Michel MACEDO

Brazil

Alpine Skiing

Date of Birth: 23 Sep 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Place of birth: FORTALEZA

Birth Country:

Brazil

Residence: SINATRA

Residence Country:

Portugal

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Alpine Skiing	Men's Giant Slalom	DNS
	Men's Slalom	DNF

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Technical	Men's Giant Slalom Run 1	Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Technical	Men's Slalom Run 1	Finished
Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre - Technical	Men's Slalom Run 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
DNF	Men's Slalom	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
DNF	Men's Giant Slalom	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
DNS	Men's Super G	2018	PyeongChang, KOR

Youth Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
15	Super G	2016	Lillehammer, NOR	00:01:12.350
DNF	Super Combined	2016	Lillehammer, NOR
DNF	Slalom	2016	Lillehammer, NOR
DNF	Giant Slalom	2016	Lillehammer, NOR

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
39	Slalom Men	2015	Vail / Beaver Creek, USA	2:20.88
54	Giant Slalom Men	2015	Vail / Beaver Creek, USA	1:26.25

Hobbies:

Plays ukelele. (globoesporte.globo.com, 11 Feb 2018)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Graduated in 2017 from Sugar Bowl Academy, a ski academy in California (USA). (skiracing.com; sbacademy.org, 22 Jun 2017)
Attending Middlebury College (Monterey, CA, USA), skiing in the 2019 and 2020 season (Middlebury did not compete during the 2021 pandemic season). (middlebury.edu)

Family:

Father, Alfredo. Mother, Marie. Brother, Tobias. Sister, Clara. (globoesporte.globo.com, 11 Feb 2018)

Languages spoken:

Portugese, English, Spanish

Club name:

Middlebury College

Coach:

Personal: Stever Bartlett (USA)

Sporting relatives:

Tobias Macedo (Alpine skiing): Competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck and the 2015 World Championships in Vail, Colorado, USA.

Other sports:

Surfing, kiteboarding, mountain biking. (Athlete, 31 May 2021)

Debut:

2014 FIS event at El Colorado (Giant slalom - 40th)

Injuries:

2018: Injured his left knee training giant slalom at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, but was still able to compete after taking four days off from on-snow training. (olympics.com, 15 Feb 2018; cbdn.org, 11 Feb 2018)

National team:

2016

Start:

Born in Brazil, but at age three his family moved to the United States where his father Alfredo attended chiropractic school in Portland, Oregon. His father had learned to ski in Chile and took the family to Mount Hood (Oregon) to ski, and as Michel and his brother Tobias progressed, coach Curtis Shuck helped connect the family to the Brazilian ski federation. (olympics.com, 15 Feb 2018; globoesporte.globo.com, 11 Feb 2018)

Reason:

Likes going fast and being competitive. (Athlete, 31 May 2021)

Memorable:

BEST BRAZILIAN RESULT
On 17 February 2019, he had the best-result-ever by a Brazilian Alpine athlete with a 27.97 performance on the FIS Points List at the Dartmouth Carnival university race in New Hampshire (USA), according to the Brazilian Confederation of Snow Sports. (Globoesporte.globo.com, 20 Feb 2019)

Hero:

Marcus Caston, a professional big mountain skier from the United States known for his appearances in ski films. (Athlete, 31 May 2021)

Influence:

"Too many people to count." (Athlete, 31 May 2021)

Ritual:

"Used to have many, now I have none." (Athlete, 31 May 2021)

Philosophy:

"Hard work pays off." (Athlete, 31 May 2021)

General Interest

COACH BARTLETT
His coach Stever Bartlett previously worked with the United States Ski Team in Park City, Utah (USA), as a World Cup assistant coach for the Alpine women's team in 2005/06, and was a staff member at the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games, where he worked as a coach for gold medallist Julia Mancuso. Joined Middlebury College in 2006 where Macedo attended school. (middlebury.prestosports.com)

PHOTO WITH HERO
His skiing photo appeared in a promotion for his hero Marcus Caston's ski camp. (facebook.com/LEKIUSA, 17 May 2018)

Milestones

Competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games (15th in the super-G) where he was Brazil's Closing Ceremony flagbearer, four years after his brother competed in 2012.

At the 2015 and 2021 World Championships his best finish was 39th in slalom at Beaver Creek (2015).

Scored top-20 results in the U.S. Alpine Championships at Aspen Highlands in April 2021.

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/michel.macedo.7545

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
DNF:: Did Not Finish
DNS:: Did Not Start

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