Travis ganong biography

Travis Ganong (born July 14, ) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G.

Travis Ganong, pictured in , photo courtesy U. With nearly World Cup starts under his belt, highlighted by two downhill victories, four podiums and 37 top finishes, Travis Ganong could hang up his racing skis today and proudly reflect on a long, successful career at the pinnacle of his sport. The year-old Tahoe resident enters his 17th season on the U.

Ski Team feeling confident, spry and stronger than ever—the result of an effective new training regimen combined with the sage mindset of an accomplished veteran. While he is reluctant to admit it, Ganong also has unfinished business to address, as an untimely knee injury robbed him of the opportunity to compete in his second Olympics in He placed fifth in his first Olympic downhill four years before that, speeding across the finish 0.

You can bet that Ganong will be ready. After having a complete World Cup season last season, which was awesome, I enjoyed the majority of the offseason back home in Tahoe. Normally in the spring we try and have a ski camp in Norway, where we test equipment and dial in new ski boots for the following season, but due to COVID we instead had our spring camp down in Mammoth.

It was so nice to ski close to home and we had great conditions. After Mammoth it was straight to the gym and dryland training. I also spent a little over a month this fall over in Zermatt, Switzerland, with the U. World Cup Speed Team training on the glaciers there, which was awesome. My girlfriend was also over there training with the Canadian team, and I proposed to her on a rainy off day at ski camp, and she said yes!

So that was probably the highlight of the offseason. Honestly, as a kid growing up here, I never remembered having summers that resembled anything like what we have endured for the last few years.