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TV Personality and U.S. Ski Hall of Famer, Trace Worthington’s impressive freestyle skiing career boasts 37 World Cup victories, 7 world titles, and 11 national titles. Worthington remains the most decorated male freestyle skier in U.S. history. Worthington was the first U.S. aerialist ever to perform a quadruple-twisting-triple-backflip -in official competition. Following in the footsteps of his late great grandfather Harry Worthington, who competed in track and field at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, Trace also became an Olympian and was a member of both the 1994 U.S. Olympic team in Lillehammer and the 1992 U.S. Olympic team in Albertville. He competed in freestyle aerials in both Olympics, as well as moguls in 1994.
Worthington participated in the Winter X Games as a Ski-Cross athlete placing 7th in 1999. During the 1994-95 season, he claimed two World Championship gold medals, the first of anyone achieving double World Champion titles. He was named "U.S. Freestyle Skier-of-the-Year" four consecutive years by Ski Racing Magazine, who also awarded him the coveted “International Skier-of-the-Year”. Throughout his career, Worthington was featured in three Warren Miller films, four RAP production films, and a variety of global commercials.
