Daron Rahlves


Daron Louis Rahlves is a former American World Cup alpine ski racer and freestyle skier.
Born in Walnut Creek, California, and raised in northern California, Rahlves attended the Green Mountain Valley School in Vermont and currently resides in Truckee, California. He retired from racing at the end of the 2006 season with twelve World Cup victories and a world championship.
Rahlves earned three World Championships medals, a gold in 2001 in the Super-G and a silver and bronze in 2005. His best year in the overall World Cup standings was 2006, when he finished fourth. Rahlves' best years in the downhill standings were 2003 and 2004, when he placed second. He was also the runner-up in the Super G standings in 2004.
Rahlves was named to the U.S. Olympic team as a freestyle skier for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. He competed in the ski cross event at Cypress Mountain and placed 24th.

Personal life

Daron is married to Michelle and has twins: son Dreyson and daughter Miley.

Movies

Rahlves has been featured in several movies as his racing career matured and after retirement. 2005 brought Rahlves' first appearance in Warren Miller's "Impact". In 2007, Rahlves was featured in Rage Films' movie "Enjoy" as well as Jalbert Productions' "The Thin Line: Examination of the Downhill" and in 2008 has segments in Warren Miller's "Children of Winter" and again in Rage Film's movie "Down Days". He has also been in Warren Miller's Dynasty and Matchstick Productions' "In Deep in 2009. In 2010 Rahlves starred in Teton Gravity Research's "Light The Wick" and in 2011 Warren Miller's "Like There's No Tomorrow". Rahlves was a featured in Teton Gravity Research's "The Dream Factory". Most recently, Rahlves rode a night scene in Alyeska in which the snow was backlit with array of projected LED colors for Sweetgrass Productions "Afterglow" in 2014.

Awards and titles

Season standings

Race victories

SeasonDateLocationDiscipline
20003 Mar 2000Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill
20004 Mar 2000Kvitfjell, NorwayDownhill
200329 Dec 2002Bormio, ItalyDownhill
200325 Jan 2003Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill
2004 5 Dec 2003Vail, USADownhill
2004 23 Jan 2004Kitzbühel, AustriaSuper-G
2004 7 Mar 2004Kvitfjell, NorwaySuper-G
2004 10 Mar 2004Sestriere, ItalyDownhill
200511 Mar 2005Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandSuper-G
20062 Dec 2005Beaver Creek, USADownhill
200629 Dec 2005Bormio, ItalyDownhill
200614 Jan 2006Wengen, SwitzerlandDownhill

World Championship results

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