24 Facts About Jonny Moseley

Jonathan William Moseley was born on August 27,1975 and is an American freestyle skier and television presenter.

Jonny Moseley is the first person born in Puerto Rico to become a member of the US Ski Team.

This, and the fact that he was a better skier than his brothers, inspired the then nine-year-old Jonny Moseley to take skiing lessons.

Jonny Moseley tried but did not qualify for the 1994 Winter Olympics held at Lillehammer, Norway and became determined to qualify for the 1998 Olympics.

In 1998, Jonny Moseley participated in and won the first two World Cup events of that year, leading to his participation in the 1998 Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan, where he won a gold medal.

In 1999, Jonny Moseley challenged the International Skiing federation to change its policy to allow its athletes to participate in professional events, such as ESPN's X Games where he earned a silver medal in the Big Air event.

Jonny Moseley was the first skier to medal in both the X-Games and the Olympics.

In 2000, Jonny Moseley won the US Freeskiing Open and in 2001 regained a spot in the US Ski Team at the World Cup qualifications held at Sunday River, Maine.

In 2002, Jonny Moseley competed but came in fourth place in the Olympic Games.

In 2002, Jonny Moseley gave the commencement convocation address at UC Berkeley.

The choice by the senior class committee was controversial at the time because Jonny Moseley had dropped out of college.

Jonny Moseley was named "Sportsman of the Year" by the US Olympic Committee and has been featured on the covers of Freeskier and Rolling Stone magazines.

Jonny Moseley was chosen to be the traditional post-Olympics athlete host of Saturday Night Live in 2002, hosting the March 2,2002, episode of the show with musical guest Outkast.

Jonny Moseley is largely credited with having brought the Iron Cross trick into the limelight, where the athlete crosses their skis midair during a jump.

Jonny Moseley married Malia Rich, a business manager, on March 25,2006, in Telluride, Colorado.

Jonny Moseley met Rich in high school; the couple started dating in 2001 and got engaged on April 20,2003.

Jonny Moseley launched a web site that sells products with his logo on them and has appeared on advertisements for McDonald's and Sprint.

Jonny Moseley is part of the celebrity panel of judges on the ABC show "Master of Champions".

Jonny Moseley developed an aerial ski move called "The Dinner Roll" and spoke about it during a 2002 speech at UC Berkeley:.

Jonny Moseley was in the movie as he has been in a few Warren Miller ski movies in the past.

Jonny Moseley has gone on to narrate a number of other Warren Miller movies.

Jonny Moseley was the color analyst for NBC at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver for the moguls, aerials and ski cross events.

Jonny Moseley is currently the host of the latest viral marketing campaign by Ford Motor Company, Focus Rally America.

In 2012 Jonny Moseley became a co-host of "American Ninja Warrior" on G4.