Will Brandenburg

Will Brandenburg is a World Cup alpine ski racer on the U.S. Ski Team and specializes in slalom. Born in Walla Walla, Washington, he began skiing at 11 months of age and started racing at seven at Ski Bluewood near Dayton, Washington. He moved with his family to Spokane as a youth, then raced with the Spokane Ski Racing Association at Mt. Spokane, and later at Schweitzer Mountain near Sandpoint, Idaho. A 2005 graduate of Mead High School in Spokane, he also played high school football for the Panthers, with a brief stint at quarterback.
Brandenburg was named to the U.S. development team in May 2006. At the 2007 U.S. Alpine Championships in April, he placed second in the giant slalom at Alyeska, won by Ted Ligety. The day before, Brandenburg was named U.S. junior alpine ski racer of the year by Ski Racing magazine.
He was named to the U.S. team for the 2010 Winter Olympics, and finished tenth in the super combined event, won by Bode Miller. Brandenburg had the second best time in the slalom run, behind Ligety. He was also a member of the U.S. team for the 2011 World Championships racing in the slalom.
Brandenburg's best World Cup finish is sixth place in a slalom at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia in March 2012. He won the combined event at the 2013 U.S. Alpine Championships at Squaw Valley in Olympic Valley, California.