Samuel Bode Miller (/ˈboʊdiː/; born October 12, 1977) is a World Cup alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team.
He is an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist, a two-time overall World Cup champion in 2005 and 2008, and so the most successful male American alpine ski racer of all time (with only Lindsey Vonn surpassing him).
Miller is one of the greatest World Cup racers of all time with 33 victories, and one of five men to win World Cup events in all five disciplines.[1] In November 2004, Miller became the 5th and last man to win World Cup races in all 5 disciplines: slalom, giant slalom, Super-G, downhill, and combined − and today he is the only one with five or more victories in each discipline. In 2008, Miller and Lindsey Vonn won the overall World Cup titles for the first U.S. sweep in 25 years.
He has won five medals in the Winter Olympics, the most of any U.S. skier − two silvers (giant slalom and combined) in Salt Lake City 2002, and a gold (super combined), a silver (Super G) and a bronze (downhill) in Vancouver 2010. Miller is one of 5 skiers who have won Olympic medals in 4 different disciplines, matching the feats of Kjetil André Aamodt and female racers Anja Pärson, Janica Kostelić, and Katja Seizinger.[2]
He has won six discipline World Cups. In May 2007, Miller left the U.S. Ski Team[3][4] and raced independently for his personally-financed "Team America" for 2 seasons. Miller departed the 2009 season before its completion and rejoined the U.S. Ski Team in October 2009.
Always hyped, always a letdown.
Congrats to Bode Miller on tying for the bronze medal in the Super G event! This is is sixth Olympic medal, tying him with Bonnie Blair for second in OWG medals.
Watching the primetime coverage, he broke down during the interview after talking about his brother.
But there's too much wifey shots.
Wow, that is really classy of him and lovely. I am liking him so much these days. He seems humbled, and he seems so much more profound and vulnerable.FWIW, Bode tweeted this:
@MillerBode: I appreciate everyone sticking up for me. Please be gentle w christin cooper, it was crazy emotional and not all her fault. #heatofthemoment
From the Bode fluff, which I was not paying a whole lot of attention to, didn't he meet his wife at the last Olympics, and she was a fellow skiier (I am not sure of the discipline though) In which case, I am not surprised that she's right there.