Arnold Schwarzenegger: Governor of California

Although Austrian Arnold hails from a country with so many Olympians and World Cup skiers that it's hard to keep up, his skiing life didn't get into full swing until his time in America. The Governator skis at Sun Valley, where the black diamond Arnold's Run is named after him. In 2006, he tripped over a ski pole on a green, requiring crutches, screws to secure his thighbone and several weeks of recovery after undergoing surgery for a fractured right femur. He still made it to his announcement of Governor in January 2007.