Hello, my name is Bill Demong and I grew up in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York State. From an early age I found a love of sports and especially snow. My first love was Cross Country ski racing which I started when I was five years old. I soon discovered Ski Jumping at the nearby Olympic venue in Lake Placid and it was a natural evolution to put the two together and by nine I was pursuing Nordic Combined skiing as a my primary sport.

Though I struggled in the beginning, hard work and persistence have paid off and during my career I have competed on 3 Olympic Teams and four World Championship squads finally garnering a silver medal at the World Championships in Sapporo, Japan in 2007. This past season I became the first American Nordic skier to finish on the overall World Cup Podium with a bronze medal placing. Training for Nordic skiing in the offseason includes a broad range of endurance activities from running and hiking to roller skiing and cycling. This past summer I started racing my road bike as an avenue to ski faster and found a second love that led to a full calendar of national level races including the Cascade Classic and the Tour of Utah. When I am not racing I enjoy a host of other outdoor activities like fly fishing and back country skiing, but training or not you are most likely to find me somewhere outdoors! I am currently preparing for my 10th season on the World Cup as a member of the US Ski Team and I am aiming to better my last season’s tally of podium's and overall performance. My career goal is to finish on the podium at the Olympic Games in Vancouver, but I also want to leave a legacy of success for American Nordic Combined skiers and enjoy every moment along the way. I hope you help me get there by cheering me on and of course enjoying a cup of coffee to help support the Nordic Combined Olympic Development Fund!

Results In Skiing

Olympics
1998, 2002, 2006 Olympic Team Member

World Championships
1999, 2001, 2005, 2007 World Championship Team member
2007 World Championship Silver medalist

1999 World Junior Championship Goal Medalist

World Cup Results
3 World Cup wins and 9 podiums
7 National Championships in Nordic Combined and Ski Jumping

Why I Chose Nordic Combined Olympic Fund For My Charity
The US Nordic Combined family is trying to fund the development of promising talented juniors.  The objective is to provide financial assistance to our developing athletes to train together and with the US Ski Team, as well as travel and compete with their peers internationally.

To Find Out Even More:
To learn more about Bill and also the charity he supports, The Nordic Combined Olympic Fund, please visit www.usnoco.com