Ted Ligety

E269315

Olympic athlete alpine skier human

Ted Ligety is an American alpine ski racer renowned for his dominance in giant slalom, including multiple Olympic and World Championship gold medals.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ted Ligety canonical	3
Shred Ligety	1
Theodore Sharp Ligety	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2441730 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ted Ligety
Context triple: [United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics, notableAthlete, Ted Ligety]

A. Shaun White
Shaun White is an American professional snowboarder and skateboarder, widely regarded as one of the greatest in his sport and a multi-time Olympic gold medalist.
B. Kyle Davidson
Kyle Davidson is a Canadian ice hockey executive best known as the general manager responsible for leading the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks roster rebuild.
C. Jordan Krause
Jordan Krause is a film producer known for working on the documentary "Love, Antosha," which explores the life and legacy of actor Anton Yelchin.
D. Alex Seidel
Alex Seidel was a German firearms designer and industrialist best known as one of the co-founders of the weapons manufacturer Heckler & Koch.
E. Ziller
The Ziller is a river in the Austrian state of Tyrol that flows through the Zillertal valley before joining the Inn River.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ted Ligety
Target entity description: Ted Ligety is an American alpine ski racer renowned for his dominance in giant slalom, including multiple Olympic and World Championship gold medals.

A. Shaun White
Shaun White is an American professional snowboarder and skateboarder, widely regarded as one of the greatest in his sport and a multi-time Olympic gold medalist.
B. Kyle Davidson
Kyle Davidson is a Canadian ice hockey executive best known as the general manager responsible for leading the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks roster rebuild.
C. Jordan Krause
Jordan Krause is a film producer known for working on the documentary "Love, Antosha," which explores the life and legacy of actor Anton Yelchin.
D. Alex Seidel
Alex Seidel was a German firearms designer and industrialist best known as one of the co-founders of the weapons manufacturer Heckler & Koch.
E. Ziller
The Ziller is a river in the Austrian state of Tyrol that flows through the Zillertal valley before joining the Inn River.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic athlete ⓘ alpine skier ⓘ human ⓘ
competedIn	2006 Winter Olympics ⓘ 2010 Winter Olympics ⓘ 2014 Winter Olympics ⓘ 2018 Winter Olympics ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1984-08-31 ⓘ
familyName	Ligety ⓘ
founded	Shred Optics ⓘ
fullName	Theodore Sharp Ligety ⓘ linked to: Ted Ligety
givenName	Theodore ⓘ
isOlympicChampionIn	combined ⓘ giant slalom ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
madeWorldCupDebut	2003-11-22 ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam	United States Ski Team ⓘ linked to: United States national skiing team
nickname	Shred Ligety ⓘ linked to: Ted Ligety Ted Ligety ⓘ
notableFor	dominance in giant slalom in the 2000s and 2010s ⓘ
numberOfWorldCupDisciplineTitles	5 ⓘ
numberOfWorldCupWins	25 ⓘ
occupation	alpine ski racer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States ⓘ linked to: Salt Lake City
residence	Park City, Utah, United States ⓘ linked to: Park City, Utah
retiredFromCompetition	2021 ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
specializesIn	combined ⓘ giant slalom ⓘ super-G ⓘ
sponsorsOrPartners	Head ⓘ Shred Optics ⓘ
sport	alpine skiing ⓘ
spouse	Mia Pascoe ⓘ
turnedProfessional	2004 ⓘ
wonOlympicGoldMedalInEvent	combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics ⓘ giant slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics ⓘ
wonWorldChampionshipGoldMedalInEvent	giant slalom at the 2011 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships ⓘ linked to: FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 giant slalom at the 2013 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships ⓘ super combined at the 2011 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships ⓘ linked to: FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 super combined at the 2013 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships ⓘ super-G at the 2013 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships ⓘ
worldCupDebutLocation	Park City, Utah, United States ⓘ linked to: Park City, Utah
worldCupDisciplineTitle	giant slalom World Cup title ⓘ
worldCupDisciplineTitleSeasons	2007-2008 ⓘ 2009-2010 ⓘ 2010-2011 ⓘ 2012-2013 ⓘ 2013-2014 ⓘ
worldCupPodiums	52 ⓘ
worldCupWinsInDiscipline	1 super combined win ⓘ 24 giant slalom wins ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics → notableAthlete → Ted Ligety ⓘ

United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics → alpineSkiingGoldMedalist → Ted Ligety ⓘ

Ted Ligety → fullName → Theodore Sharp Ligety ⓘ

linked to: Ted Ligety

Ted Ligety → nickname → Ted Ligety ⓘ

Ted Ligety → nickname → Shred Ligety ⓘ