds. At the Pan American Games in 1990 he won the silver medal in the Super-G.
successes
Olympic games
- Albertville 1992 : 18th combination, 20th downhill, 28th super-G
- Lillehammer 1994 : 1st downhill, 2nd Super-G, 5th combination
- Nagano 1998 : 8th Super-G, 12th Downhill
World championships
- Vail 1989 : 12th departure
- Morioka 1993 : 5th descent
- Sierra Nevada 1996 : 21st Downhill, 42nd Super-G
World Cup ratings
season | total | Departure | Super G | combination | ||||
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space | Points | space | Points | space | Points | space | Points | |
1989/90 | 97. | 3 | 36. | 3 | - | - | - | - |
1990/91 | 74. | 7th | 29 | 7th | - | - | - | - |
1991/92 | 79. | 71 | 40. | 34 | 49. | 14th | 31. | 23 |
1992/93 | 31. | 240 | 19th | 164 | 26th | 62 | 28. | 14th |
1993/94 | 8th. | 650 | 8th. | 308 | 3. | 242 | 4th | 100 |
1994/95 | 28. | 284 | 18th | 149 | 11. | 109 | 12. | 26th |
1996/97 | 87. | 39 | 35. | 37 | 50. | 2 | - | - |
1997/98 | 72. | 66 | 35. | 45 | 32. | 21st | - | - |
World Cup victories
- 7 podium places, including 1 victory:
date | place | country | discipline |
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March 13, 1994 | Whistler | Canada | Super G |
Junior World Championships
- Bad Kleinkirchheim 1986 : 18th descent, 32nd slalom
- Sälen / Hemsedal 1987 : 2nd descent, 4th giant slalom
- Madonna di Campiglio 1988 : 4th descent, 7th combination, 13th giant slalom, 24th Super-G, 25th slalom
- Aleyska 1989 : 1st Super-G, 5th downhill, 7th giant slalom, 22nd slalom
More Achievements
- 2 US championship titles (Downhill and Super-G 1997)
- 1990 Pan American Winter Games : Silver in Super-G
- 1 podium in the Nor-Am Cup
- 2 victories in FIS races
Web links
- Tommy Moe in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Tommy Moe in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Tommy Moe in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Moe, Tommy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moe, Thomas S. (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ski racer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 17th February 1970 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Missoula , Montana |