Ryan Cochran-Siegle

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Ryan Cochran-Siegle
Alpine skier
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Cochran-Siegle in 2017
DisciplinesSuper G, Giant slalom, Combined, Downhill
ClubMount Mansfield
Born (1992-03-27) 27 March 1992 (age 32)
Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
World Cup debut
26 November 2011 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2018, 2022)
Medals1 (silver)
World Championships
Teams3 – (2013, 2017, 2019)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons9 – (20122014, 20162021)
Wins1 – (1 SG)
Podiums2 – (1 DH, 1 SG)
Overall titles0 – (15th in 2022)
Discipline titles0 – (10th in AC, 2020)

Ryan Cochran-Siegle (born 27 March 1992, nicknamed "RCS"[1]) is an American World Cup alpine ski racer and a member of the Skiing Cochrans family.[2] Cochran-Siegle specializes in giant slalom and super-G, and also races in downhill and combined. He made his World Cup debut on 26 November 2011. He debuted at the Winter Olympics in 2018, and in 2022, he won a silver medal in Super-G at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Career

Cochran-Siegle in Bormio 2019

Cochran-Siegle learned to ski at around the age of two, being taught by his mother Barbara Cochran, gold medalist in the slalom at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. After the 2010 season, he joined the U.S. Development Team and one year later he was promoted to the National B Team. He was Nor-Am Cup super-G champion in 2011 and took a bronze medal in the super-G at the U.S. national championships.[2] Cochran-Siegle made his World Cup debut in November 2011 at the Lake Louise downhill, but failed to finish.[3] A week later in Colorado, he scored his first World Cup points in a super-G at Beaver Creek, finishing in 29th place.[4]

In 2012, Cochran-Siegle won the Nor-Am downhill and super-G titles, and he also won two gold medals at the Junior World Championships, in downhill and combined. However his progress was interrupted in 2013 when he suffered injuries to his anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments during the downhill portion of the combined at the World Championships. He returned to competition in the 2014 season, winning the overall Nor-Am Cup; he was second in the downhill standings and third in the super-G and giant slalom standings.

Cochran-Siegle took the 2015 season off to recover from a lateral meniscus transplant, then returned in the 2016 season, when he made his World Cup giant slalom debut, and took his first World Cup point in GS with a 30th place at Kranjska Gora. He finished the season with good results at the national championships at Sun Valley, Idaho, where he was runner-up in the super-G and giant slalom and fourth in the combined. In 2018, Cochran-Siegle was a member of the U.S. Olympic team and competed in four events, his best result was eleventh in the giant slalom.[2]

World Cup results

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
2012 19 131 53
2013 20 106 41 52 27
2014 21 0 points
2015 22 Injured: out for season
2016 23 163 58
2017 24 83 38 37 20
2018 25 75 33 16
2019 26 53 26 23 43 31
2020 27 20 20 20 14 10
2021 28 22 33 10 14
2022 29 15 56 10 10

Race podiums

  • 1 win (1 SG)
  • 2 podiums (1 DH, 1 SG); 16 top tens
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2021 19 Dec 2020 Italy Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 2nd
29 Dec 2020 Italy Bormio, Italy Super G 1st

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2013 20 15 DNF1
2015 22 Injured: out for season
2017 24 25 28 19
2019 26 11 12 18

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2018 25 11 14 23 DNF1
2022 29 DNF1 2 14

References

  1. ^ Jack Fitzsimmons, Katharine Huntley, Adam Sullivan (8 February 2022). "RCS' Olympic silver carries on Cochran legacy". Gray Media Group. WCAX 3 CBS Burlington.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. ^ a b c "Ryan Cochran-Siegle". United States Ski Team. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  3. ^ FIS World Cup - Men's Downhill - Lake Louise (CAN) - 26.11.2011. International Ski Federation
  4. ^ FIS World Cup - Men's Super G - Beaver Creek (USA) - 03.12.2011. International Ski Federation

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