Bode Miller

The most successful male American alpine skier in history, a two-time overall World Cup champion and the only skier to win World Cup races in all five disciplines with five or more victories each.

Samuel Bode Miller was born on 12 October 1977 in Easton, New Hampshire, raised in a cabin without electricity or running water by counterculture parents, and homeschooled until fourth grade. He broke through at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics with two silver medals, in the combined and giant slalom, having only won his first World Cup race weeks earlier. Miller became known for his aggressive, high-risk style, once stating his goal was to ski 'as fast as the natural universe will allow' rather than simply to win. He won back-to-back World Championship doubles in 2003 (giant slalom, combined) and 2005 (downhill, super-G), and captured overall World Cup titles in 2005 and 2008, becoming the fifth and last man to win World Cup races in all five disciplines, a feat matched by no other skier since. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, Miller won gold in the super combined plus silver in super-G and bronze in downhill, becoming the most decorated American skier at a single Games. He returned for a fifth Olympics in 2014 in Sochi, winning bronze in the super-G at age 36 to become the oldest alpine skiing medalist in Olympic history, before retiring in 2017 with six Olympic medals overall, the most of any U.S. skier, and 33 World Cup victories.

Reckless, high-risk skier renowned for aggressive lines and willingness to crash rather than ski conservatively, equally dangerous across all five disciplines

Regarded as one of the most talented and unconventional skiers ever, credited with elevating alpine skiing's profile in the United States

• 2010 Olympic Gold Medal (Super Combined)
• 6 total Olympic medals (most by a U.S. male skier)
• 2x Overall World Cup Champion (2005, 2008)
• 4x World Champion (GS/combined 2003, downhill/super-G 2005)