Dale Begg-Smith

Dale Begg-Smith
OAM
Personal information
Born (1985-01-18) 18 January 1985[1]
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[1]
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight75 kg (165 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Australia
SportFreestyle skiing
Event
Moguls
World Cup career
Seasons10 (2001, 2004–2010, 2014)
Indiv. podiums29
Indiv. wins18
Overall titles1 (2007)
Discipline titles4 (2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010)
Medal record
Men's Moguls skiing
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
2006 Turin Moguls
2010 Vancouver Moguls
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
2007 Madonna di Campiglio Dual moguls
2007 Madonna di Campiglio Moguls
2005 Ruka Moguls
Updated on 26 February 2026

Dale Begg-Smith OAM (born 18 January 1985) is an Australian-Canadian businessman and former Olympic freestyle skier.[2] Begg-Smith won the gold medal for Australia in the men's moguls event at the 2006 Winter Olympics and silver at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Early years

Begg-Smith formed an internet company when he was 13 years old.[3] He was skiing for his native Canada as a teenager when his coaches told him he was spending too much time on his successful business and not enough time in training.[3]

So Begg-Smith quit the Canadian ski program and, along with his brother Jason Begg-Smith, moved to Australia at age 16 to live with his cousin Nicole.[4] The brothers chose to ski for Australia because the country had a smaller ski program that offered them more attention and flexibility to successfully manage their business.[3]

The brothers stayed out of competitive skiing for three years and instead trained with the Australian team, living in Jindabyne, New South Wales each winter. The pair qualified for Australian citizenship, in 2003–04, after three years and were then free to compete for their adopted country.[3]

Career

Begg-Smith is one of only nine Australians to win a gold medal in a Winter Games and the youngest to win an Olympic Gold in the history of men's freestyle mogul skiing.[4][5]

In the lead-up to the 2006 Winter Games, Dale Begg-Smith won three World Cup rounds and was ranked world number one in the moguls' discipline.[6]

Begg-Smith holds the record for qualifying for the most consecutive World Cup finals in events he entered. In March 2010, he reached his 48th consecutive final. His fourth World Cup title in 2010 also put him even with French Skier Edgar Grospiron for most World Cup wins.[7]

Begg-Smith won silver at the 2010 Winter Olympics held in his native Vancouver, leading to some complaints about biased-judging from members of the Australian coaching staff.[8][9][10][11][12] "Sometimes you're in the good graces of the judges, sometimes you're not," Gold medalist Alex Bilodeau said. "Judged sports can't be perfect. It can be a bad part of my sport. I see it. But everybody is going to be equal in the end."[12]

Begg-Smith represented Australia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,[13] reaching the 2nd qualifying round.[14]

Personal

Begg-Smith is considered a recluse by many, and has repeatedly refused to communicate with non-Australian media, Canadian media in particular.[15] NBC dubbed him "the most mysterious man of the Winter Olympics" in a piece aired on 14 February 2010, during the Vancouver games.[16]

Alisa Monk, coordinator of the moguls program, said that she booked Begg-Smith's hotels and flights economically, despite his wealth. "Wherever the team stays, he stays. There are certainly no big demands. You wouldn't know he had a bit of money." She also said, "When he is at Perisher he stays in the same hut as the other mogul skiers and his brother."[17]

After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Begg-Smith donated his prize money – about $13,670 – to earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.[18]

Business controversy

There are claims that Begg-Smith's internet advertising business, Ads CPM later called CPM Media, had been linked to the distribution of malware.[19][20] The Sydney Morning Herald reported that "a trail of digital fingerprints scattered over the web... shows Mr Begg-Smith's long and rewarding involvement in the distribution of "malicious software".[21] Begg-Smith's manager, David Malina, said reports about his client's business had been "exaggerated", and that "it's not really something that he's involved with anymore ... he's minimised his involvement to concentrate on his sport."[21]

Honours

On 21 February 2006, Australia Post issued a postage stamp commemorating Begg-Smith's achievement, saying his gold put him in a "small and honoured group of athletes".[22] In 2005, he was awarded Ski and Snowboard Australia's Snowsports Athlete of the Year.[23]

