Alva Ross "AJ" Kitt IV[1] (born September 13, 1968) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.

Ski Team for over a decade, Kitt specialized in the speed event of downhill, and also raced in Super-G and combined.

He retired from international competition following the 1998 season with six World Cup podiums, which included one downhill victory.

In only his first full season of World Cup racing in 1988, Kitt made the U.S. team at age 19 for the 1988 Winter Olympics at Calgary.

Ski team" when he won his first World Cup race in Val d'Isere, France, on December 7, 1991.

He finished ninth in the downhill at the 1992 Winter Olympics, held on a different course than his World Cup victory two months prior.

[5] He suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), along with other associated damage to his left knee, which ended his season, including the World Championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain.