Samuel Bode Miller famed as Bode Miller is a former World Cup alpine ski racer who is an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist, a two-time overall World Cup champion in 2005 and 2008, and the most successful male American alpine ski racer of all time. Moreover, he is considered one of the greatest World Cup racers of all time with 33 race victories and for being one of five men (and last to date) to win World Cup events in all five disciplines. He ended his career with six discipline World Cup titles and also won four World Championships titles in four different disciplines (giant slalom, combined, super-G and downhill) and one silver medal in super-G. In October 2017, he retired from ski racing. Overall, he was a very talented person.
Bode and Morgan Miller welcome twin boys over a year after daughter’s tragic death
Morgan and Bode Miller announced the arrival of their identical twin boys on Tuesday. The professional beach volleyball player shared photos of the twins, born on Friday, Nov. 8, and expressed her family’s joy with the boys’ arrival. She did not disclose the newborns’ names. “A day that couldn’t have been scripted and aligned more perfectly to bring these two into the world,” Miller wrote in the caption of her post. When Morgan Miller announced her pregnancy with the twins in August 2019, she posted about her conflicting feelings while grieving the loss of Emmy and embracing life with her newborn Easton.
What is the Birthplace of Bode Miller?
On 12th October 1977, Bode Miller was born in Easton, New Hampshire, the USA. As of 2019, he celebrated his 42nd birthday with his friends. He belongs to American nationality and his ethnicity is White. He is Christian by religion. He was born to Jo Kenney and Woody Miller. He grew up in nearby Franconia, a small community in the heart of New Hampshire’s the White Mountains that comprises the Cannon Mountain Ski Area. He also has an older sister Kyla, younger sister Wren and younger brother Chelone (full name Nathaniel Kinsman Ever Chelone Skan). He was homeschooled until the third grade, but after his parents divorced, he began attending public school. Later, he applied for and got a scholarship to the Carrabassett Valley Academy.
How tall is Bode Miller?
Bode Miller is a handsome hunk with an athletic body build. He has got a charming smile attracting a lot of people towards him. He has got a great height as well as a great personality. His tall height measures 1.88 m whereas his balanced bodyweight consist of 91 Kg. His other body is still to get revealed yet but it will be added soon once we get details about it. His hair color is light brown and his eye color is blue. Overall, he has got a healthy body with a charming and cool attitude. He also maintains his body a lot.
How Bode Miller pursues Ski Racing Career?
- Bode Miller first appeared in the World Cup during the 1998 season as well as he represented the United States in the 1998 Nagano Olympics competing in giant slalom and slalom.
- He also competed in super-G (which is considered a speed discipline, not a technical one) in 1999 and represented the U.S. in all three events at the World Ski Championships at Beaver Creek with the best finish of 8th in slalom.
- On 17th December 2000, he achieved a podium in the giant slalom at Val d’Isere.
- He began regularly competing in downhill.
- On 29th December 2001, he won his first World Cup race.
- On 13th February, he won his first-ever Olympic medal.
- He challenged for the 2003 World Cup overall title where he fell just short, finishing second to Stephan Eberharter of Austria.
- He won three medals: gold in giant slalom and combined, and silver in super-G at the 2003 World Championships in St. Moritz.
- He also won two other giant slaloms during the season.
- He won World Cup titles in two disciplines: giant slalom and combined in 2004 season.
- He also won six World Cup races: three giant slaloms, two combined, and one slalom.
- He won his first overall World Cup title in 2005 where he made history early in the season by winning at least one race in each of the four standard World Cup disciplines: slalom, giant slalom, super-G, and downhill.
- He won two gold medals, in super-G and downhill at the 2005 World Championships in Bormio.
- He won two races during the season (giant slalom and a super-G) and placed third for the season’s overall World Cup title.
- He won the downhill and giant slalom titles at the 2006 U.S. National Championships following the World Cup season.
- He had prolotherapy treatments, an alternative treatment that has shown no effect in clinical trials, to the ligaments in his knee or knees in February 2006.
- He had four first-place finishes (two downhills and two super-Gs) in the early going of the 2007 World Cup.
- He finished 4th overall and won the super-G title.
- He announced that he was leaving the U.S. Ski Team on 12th May 2007.
- He clenched his second overall championship at the World Cup finals in Bormio, Italy in the year 2008.
- He got his first win of the season at the Stelvio downhill in Bormio in December.
- H won for the second year in a row the legendary Wengen downhill, matching Phil Mahre as the most successful American skier with 27 World Cup victories on 13th January.
- He won the first super combined in his career in Chamonix on 27th January.
- Moreover, he also took the lead in the World Cup standings.
- He won the super combined in Val d’Isere, France, and took the combined title on 3rd February.
- He responded to his World Cup success in 2008 with the worst season of his professional career.
- He then suffered from a torn ligament in his left ankle in a December fall at Beaver Creek.
- He missed much of the early part of the 2010 season after returning to the U.S. Ski Team due to an ankle sprain which he suffered during a volleyball game with other members of the team.
- On 15th January 2010, he returned by winning a World Cup super-combined event in Wengen.
- In late 2009, he made the U.S. team for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
- He was also selected to compete in all five events, despite his lack of training.
