Dale Begg-Smith

Early years Begg-Smith formed an internet company when he was 13 years old. He was skiing for his native Canada as a teenager when his coaches told him he was spending too much time on his successful business and not enough time in training. The brothers chose to ski for Australia because the country had a smaller ski program that offered them more attention and flexibility to successfully manage their business.

In the lead-up to the 2006 Winter Games, Dale Begg-Smith won three World Cup rounds and was ranked world number one in the moguls' discipline.

Begg-Smith holds the record for qualifying for the most consecutive World Cup finals in events he entered. In March 2010, he reached his 48th consecutive final. His fourth World Cup title in 2010 also put him even with French Skier Edgar Grospiron for most World Cup wins.

Begg-Smith won silver at the 2010 Winter Olympics held in his native Vancouver, leading to some complaints about biased-judging from members of the Australian coaching staff. "Sometimes you're in the good graces of the judges, sometimes you're not," Gold medalist Alex Bilodeau said. "Judged sports can't be perfect. It can be a bad part of my sport. I see it. But everybody is going to be equal in the end." reaching the 2nd qualifying round.

Personal Begg-Smith is considered a recluse by many, and has repeatedly refused to communicate with non-Australian media, Canadian media in particular. NBC dubbed him "the most mysterious man of the Winter Olympics" in a piece aired on 14 February 2010, during the Vancouver games.

Alisa Monk, coordinator of the moguls program, said that she booked Begg-Smith's hotels and flights economically, despite his wealth. "Wherever the team stays, he stays. There are certainly no big demands. You wouldn't know he had a bit of money." She also said, "When he is at Perisher he stays in the same hut as the other mogul skiers and his brother."

After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Begg-Smith donated his prize money – about $13,670 – to earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.

Business controversy There are claims that Begg-Smith's internet advertising business, Ads CPM later called CPM Media, had been linked to the distribution of malware. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that "a trail of digital fingerprints scattered over the web... shows Mr Begg-Smith's long and rewarding involvement in the distribution of "malicious software". Begg-Smith's manager, David Malina, said reports about his client's business had been "exaggerated", and that "it's not really something that he's involved with anymore ... he's minimised his involvement to concentrate on his sport." In 2005, he was awarded Ski and Snowboard Australia's Snowsports Athlete of the Year.

Results

Year Age Moguls 2006 Turin 21 1 2010 Vancouver 25 2 2014 Sochi 29 25

World Championships

Year Age Moguls Dual Moguls 2005 Ruka 20 3 5 2007 Madonna di Campiglio 22 2 1

World Cup results by season

Season Moguls Dual Moguls Overall Moguls Overall Freestyle skiing Events started Wins Events started Wins Events started Wins Points Rank Points Rank 2000–01 2/7 0 0 0/1 0 0 2/8 0 0 32 41 8.00 77 2003–04 9/12 0 0 2/2 0 0 11/12 0 0 153 18 11.00 75 2004–05 11/11 0 3 11/11 0 3 478 43.00 7 2005–06 11/11 6 8 11/11 6 8 821 75.00 2006–07 7/7 4 5 3/3 2 2 10/10 6 7 784 78.00 2007–08 9/9 3 4 1/1 0 1 10/10 3 5 664 66.00 2008–09 3/7 0 0 1/2 0 0 4/9 0 0 147 18 16.00 58 2009–10 10/10 3 6 10/10 3 6 693 69.00 2010–11 1/6 0 0 0/5 0 0 1/11 0 0 40 35 4.00 126 2013–14 4/8 0 0 0/3 0 0 4/11 0 0 118 23 11.00 114 Total 67 16 26 7 2 3 74 18 29 – – – –