Atle Lie McGrath

Atle Lie McGrath (born 21 April 2000) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, a member of the Norwegian Alpine Ski Team.^[2] He gained his first World Cup podium in December 2020 in a giant slalom at Alta Badia, Italy, and his first win in March 2022 in slalom at Flachau, Austria.

Atle Lie McGrath

February 2019
Personal information
Born	(2000-04-21) 21 April 2000 (age 25) Burlington, Vermont, U.S.[1]
Occupation	Alpine skier
Skiing career
Disciplines	Slalom, Giant slalom
Club	Bærums SK
World Cup debut	12 January 2019 (age 18)
Olympics
Teams	1 – (2022)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	2 – (2023, 2025)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	7 – (2019–2025)
Wins	3 – (3 SL)
Podiums	15 – (11 SL, 3 GS, 1 PG)
Overall titles	0 – (7th in 2025)
Discipline titles	0 – (3rd in SL and PAR, 2022)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing  Norway World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Slalom 3 6 2 Giant slalom 0 1 2 Parallel 0 0 1 Total 3 7 5 World Championships 2025 Saalbach Slalom Junior World Championships 2019 Val di Fassa Combined

Medalists of the men's combined event at the 2019 Junior World Championships, from left to right: Lie McGrath (NOR), Tobias Hedström (SWE), Lucas Braathen (NOR)

Skiing career

McGrath competed at the Junior World Championships in 2018 and 2019; he raced all of the events (DH, SG, AC, GS, and SL) both years. In 2018, he was the best U18 skier in three events; in 2019, he was the silver medalist in the combined. McGrath was also fourth in the downhill, just 0.01 second from the podium.^[3]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined	Parallel
2020	19	133	55	—	—	—	—	35
2021	20	56	44	21	—	—	—	16
2022	21	12	3	17	—	—		3
2023	22	20	11	18	30	—		—
2024	23	12	11	8	—	—
2025	24	7	5	14	—	—

Standings through 27 March 2025

Race podiums

• 3 wins - (3 SL)
• 15 podiums – (11 SL, 3 GS, 1 PG)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2021	20 Dec 2020	Alta Badia, Italy	Giant slalom	2nd
2022	14 Nov 2021	Lech/Zürs, Austria	Parallel-G	3rd
	25 Jan 2022	Schladming, Austria	Slalom	2nd
	9 Mar 2022	Flachau, Austria	Slalom	1st
	20 Mar 2022	Méribel, France	Slalom	1st
2023	8 Jan 2023	Adelboden, Switzerland	Slalom	2nd
2024	7 Jan 2024		Slalom	2nd
	14 Jan 2024	Wengen, Switzerland	Slalom	2nd
	1 Mar 2024	Aspen, USA	Giant slalom	3rd
2025	27 Oct 2024	Sölden, Austria	Giant slalom	3rd
	24 Nov 2024	Gurgl, Austria	Slalom	2nd
	15 Dec 2024	Val d'Isère, France	Slalom	2nd
	23 Dec 2024	Alta Badia, Italy	Slalom	3rd
	19 Jan 2025	Wengen, Switzerland	Slalom	1st
	16 Mar 2025	Hafjell, Norway	Slalom	2nd

World Championship results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant   slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined	Team Combined	Parallel	Team event
2023	22	—	—	DNF	—	5	—	—	—
2025	24	2	10	—	—	—	DNF2	—	7

Olympic results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant   slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2022	21	31	DNF1	—	—	—

Personal life

Born in the United States in Vermont, McGrath moved to Oslo when he was two years old. His father, American Felix McGrath, raced for the U.S. Ski Team on the World Cup circuit from 1984 through 1990.^[4] His mother, Selma Lie, was a cross-country ski racer in Norway and on the NCAA circuit for the University of Vermont;^[5][6] he has a younger brother named Leo.

McGrath grew up as a multisport athlete, also racing cross-country skiing until age 12 and playing football until age 15.^{[citation needed]} He represents the sports club Bærums SK.^[3]