Jared Goldberg Explained

Jared Goldberg
Gender:m
Disciplines:Downhill, Super-G,
Combined
Birth Date:17 June 1991
Birth Place:Boston, Massachusetts
Club:Snowbird Sports Education Foundation
Height:6 ft 0 in[1]
Wcdebut:November 2012 (age 21)[2]
Olympicteams:2 – (2014, 2018)
Olympicmedals:0
Worldsteams:4 – (2015, 2017, 2021, 2023)
Worldsmedals:0
Wcseasons:9 – (20142022)
Wcpodiums:0
Wcoveralls:0 – (57th in 2023)
Wctitles:0 – (15th in AC, 2014)

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]

Goldberg 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. His family moved to Utah when he was four years old, and he was raised in the Sugar House neighborhood of Salt Lake City.[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.[10] He attends Westminster College, where he studies mechanical engineering.[11] His teammates call him “Goldie.”[12]

Skiing career

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

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. He took third in Super-G (SG) at the 2012 U.S. Championships.

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

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] 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. 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
21144 52
2281 39 15
2372 41 36 16
2016244444
2017255631
2018263926
2019276036
2832
202129rowspan=4
202230855131
202331574422
202432181011

Top ten finishes

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
201816 Dec 2017 Val Gardena, Italy 9th
20192 Mar 2019 Kvitfjell, Norway Downhill 9th
202119 Dec 2020 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 9th
202317 Dec 2022 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 9th
20 Jan 2023 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 4th
202416 Dec 2023 Val Gardena, Italy 10th

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
23 29
25 21
29 DNS2
31

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
22 11
26 36

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418054325/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/jared-goldberg-1.html "Jared Goldberg Bio, Stats, and Results,"
  2. Web site: Jared Goldberg. U.S. Ski & Snowboard. January 26, 2018.
  3. https://usskiandsnowboard.org/athletes/jared-goldberg Jared Goldberg - U.S. Ski & Snowboard
  4. https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2018/02/13/jared-goldberg-alpine-combined-optimistic-about-downhill/MFw4rQ363NnoQ9RK2sSA6I/story.html Jared Goldberg 36th in Alpine combined, optimistic about downhill - The Boston Globe
  5. http://www.jpost.com/Sports/Sizing-up-some-of-the-non-Israeli-Jews-in-Sochi-342254 "Sizing up some of the non-Israeli Jews in Sochi,"
  6. https://sochi2014.visionbox.com/team-usa/athlete-roster/skiing.aspx?id=33&did=3&aid=161&show=True "Team USA: Athlete Roster - Skiing,"
  7. http://www.firsttracksonline.com/2016/01/31/jared-goldberg-a-passion-for-the-mountains/ "Jared Goldberg: A Passion for the Mountains,"
  8. http://alpine.usskiteam.com/athletes/jared-goldberg "Jared Goldberg | U.S. Ski Team - Alpine"
  9. http://forward.com/news/192396/4-jewish-athletes-to-watch-at-sochi-winter-olympic/?attribution=tag-article-listing-1-headline "4 Jewish Athletes To Watch at Sochi Winter Olympics"
  10. http://www.deseretnews.com/top/2261/15/Lindsey-Van-Meet-the-15-Utahns-who-will-help-represent-the-US-at-the-Sochi-Olympics.html Lindsey Van. "Meet the 15 Utahns who will help represent the US at the Sochi Olympics"
  11. Web site: The Weirdest Dance Moves We’ve Seen in a While - Skiracing.com. www.Skiracing.com. January 26, 2018.
  12. https://forward.com/fast-forward/393843/meet-the-jews-going-to-the-winter-olympics-in-south-korea/ South Korea Olympics Get Jewish Athletes Going For Gold – The Forward
  13. Web site: Jared GOLDBERG | Alpine Skiing | United States – Sochi 2014 Olympics. m.sochi2014.com. 2014-02-10.
  14. https://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/jared-goldberg/1095869 Jared Goldberg | NBC Olympics
  15. http://www.centralmaine.com/2017/03/28/sugarloaf-a-stop-on-road-to-recovery-for-u-s-ski-teams-goldberg/ "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,"
  16. http://www.skiracing.com/stories/feuz-claims-world-championship-downhill-title "Feuz claims World Championship downhill title,"
  17. http://wtop.com/news/2017/03/ross-cochran-siegle-win-super-g-at-us-alpine-championships/ "Ross, Cochran-Siegle win super G at US Alpine Championships,"
  18. https://web.archive.org/web/20180215084005/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2018/January/20/Downhill-Racer-Jared-Goldberg-Is-Headed-To-Second-Olympics "Downhill Racer Jared Goldberg Is Headed To Second Olympics"
  19. http://site-255557.bcvp0rtal.com/detail/videos/recent-videos/video/5683588080001/jared-goldberg-takes-career-best-9th---val-gardena-downhill---2017 "Jared Goldberg Takes Career Best 9th" - Val Gardena Downhill - 2017 - Recent Videos - Alpine Test Gallery
  20. https://web.archive.org/web/20150219175740/http://www.teamusa.org/us-ski-and-snowboard/athletes/Jared-Goldberg "Jared Goldberg"