Andy Mill – Net Worth, Age, Bio, Family, Birthday, Wiki!

Do you want to know about ski team members of America? This article is one of them. Andy Mill is a team member of the United State Ski team. 

He is a former alpine ski racer. The following article will include his age, career, early life, achievements, marriage life, family, children, net worth, and much more.

Biography

A former member of the U.S. Ski Team, Andy Ray Mill was born on February 11, 1953, and is 69 years old. He participated in the downhill and combined races on the World Cup circuit as a two-time Olympian.

After being born in Fort Collins, Colorado, Mill raised in Laramie, Wyoming, before moving to Aspen, Colorado, in the early 1960s.

Mill joined the American Ski Team in 1971 and participated in the World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in 1974. As a skilled young racer. He was the best downhill racer in America for seven years when he wasn’t injured. Due to his rough appearance and style, Mill received the nickname “Wilde Hund” (wild hound) from Europeans in the middle of the 1970s (long hair & beard).

Career

At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, Mill had his best performance when he finished sixth in the downhill at Patscherkofel. Franz Klammer of Austria dramatically won this race. Since Bill Beck’s fifth-place showing in 1952, Mill’s finish in the men’s decline was the best by an American in 24 years. Mill’s best World Cup placing was fifth in the same race during the World Cup competition the year before.

Mill won the downhill at the 1976 U.S. Alpine Championships after the Olympics. Two years later, he participated at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, finishing 16th in downhill and the 1978 World Championships in Garmisch, West Germany.

After suffering a catastrophic injury during a training run on the Lauberhorn in Wengen, Switzerland, his racing career ended in January 1981.

In 1988, Mill received the U.S. Olympic Spirit Award for overcoming adversity when competing in the downhill event at the 1976 Olympic Games, where he placed sixth despite being injured. Andy’s lower right leg was so severely hurt from a training accident the day before the event that he could not stand without pain. He froze his leg in the snow just before the starting gate so he could compete.

After Ski Racing

Mill has worked as a ski race commentator for ESPN, NBC, ABC, and CBS since he retired from competitive skiing in 1981. He hosts, writes, and produces a show called Ski with Andy Mill, broadcast throughout the country’s top ski resorts.

Mill has held positions on the committees of the Aspen Educational Foundation, the National Atlantic Salmon Fishing Federation, the U.S. Olympic Educational Ski Foundation for the U.S. Ski Team, and the Aspen Winter Club Foundation.

Andy Mill discovered tarpon fishing as a new interest once his ski racing career ended. He had been a longtime fisherman and carried the same level of devotion and perfection to the sport. Andy certainly battled for quite a few years. Still, he eventually mastered tarpon fishing and became only the second angler to win five Gold Cup Tarpon competitions and the tarpon fishing triple crown (Gold Cup, Hawley, and Golden Fly). In addition, Mill has fished for various fish, including marlin, sailfish, bonefish, and permit, among others, and hosted an outdoor show on OLN.

Personal Life

He separated from his first wife, Robin, a former Miss California. Andy Mill married tennis pro-Chris Evert in Boca Raton, Florida, on July 30, 1988. They had first met at a New Year’s Eve celebration at the Hotel Jerome in Aspen, Colorado, 19 months earlier.

Andy and Christ divorced in December 2006 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. They were alleging unresolved issues after 18 years of marriage. The three children, Andy Mill and Chris Evert were named Colton Jack, Nicholas Joseph, and Alexander James.

A former friend of the couple and golfer Greg Norman, Evert had replaced Mill. Evert gave Mill $7 million in cash and securities, a $4 million Aspen home, and several vehicles. Before Evert and Norman divorced after 15 months of marriage, Mill and Harvick married. Mill and Harvick are now divorced. Harvick, who Mill also refers to as his best buddy, they involve in activities like riding along the coast, skiing, fishing, and bow shooting.

Andy Mill Net Worth

Andy Mill has an estimated net worth of $8 million and earns his primary income as an alpine skier.