Results

Winter Olympic Games

As of 26 February 2026[24]
 Year   Age   Moguls 
2006 Turin 21 1
2010 Vancouver 25 2
2014 Sochi 29 25

World Championships

As of 26 February 2026[25]
 Year   Age   Moguls   Dual Moguls 
2005 Ruka 20 3 5
2007 Madonna di Campiglio 22 2 1

World Cup results by season

As of 26 February 2026[26][27]
Season Moguls Dual Moguls Overall Moguls[a] Overall
Freestyle skiing
Events
started 		Wins Pods Events
started 		Wins Pods Events
started 		Wins Pods Points Rank Points Rank
2000–01[28] 2/7 0 0 0/1 0 0 2/8 0 0 32 41 8.00 77
2003–04[29] 9/12 0 0 2/2 0 0 11/12 0 0 153 18 11.00 75
2004–05[30] 11/11 0 3 N/a N/a N/a 11/11 0 3 478 43.00 7
2005–06[31] 11/11 6 8 N/a N/a N/a 11/11 6 8 821 75.00
2006–07[32] 7/7 4 5 3/3 2 2 10/10 6 7 784 78.00
2007–08[33] 9/9 3 4 1/1 0 1 10/10 3 5 664 66.00
2008–09[34] 3/7 0 0 1/2 0 0 4/9 0 0 147 18 16.00 58
2009–10[35] 10/10 3 6 N/a N/a N/a 10/10 3 6 693 69.00
2010–11[36] 1/6 0 0 0/5 0 0 1/11 0 0 40 35 4.00 126
2013–14[37] 4/8 0 0 0/3 0 0 4/11 0 0 118 23 11.00 114
Total 67 16 26 7 2 3 74 18 29 – – – –

Notes

  1. ^ 2001 season did not include Dual Moguls events towards Overall Mogul ranking points

World Cup podiums

As of 26 February 2026[38]
  • Podiums: 29
    • First – 18
    • Second – 8
    • Third – 3
No Season Date Location Discipline Place
29 2010 18 March 2010 Sierra Nevada, Spain Moguls Silver
28 21 January 2010 Lake Placid, New York, USA Moguls Silver
27 16 January 2010 Deer Valley, Utah, USA Moguls Silver
26 14 January 2010 Deer Valley, Utah, USA Moguls Gold
25 9 January 2010 Calgary, Alberta, Canada Moguls Gold
24 8 January 2010 Calgary, Alberta, Canada Moguls Gold
23 2008 8 March 2008 Åre, Sweden Dual Moguls Silver
22 7 March 2008 Åre, Sweden Moguls Gold
21 16 February 2008 Inawashiro, Japan Moguls Gold
20 20 January 2008 Lake Placid, New York, USA Moguls Gold
19 18 January 2008 Lake Placid, New York, USA Moguls Silver
18 2007 3 March 2007 Voss, Norway Moguls Gold
17 2 March 2007 Voss, Norway Moguls Gold
16 24 February 2007 Apex, British Columbia, Canada Moguls Gold
15 18 February 2007 Inawashiro, Japan Dual Moguls Gold
14 6 February 2007 La Plagne, France Dual Moguls Gold
13 5 February 2007 La Plagne, France Moguls Bronze
12 6 January 2007 Mont Gabriel, Quebec, Canada Moguls Gold
11 2006 18 March 2006 Apex, British Columbia, Canada Moguls Gold
10 1 March 2006 Jisan Forest Resort, Korea Moguls Gold
9 4 February 2006 Spindleruv Mlyn, Czechia Moguls Silver
8 28 January 2006 Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Moguls Gold
7 22 January 2006 Lake Placid, New York, USA Moguls Gold
6 20 January 2006 Lake Placid, New York, USA Moguls Gold
5 13 January 2006 Deer Valley, Utah, USA Moguls Bronze
4 18 December 2005 Oberstdorf, Bavaria, Germany Moguls Gold
3 2005 11 February 2005 Naeba, Japan Moguls Bronze
2 5 February 2005 Inawashiro, Japan Moguls Silver
1 29 January 2005 Deer Valley, Utah, USA Moguls Silver

References

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  12. ^ a b "Aussies claim Bilodeau's gold tainted". Toronto Sun. 15 February 2010.
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