Aleksander Aamodt Kilde

Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (born 21 September 1992) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competes in four events, with a main focus on super-G and downhill.^[2] Kilde hails from Bærum and represents the sports club Lommedalens IL.^[3]

Aleksander Aamodt Kilde

Kilde in 2019
Personal information
Born	(1992-09-21) 21 September 1992 (age 32) Bærum, Akershus, Norway
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, Super-G, Giant slalom, combined
Club	Lommedalens IL
World Cup debut	28 October 2012 (age 20)
Olympics
Teams	3 – (2014, 2018, 2022)
Medals	2 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	4 – (2015–2019, 2023)
Medals	2
World Cup
Seasons	12 – (2013–2024)
Wins	21 – (12 DH, 9 SG)
Podiums	48 – (20 DH, 24 SG, 1 GS, 3 AC)
Overall titles	1 – (2020)
Discipline titles	4 – (2xSG, 2xDH)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing  Norway World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Giant slalom 0 1 0 Super-G 9 7 8 Downhill 12 5 3 Combined 0 1 2 Total 21 14 13 International competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 1 World Championships 0 2 0 Junior World Championships 1 0 0 Total 1 3 1 Olympic Games 2022 Beijing Combined 2022 Beijing Super-G World Championships 2023 Courchevel Downhill 2023 Courchevel Super-G Junior World Championships 2013 Mont-Sainte-Anne Giant slalom

Career

Kilde became junior world champion in giant slalom in 2013 at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada,^[4] and won the European Cup overall title that season.^[2] He also finished second in the Super-G at the Norwegian national championships, setting a time 0.11 of a second behind winner Aksel Lund Svindal.^[5] He made his World Cup debut in October 2012 and has competed on the circuit since the 2014 season.^[6]

Kilde represented Norway in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia,^[7] and was 13th in the super-G at Rosa Khutor, but did not finish in the downhill nor the combination, where he placed fourth in the downhill portion of the combined.

He gained his first World Cup podium in a super-G at Val Gardena in December 2015. It was a third place in a Norwegian sweep, following teammates Aksel Lund Svindal and Kjetil Jansrud.

Kilde won the 2019–20 World Cup overall title, after the retirement of Marcel Hirscher with eight consecutive. Despite winning two races in Val Gardena in December 2020, he failed to defend the title due to a season-ending injury in January.

The following 2021/22 season, though, saw Kilde reach a personal best number of podiums within one season: seven wins and two 2nd places. He won the Super-G globe for the second time in his career and also celebrated his first Downhill globe. In the 2022 Winter Olympics, Kilde won two medals, a bronze from Super-G and a surprise silver from alpine combined. He also finished fifth in the downhill.

World Cup results

Season titles

	Season
		Discipline
	2016	Super-G
	2020	Overall
	2022	Downhill
		Super-G
	2023	Downhill

Season standings

Season
	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant  Slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined	Parallel
2014	21	80	—	—	29	55	39	—
2015	22	75	—	—	26	48	—
2016	23	7	—	36	1	12	16
2017	24	7	36	29	3	13	3
2018	25	15	—	19	12	14	15
2019	26	8	—	30	5	4	26
2020	27	1	—	8	3	4	2	13
2021 ^	28	11	—	17	5	8	—	14
2022	29	2	—	35	1	1		—
2023	30	2	—	25	2	1		—
2024 ^	31	14	—	23	16	7

Standings through 11 January 2024

^ Injured in mid-January, out for the rest of the season

Race victories

• 21 wins – (12 DH, 9 SG)
• 48 podiums – (20 DH, 24 SG, 1 GS, 3 AC)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline
2016	30 Jan 2016	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany	Downhill
	27 Feb 2016	Hinterstoder, Austria	Super-G
2019	15 Dec 2018	Val Gardena, Italy	Downhill
2020	14 Feb 2020	Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria	Super-G
2021	18 Dec 2020	Val Gardena, Italy	Super-G
	19 Dec 2020		Downhill
2022 7 wins (4 SG, 3 DH)	3 Dec 2021	Beaver Creek, USA	Super-G
	4 Dec 2021		Downhill
	17 Dec 2021	Val Gardena, Italy	Super-G
	29 Dec 2021	Bormio, Italy	Super-G
	14 Jan 2022	Wengen, Switzerland	Downhill
	21 Jan 2022	Kitzbühel, Austria	Downhill
	6 Mar 2022	Kvitfjell, Norway	Super-G
2023 8 wins (6 DH, 2 SG)	26 Nov 2022	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill
	3 Dec 2022	Beaver Creek, USA	Downhill
	4 Dec 2022		Super-G
	17 Dec 2022	Val Gardena, Italy	Downhill
	13 Jan 2023	Wengen, Switzerland	Super-G
	14 Jan 2023		Downhill
	21 Jan 2023	Kitzbühel, Austria	Downhill
	4 Mar 2023	Aspen, USA	Downhill

Podium summary

Season	Podiums
	Downhill			Super G			Giant Slalom			Combined			Total
																Σ
2016	1			1	1	1							2	1	1	4
2017					1	1						1		1	2	3
2018
2019	1		1			2							1		3	4
2020		2		1	2						1	1	1	5	1	7
2021	1			1									2			2
2022	3	1		4	1								7	2		9
2023	6		1	2	2	2							8	2	3	13
2024		2	1			2		1						3	3	6

World Championship results

Year
	Age	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2015	22	—	—	19	26	8
2017	24	—	DNF1	4	6	4
2019	26	—	—	24	8	22
2021	28	Injured, did not compete
2023	30	—	DNF1	2	2	DNS2

Olympic results

Year
	Age	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2014	21	—	—	13	DNF	DNF2
2018	25	—	—	13	15	21
2022	29	—	—	3	5	2

Personal life

Although his middle name is derived from his mother's maiden name, he is not related to fellow Norwegian alpine racer Kjetil André Aamodt.^[5]

Kilde has been in a relationship with American alpine skier and fellow overall World Cup winner Mikaela Shiffrin since early 2021. They announced their engagement on April 4, 2024.

References

1. Norway Olympic Team and Media Guide Sochi 2014. Norway: Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 2014. p. 24.
2. Vi kan snakke om en «Aksel-effekt» NRK. Retrieved 27 January 2014 (in Norwegian).
3. Lover gullfeiring for verdensmester Kilde Budstikka. Retrieved 27 January 2014 (in Norwegian).
4. Aamodt Kilde tok storslalåm-gull i junior-VM VG. Retrieved 27 January 2014 (in Norwegian).
5. Mastarciyan, Michael (2 October 2013). "Alpine Young Guns: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde". Federation Internationale de Ski. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
6. KILDE Aleksander Aamodt FIS. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
7. Her er Norges OL-tropp til Sotsji TV2. Retrieved 27 January 2014 (in Norwegian).

External links

• Aleksander Aamodt Kilde at FIS (alpine)
• Aleksander Aamodt Kilde at Olympics.com
• Aleksander Aamodt Kilde at Olympedia
• Aleksander Aamodt Kilde at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Aleksander Aamodt Kilde at Atomic Skis
• Aleksander Aamodt Kilde at Norwegian Ski Team at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 December 2015) (in Norwegian)
• Aleksander Aamodt Kilde at Team Norway (in Norwegian)