Will Brandenburg
American alpine skier
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::summary American alpine skier ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Will Brandenburg |
| disciplines | |
| club | Schweitzer Racing School |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Walla Walla, Washington, U.S. |
| height | |
| wcdebut | December 16, 2007 (age 21) |
| website | |
| olympicteams | 1 – (2010) |
| olympicmedals | 0 |
| worldsteams | 3 – (2011, 2013, 2015) |
| worldsmedals | 0 |
| wcseasons | 5th – (2011–15) |
| wcpodiums | 0 |
| wcoveralls | 0 – (93rd in 2012) |
| wctitles | 0 – (33rd in SL, 2012) |
| show-medals | yes |
| :: |
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Will Brandenburg (born January 1, 1987) is a World Cup alpine ski racer on the U.S. Ski Team and specializes in slalom. Born in Walla Walla, Washington, he began skiing at 11 months of age and started racing at seven at Ski Bluewood near Dayton, Washington. He moved with his family to Spokane as a youth, then raced with the Spokane Ski Racing Association at Mt. Spokane, and later at Schweitzer Mountain near Sandpoint, Idaho. A 2005 graduate of Mead High School in Spokane, he also played high school football for the Panthers, with a brief stint at quarterback.
Brandenburg was named to the U.S. development team in May 2006. At the 2007 U.S. Alpine Championships in April, he placed second in the giant slalom at Alyeska, won by Ted Ligety. The day before, Brandenburg was named U.S. junior alpine ski racer of the year by Ski Racing magazine.
He was named to the U.S. team for the 2010 Winter Olympics, and finished tenth in the super combined event, won by Bode Miller. Brandenburg had the second best time in the slalom run, behind Ligety. He was also a member of the U.S. team for the 2011 World Championships racing in the slalom.
Brandenburg's best World Cup finish is sixth place in a slalom at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia in March 2012. He won the combined event at the 2013 U.S. Alpine Championships at Squaw Valley in Olympic Valley, California.
World Cup top 30 finishes
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| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Jan 9, 2011 | Adelboden, Switzerland | Slalom | 24th |
| Jan 30, 2011 | Chamonix, France | Super combined | 22nd | |
| 2012 | Jan 8, 2012 | Adelboden, Switzerland | Slalom | 22nd |
| Mar 11, 2012 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Slalom | 6th | |
| 2013 | Nov 11, 2012 | Levi, Finland | Slalom | 15th |
| 2014 | Mar 9, 2014 | Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Slalom | 23rd |
| 2015 | Jan 27, 2015 | Schladming, Austria | Slalom | 18th |
| :: |
World Championship results
::data[format=table] | Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2011 | 24 | DNF1 | — | — | — | — | | 2013 | 26 | DNF1 | — | — | — | DNF1 | | 2015 | 28 | DNF1 | — | — | — | — | ::
Olympic results
::data[format=table] | Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2010 | 23 | — | — | — | — | 10 | | 2014 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — -- | ::
References
References
- Nord, Kevin. (December 29, 2000). "A passion for skiing". Spokesman-Review.
- (May 14, 2006). "Ski star Brandenburg on development team". Spokesman-Review.
- Jennings, Bill. (February 6, 2007). "Eye on 2010". Spokesman-Review.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110204064144/http://skiing.teamusa.org/news/2011/01/07/on-the-edge-of-a-breakthrough/40360 skiing.teamusa.org] – On the edge of a breakthrough – January 7, 2011 – accessed March 19, 2012.
- (April 5, 2007). "Brandenburg 2nd at U.S. Alpine". Spokesman-Review.
- Rugh, Pete. (April 4, 2007). "Alpine nationals: Ligety wins GS; Miller MIA".
- Rugh, Pete. (April 3, 2007). "Will Brandenburg, Leanne Smith named Ski Racing Juniors of the Year".
- McKee, Hank. (January 27, 2010). "U.S. Team announces alpine Olympic squad".
- Farnell, Shauna. (February 21, 2010). "Olympics: Bode goes gold in super-combined".
- [http://www.skiracing.com/?q=node/11572 Ski Racing.com] – Myhrer wins Slovene slalom, Brandenburg career best 6th – March 11, 2012.
- [http://alpine.usskiteam.com/news/career-best-sixth-brandenburg USSA] – news – Career best sixth for Brandenburg – March 11, 2012.
- (March 23, 2013). "Will Brandenburg of Spokane wins a national title". Seattle Times.
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