downhiller

"What defines me as a downhiller is my determination and my need for speed.

TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

Other than that, the U.S. men have gotten off to a desultory start, with only diminutive 5-6 downhiller Andy Weibrecht, 23, distinguishing himself with 12th-place finishes last weekend in downhill and super-G.

U.S. men's skiers start World Cup season on bumpy ride 2009

He first tasted success in slalom events but has become a top downhiller, as well.

USATODAY.com - Rahlves a downhill demon looking to make his own name 2006

Ligety, an inexperienced downhiller, was a distant 32nd, more than three seconds behind Miller, after the downhill.

USATODAY.com - Late-bloomer Ligety's gold 'unexpected' 2006

His ninth career downhill title, tying him with Picabo Street as the winningest downhiller in U.S. history?

USATODAY.com - Rahlves a downhill demon looking to make his own name 2006

That would have included America's other top male downhiller, Tommy Moe of Palmer, Alaska, the former "golden child" of the international junior circuit.

Beautiful And Dangerous 2008

Dorfmeister came into the race as the top-ranked World Cup downhiller this season and was first in one of three training runs.

USATODAY.com - Austrian wins elusive downhill gold; Kildow 8th 2006

"To ski the downhill is to defy death every time out," says Andy Mill, a former downhiller, who is now a CBS ski analyst and better known as the husband of Chris Evert.

Beautiful And Dangerous 2008

"I think it's interesting because they're really two very different skiers," said downhiller Chemmy Alcott of Britain.

USATODAY.com - Swede victory: Paerson captures elusive gold 2006

That would include Street, who rose from daughter of Idaho hippies to become an Olympic and world champion and the dominant female downhiller in the mid-1990s, and Kildow, the daughter of Minnesota lawyers who earned her first World Cup victory this winter and is the world's third-ranked downhiller.

USATODAY.com - Kildow: USA's ski sensation in the making 2005