Tim Jitloff Explained

Tim Jitloff
Disciplines:Giant slalom
Club:Park City Ski Ed Foundation
Birth Date:11 January 1985
Birth Place:Reno, Nevada, U.S.

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Timothy Matthew Jitloff (born January 11, 1985) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. He specializes in giant slalom and competed in five World Championships and two Winter Olympics.

Born in Reno, Nevada, Jitloff was named to the U.S. Development Team with the 2005 season and moved from the 20s in 2004 NorAms into the teens and single-number results during Winter 2005 as he also saw his first racing in Europe. He has since been a member of the 2007 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Team. He made the US team for the 2010 Winter Olympics in late 2009 and competed in the giant slalom for the United States in the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Jitloff retired from international competition in March 2018.[1]

Career highlights

2005 – Sprint/Ski Racing Junior Skier of the Year. Also the combined gold medalist at the Junior World Championships.

2007 – NorAm giant slalom champion with two wins

Injuries

2006 – An injured left ACL ended his season early

World Cup results

Season standings

Season  Age  Overall  Slalom  Giant
 Slalom 
Super G Downhill Combined
24 75 49 28
25 136 48
26 99 39 23
27 78 27
28 82 29
29 50 18 19
30 60 17 48 36
31 76 25
32 103 34
33 98 31

Top ten finishes

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2009 12 Feb 2009 Sestriere, Italy align=center 5th
2011 26 Feb 2011 Bansko, Bulgaria align=center 8th
2012 6 Dec 2011 Beaver Creek, USA Giant slalom align=center 10th
2014 22 Dec 2013 Alta Badia, Italy Giant slalom align=center 5th
8 Mar 2014 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom align=center 8th
2015 7 Dec 2014 Beaver Creek, USA Giant slalom align=center 9th
1 Mar 2015 Garmisch, Germany Giant slalom align=center 10th
2016 20 Dec 2015 Alta Badia, Italy Giant slalom align=center 7th
21 Dec 2015 Parallel giant slalom align=center 9th

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 Slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
22
24
26 14
28
30 17
32

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 Slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
29
33

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Exceptional athletes retiring from the World Cup Tour. FIS-Ski.com . March 29, 2018 . March 2, 2019.