Bryce BENNETT

14 Jul 1992
29
Male
TRUCKEE, CA
 
United States of America
TRUCKEE, CA
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ALP Alpine Skiing Men's Downhill 19
Men's Super-G 17

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed
Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed
Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed
Men's Downhill 3rd Training
Cancelled
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed
Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Speed
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocationResult
16Men's Downhill2018PyeongChang, KOR00:01:42.220
17Men's Alpine Combined2018PyeongChang, KOR00:02:09.970
World Championship
RankEventYearLocationResult
9Downhill Men2019Are, SWE1:20.81
10Downhill Men2021Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA1:38.89
11Alpine combined Men2019Are, SWE1:49.59
11Alpine combined Men2017St. Moritz, SUI2:27.33
16Alpine combined Men2021Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA2:12.23
23Super G Men2019Are, SWE1:25.82
26Downhill Men2017St. Moritz, SUI1:40.53
27Super G Men2021Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA1:21.93
World Cup Rankings
SeasonAllDownhillSuper GAlpine Combined
2021/20222210
2020/2021631938
2019/2020481616
2018/201932722
2017/201845204714
2016/201765264318
2015/2016803416
World Cup - Best Achievements
SeasonDownhillSuper GAlpine combinedSuper Combined
2021/20221 x 1st1 x 31st
2020/20211 x 4th1 x 9th
2019/20201 x 7th1 x 36th1 x 14th
2018/20192 x 4th1 x 39th1 x 15th
2017/20181 x 11th1 x 27th1 x 9th
2016/20171 x 8th1 x 20th1 x 10th
2015/20161 x 6th1 x 34th1 x 9th
2014/20151 x 43rd1 x 41st
2013/20141 x 57th1 x 64th1 x 37th
Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
RankEventSeasonLocationResult
1Downhill2021/2022Val Gardena-Groeden, ITA2:02.42
7Downhill2021/2022Wengen, SUI1:43.37
10Downhill2021/2022Beaver Creek, USA
11Downhill2021/2022Kitzbuehel, AUT1:57.25
12Downhill2021/2022Kitzbuehel, AUT1:58.42
21Downhill2021/2022Wengen, SUI2:28.68
22Downhill2021/2022Beaver Creek, USA1:41.61
26Downhill2021/2022Lake Louise, CAN1:49.91
31Super G2021/2022Wengen, SUI1:31.06
38Super G2021/2022Val Gardena-Groeden, ITA1:27.99
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Fishing from his boat on Lake Tahoe, camping, enjoying time with friends and family, hunting, camping, golf, BMX. (Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

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Athlete

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Wife, Kelley Altick (married October 2021). Father, Stan Bennett. Mother, Mary Bennett.

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English

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Team Palisades Tahoe

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National: Randy Pelkey (USA)

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2007 FIS event in Treble Cone (Slalom - DNF2)
2013 World Cup in Lake Louise (Super-G - 64th)

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None. (Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

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2011

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His father Stan was a telemark skier and his mother Mary was a rower who took to skiing at nearby Kirwood resort. They put him in a backpack when he was young and skied with him as he napped. They wanted their only child to embrace the outdoors as much as they did. He was on skis himself by the age of two and joined the famed Squaw Valley Mighty Mites program at four because he was as big as older kids. (mercurynews.com, 10 Feb 2018; chicagotribune.com, 2018)

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The freedom he gets from hanging out with his friends and skiing the mountain the way he envisioned it being skied. "Racing was just something we did to kill time in-between storm cycles. There were limited rules and an ultimate playground in front of us." (Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

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"I want to win the World Cup downhill title ... then I'm out." (Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

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Does competitive Crossfit with his friends at Dreamtown CrossFit in his hometown of Truckee. "I do it my way." (Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

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Career first World Cup win on 18 Dec 2021 in the Val Gardena downhill.

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Alpine skier Bode Miller (USA), six-time Olympic and five-time World Championship medallist.
Alpine skier Steven Nyman (USA), three-time Olympian (2006, 2010, 2014).
Alpine skier Marco Sullivan (USA), three-time Olympian (2002, 2010, 2014). (Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

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His coach at Team Palisades Tahoe, Konrad Rickenbach. "He gave me the tools to think for myself and ask the right questions to grow and develop as a person. It was funny to see how working on character directly corresponded to improvement in ski racing." (Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

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None. (Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

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"This is on me. If I fail, it's my fault, no one else's. Take responsibility for yourself and your actions. Ski racing is hard. Don't look for short cuts. Do the work and do it the way you want to do it." (Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

General Interest

TAHOE TRADITION
A native of the 1960 Olympic Winter Games venue now called Palisades Tahoe, California (USA). He is continuing Tahoe's tradition of Olympic skiers joining the ranks of Jimmie Heuga, Andrea Mead Lawrence, Tamara McKinney, Julia Mancuso, Eric and Sandra Paulsen, Daron Rahlves and so many others who started on Tahoe’s slopes. (mercurynews.com, 10 Feb 2018)

HEIGHT
At 2.04m (6 foot, 7 inches) tall, his size 15 feet were too big an obstacle, and his parents were worried it just couldn’t be done, but he dreamed it anyway. “There’s a first time for everything...It was hard for coaches to understand my mechanics of skiing because it looks so different than so many athletes. There were a lot of people who doubted how far I could take this sport. It was tough to overcome that.” (mercurynews.com, 10 Feb 2018)

EQUIPMENT
Faulty equipment not designed for his body size and type held him back at the start of his career. It was a few years before he could solve these problems with his manufacturer who are now making customized boots and supplying him with skis that can withstand his body force. (mercurynews.com, 10 Feb 2018)

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