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Daron Louis Rahlves (born June 12, 1973) is a former American World Cup alpine ski racer and freestyle skier. Biography [ edit ] A Rahlves Olympic bib (left) displayed in a museum.
- 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
- 12 – (9 DH, 3 SG)
- March 26, 2006 (age 32) / February 21, 2010 (age 36)
- June 12, 1973 (age 50), Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
California's Daron Rahlves owes his legendary status to a skiing career that includes three World Championship medals and 28 World Cup podiums. Date of birth. June 12, 1973. Birthplace.
- Male
- June 12, 1973
- Walnut Creek, California, USA
Daron Rahlves is the most accomplished American downhill racer of all time. He retired from alpine ski racing following the 2006 Olympic Games with seven national titles, 12 World Cup victories, including a win in the famed Hahnenkamm combined downhill in Kitzbuhel, Austria. He was also the 2001 world champion in the Super G.
Oct 1, 2020 · As a kid in Northern California, Rahlves would jet ski in the summer and ski in the winter—and now, at 47, he still seems to be a kid at heart. Rahlves finds great adventure in his Tahoe home, in the winter giving much love to Sugar Bowl resort as a ski ambassador and scoping out backcountry lines in some of his buddies’ airplanes.
- Claire Barber
Feb 18, 2022 · So Rahlves waxed up and won. Stanley Hayer #30 of Canada leads through a turn in front of Enak Gavaggio #14 of France, Daron Rahlves #3 of the USA and Conradign Netzer #22 of Switzerland during the men’s ski cross heats on day two of the Freestyle World Cup on January 19, 2009 at Whiteface Mountain in Lake Placid, New York.
- Aimee Berg
Oct 9, 2010 · Sticking with the 2010 motif, Rahlves ended up crashing; however, this one will go down with some of the all-time tomahawks. While flashing a super-steep spine in his typical style, Daron sloughed off a large amount of snow to expose frozen rock underneath, and started to tumble.
Nov 29, 2022 · Daron Rahlves (#31) waves the American flag after his second place finish during the Birds of Prey Downhill in 2004. Teammate Bode Miller (right) won the downhill that year. The following year, the two would trade places, with Rahlves in first and Miller in second in the downhill. (Photo: Brian Bahr/Getty Images)
