
Ryding to retire in 2026 after fifth Olympics
Dave Ryding, Britain's most successful alpine ski racer, is to retire at the end of the 2025-26 season.
BBC News
David Ryding is an English World Cup alpine ski racer who specialises in slalom. Widely considered to be the greatest British skier of all time, he has competed for Great Britain in four Olympics, seven World Championships, and won the Europa Cup Slalom Series in 2013. Ryding's best World Cup result was a victory in the 2022 Kitzbühel slalom, the first victory for any British athlete at that level in Alpine skiing.
Dave Ryding, Britain's most successful alpine ski racer, is to retire at the end of the 2025-26 season.