- Moreover, he won a bronze medal in the downhill, the first American to win an Olympic medal in downhill since Tommy Moe won gold in 1994.
- He then won a silver in the super-G, giving him four Olympic medals, more than any other American alpine racer.
- He won his first Olympic gold medal in the super-combined on 21st February 2010.
- He was in seventh place, but finished third in the slalom portion, giving him a total time of 2:44.92 to finish first overall.
- He failed to finish both the giant slalom and the slalom due to continuing problems with his ankle injury.
- He followed his Olympic success with the mediocre season, still, he managed to finish Top 3 on three occasions.
- He was third at the city event in Munich, second to Didier Cuche at Kitzbuehel’s downhill and third in super-G at Hinterstoder.
- He began World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
- He crossed the finish line in the 12th position.
- He earned the 33rd World Cup win of his career with a downhill victory in Beaver Creek.
- He also managed to finish 2nd in super-G at Val Gardena, 3rd in a super-combined event in Wengen and 2nd in a downhill race in Chamonix.
- He decided not to rush his comeback to the slopes after undergoing knee surgery in spring 2012.
- He then announced in January 2013 that he would skip the entire season to ensure a completely healthy run for his fifth Olympics in 2014.
- He unexpectedly finished second at Beaver Creek’s giant slalom, only behind fellow American Ted Ligety at the beginning of his comeback season.
- His hopes of winning his first downhill race at Kitzbuhel came up short after he made a significant mistake in the middle section of the course to eventually finish third.
- He ended up second only behind Didier Defago in super-G at the same mountain in next day.
- He then began the Winter Olympics by winning two out of three training sessions before the downhill.
- He was unable to defend his title from the previous Olympic Games as he finished sixth in the super-combined event.
- He became the oldest Olympic medalist in alpine skiing history, by winning a bronze medal in the super-G race on 16th February 2014.
- He moved to the second position on the all-time list of Olympic male medalists in alpine skiing, only behind Kjetil Andre Aamodt.
- He finished 20th in the giant slalom, won by U.S. teammate Ligety in his last race of the Olympics.
- He decided to continue competing until the end of the season after the Olympics.
- He gained his fourth podium of the season while finishing 3rd in the super-G race at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide.
- He finished the season ranked eighth overall, his best in 6 years.
- He announced that he would undergo outpatient back surgery to alleviate the pain and discomfort he had felt since the end of the previous season on 17th November 2014.
- He was trying to make a comeback for the 2015 World Championships held at Vail / Beaver Creek, Colorado.
- He crashed during the super-G race, after catching a gate on 5th February.
- At the crash, his leg was cut by an edge of his ski and he suffered a torn hamstring tendon.
- The injury forced him to withdraw from the rest of the championships.
- He announced in October that he would skip another season with the intention of spending more time with his family and to focus on his new-found passion for horse training.
- Moreover, he also terminated his contract with HEAD early under the restriction that he would not compete with other skis than HEAD on the World Cup circuit or in the World Alpine Ski Championships.
- He signs a deal with US-based ski manufacturer Bomber Ski, which also made Miller the brand’s part-owner.
- He wanted to make another comeback to the tour and compete with Bomber skis at the end of 2016.
- But HEAD blocked the attempt, stating that Miller had agreed not to compete with other ski brands for 2 years from the moment their agreement had been terminated.
- He then announced his retirement from competition on 31st October 2017.
- He was also inducted into the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame, Class of 2018.
- His autobiography, Bode: Go Fast, Be Good, Have Fun, co-written with his friend Jack McEnany, was published by Villard/Random House on 18th October 2005.
- He also became the first American alpine skier since Tommy Moe to endorse a video game when Bode Miller Alpine Racing was released for mobile phones on 30th January 2006.
Who is the Wife of Bode Miller? (Children)
Bode Miller is a married man. He was married to Morgan Beck on 7th October 2012. Morgan Beck is a professional beach volleyball player as well as a model. The couple together has a son named Edward Nash Skan Miller (Born in 2015) and a daughter Emeline “Emmy” Grier (Born in 2016). On 10th June 2018, 19-month old Emeline died after drowning in a swimming pool at a neighbor’s house in Orange County, California. In April 2018, the couple announced that they were expecting their third child together. Their second son, Easton Vaughn Rek Miller, was born on 5th October 2018. The couple announced they were expecting twin boys on NBC’s Today Show. On 8th November 2019, the twin’s boys were born. As of today, the couple is living a happy life without any disturbances. They are enjoying their life a lot.
Previously, Bode Miller is in a relationship with Chanel Johnson. The duo also has a daughter named Neesyn Dace (Born in 2008). With Sara McKenna, Bode Miller has a son named Samuel Bode Millier-McKenna (Born in 2013).
What is the Net Worth of Bode Miller?
The net worth of this famous alpine ski race is estimated to have $8 Million as of 2019. The exact salary of this famous ski racer is believed to have $1 Million as of 2019 and his per month income is $100,000. As of today, he is living a luxurious lifestyle from his earnings. His major source of earning is from his ski racing career. Moreover, he also earns a certain amount of money from endorsement deals and more. He is a very hardworking person and sincere toward his career. He made all that wealth from his ski racing career and he deserves all that money.
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