the National Sports Academy National Sports Academy (Lake Placid, New York) during high school, and competed in the Nagano Olympics during his senior year. In 2009, Demong began appearing in Alka-Seltzer Plus television commercials as part of the medication's sponsorship of the U.S. Ski Team. His mother is a Korean-American retired chorus teacher from Saranac Lake High School. References External links U.S. Ski Team Biography 1980 births American male Nordic combined skiers Living people Nordic combined skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic Nordic combined skiers of the United States Olympic gold medalists for the United States in Nordic combined Olympic silver medalists for the United States in Nordic combined People from Franklin County, New York FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics American people of Korean descent