"Born in Athens to a Greek father and American mother, Alexandros Ioannis "AJ" Ginnis learned to ski on Mount Parnassos before moving to Austria at age 12 and later to Vermont to attend Green Mountain Valley School. At 17, he joined the U.S. Ski Team and raced under the star-spangled banner for several seasons. But a string of injuries resulted in Ginnis being dropped from the national team in 2020."
"In 2021, he became the first Greek skier ever to score World Cup points. In February 2023, he stunned the slalom world by delivering Greece's first-ever World Cup podium in Chamonix. Two weeks later, he claimed Greece's first Alpine World Championship medal: a silver in slalom at the 2023 World Championships in Courchevel, France. For a country not traditionally associated with alpine skiing success, Ginnis became a symbol of possibility."
AJ Ginnis will take a ceremonial final Olympic start because complications from a recent knee surgery prevent elite slalom competition. Born in Athens to a Greek father and American mother, Ginnis learned to ski on Mount Parnassos and later trained in Austria and Vermont. He joined the U.S. Ski Team at 17 but was dropped after injuries in 2020, prompting a switch to represent Greece in 2020–21. He scored Greece's first World Cup points in 2021, earned Greece's first World Cup podium in Chamonix in 2023, and won Greece's first Alpine World Championship medal with slalom silver in Courchevel 2023. Ginnis became a symbol of possibility for Greek alpine skiing.
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