AJ Ginnis

Alexandros Ioannis "AJ" Ginnis (; born 17 November 1994) His father ran a ski school, where he met his wife. After tearing his ACL while training in Chile later that year,

On 22 December 2016, Ginnis scored his first World Cup points, finishing 26th in the slalom at Madonna di Campiglio. During that 2017 season, he qualified to represent Team USA at the World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and was part of the US team in the mixed team parallel event. In March he won the slalom title at the US Alpine Championships.

Ginnis struggled to establish himself on the World Cup tour the next season, being unable to earn any points in eight starts. Another ACL tear kept him sidelined for the entire 2019 season. He recruited Sandy Vietze, his long-time friend and teammate, to assist with the transition and be his coach. The Hellenic Olympic Committee praised him for his contribution to the sport in Greece.

Upon his return, Ginnis finally found success at the highest level of the sport during his breakthrough 2023 campaign. He achieved his first World Cup podium on 4 February as the runner-up in the slalom at Chamonix, France. With his second-place finish, Ginnis became the first Greek skier in history to secure a podium position in a World Cup alpine ski race. Two weeks later, at the World Championships in Courchevel, he won the silver medal in slalom – Greece's first world championships medal in any Winter Olympic sport.

In 2024 Ginnis finished in the top fifteen in five races, including a ninth-place result at his second World Cup finals in Saalbach, Austria. Although he was "hugely disappointed," he set a goal for himself of returning for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Despite extensive efforts at rehabilitation, Ginnis managed only one start in 2025–26, and he was forced to admit that complications from his most recent surgery prevented him from racing at the elite level. On 15 February he announced on Instagram that the next day's Olympic slalom would be his final race. Event organizers allowed Ginnis a ceremonial farewell run in which he gently slid down the slope to officially become an Olympian.

World Cup results Season standings

Race podiums 0 wins 1 podium – (1 SL); 3 top tens (3 SL) Season Date Location Discipline Place20234 Feb 2023 Chamonix, France Slalom 2nd

World Championship results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomSuper-GDownhillCombinedParallelTeam event Representing the 2017 22 — — — — — 9Representing 2021 26 DNF2 — — — — — — 2023 282 — — — — — —

Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giantslalom Super-G Downhill Teamcombined2026 31 DNF1–———