Bode Miller Biography

Fast Facts

• Grew up in a cabin on a 500-acre plot within the White Mountains of New Hampshire with no electricity or running water; was home-schooled until third grade
• Began skiing at the age of 3; first started competing at 11
• Worked as a counselor for Tamarack Tennis Camp, which was founded, owned and operated by his grandparents in Easton, NH
• Spearheaded the use of parabolic (hour-glass shaped) skis in competition
• Silver medalist at the 2002 Winter Olympics in the giant slalom and alpine combined events; gained even more notoriety after hiking back up the course to complete a slalom run because of a missed gate
• He finished in 25th place
• Co-authored his autobiography, Bode: Go Fast, Be Good, Have Fun, in 2005
• Subject of the 2006 documentary film Flying Downhill, which focuses on his earlier life and personal philosophy
• Played baseball for the Nashua Pride of the Canadian-American League after signing a one-day contract in 2006; $5,000 was donated from ticket sales to Miller's Turtle Ridge Foundation
• Won the overall World Cup title in 2005 and in 2008, and was the first American to hold that title since 1983
• Won his first Olympic gold medal at the 2010 games in Vancouver in the Super Combined; also took home a silver in the Super-G and a bronze in the Downhill
• After taking the bronze in the Super-G at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, became the most decorated male Olympic skier