Trace worthington biography

Trace Worthington was born in Minnesota and first donned skis there at the age of two. However, it was not long after that his family moved to Winter Park, Colorado. Growing up he engaged in all mainstream sports from hockey to baseball to skiing. He liked to do everything and had a natural talent for sports. Eventually, the boards on snow won out over the others, a great gain for the US Ski Team.

He developed a love for doing aerial tricks on his backyard trampoline. It became a major training method for doing tricks on skis and today his company, Flying Ace Productions, still does trampoline exhibitions and shows across the country.

He entered his first freestyle competition at the age of 14 competing in the three disciplines of the day, Ballet (now known as acro), aerials and moguls. In 1986 he won the aerials event at the World Junior Championships. The following year he won the US Junior aerials title.

Trace “the Ace” was the force to contend with in freestyle skiing during much of the 1990’s. His first of an incredible 39 World Cup wins came in 1990 in LaClusaz, France. That would be the site for his extraordinary results at the World Championships, five years later when he won gold medals in both the aerials and combined events. That achievement has never been duplicated in freestyle skiing. As proof of his consistency and domination, prior to his retirement in 1997, he would reach the podium 79 times, claimed 39 World Cup events and won the coveted FIS World Cup crystal globe 7 times between three categories – aerials, combined and overall.

Trace Worthington is proud of the fact that he was able to follow in the footsteps of his great grandfather, Harry Worthington, who competed in Track and Field events at the 1912 Olympic Games. Trace was named to the U.S. Olympic Team in 1992 when freestyhle was still a demonstration event. He also competed in Lillehammer in 1994 finishing fifth in the aerials, the best result by a U.S. competi

Trace Worthington was an early legend in freestyle skiing. He was named Freestyle Skier of the Year by Ski Racing magazine from 1992-95 and was International Skier of the Year in 1993. During his career he won 39 World Cup Events and had 79 podium finishes. Worthington was World Cup Combined Champion three times. In 1995 he won World Championships in aerials and combined, which has never been done by any other skier. At the 1992 Winter Olympics, Worthington competed in aerials and ballet when freestyle was a demonstration sport, and then competed in aerials and moguls at the Lillehammer Winter Olympics.

After retiring in 1997, Worthington later went into sports commentary for various US television channels. He also started his own television production company, Flying Ace Productions. Worthington was the great-grandson of Harry Worthington, a long jumper at the 1912 Olympics.

American freestyle skier

Trace Worthington (born November 28, 1969) is an American former freestyle skier. He competed in two events at the 1994 Winter Olympics. After retiring from the sport, Worthington became a sports commentator, working for both NBC Sports and CBS Sports.

Biography

Worthington was born in 1969 in Minneapolis, and began skiing at the age of two. His great-grandfather, Harry, competed in the men's long jump at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. After moving to Winter Park, Colorado, Worthington took part in his first freestyle skiing competition when he was 14 years old. In 1986, he was the World Junior Champion in the aerials, winning the US title the next year.

From 1992 to 1995, Worthington was named the Freestyle Skier of the Year by Ski Racing magazine, and in 1993, he was also named the International Skier of the Year. Worthington won a total of 39 World Cup events, and finished on the podium 79 times during his career. At the 1995 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships, he was the World Champion in both the aerials and combined events, the first time one person had held both titles.

Worthington took part in freestyle skiing as a demonstration event at the 1992 Winter Olympics. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Worthington competed in the men's moguls and the men's aerials, with a best placed finish of fifth in the aerials event. Just prior to the 1994 Winter Olympics, Worthington injured his right knee in training.

Worthington retired from the sport in 1997, due to vertigo,