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1. U.S. Olympic ski jumper Patrick Gasienica dies in motorcycle accident at 24

Author

Bieler, Des

Subjects
Gasienica, Patrick, Olympic athletes, Skiers -- Biography, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Des Bieler Patrick Gasienica, an American ski jumper who competed for Team USA at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, died Monday at 24. According to the Associated Press, which cited [...]

Published
2023

3. Twisting for gold

Author

Mullens, Anne

Subjects
Shouldice, Warren -- Biography, Winter Olympics, Skiers -- Biography, Olympic athletes, Freestyle skiing, General interest
Published
2009

4. Growing pains: everyone thought U.S. alpine racer Caroline Lalive would stand on the podium at least once during the 2002 Olympics. Instead, she crashed in every race, causing the media to dub her a 'head case.' Find out why she's still considered a favorite for 2006

Author

Campbell, Stu

Subjects
Skiers -- Biography, Olympic athletes, Lalive, Caroline -- Biography, Personality profile
Abstract

Twenty-two-year-old Caroline Lalive blisters the top section of the women's 2002 Olympic downhill. She's perfectly balanced on her skis and very much in contention. Suddenly, she falters in the left […]

Published
2003

5. Jean Vuarnet, a Downhill Innovator Who Won Olympic Gold, Dies at 83

Author

Sandomir, Richard

Subjects
Vuarnet, Jean, Olympic athletes, Skiers -- Biography, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Jean Vuarnet, a Frenchman who won the gold medal in downhill skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics using an innovative approach to aerodynamics and decades later endured the deaths of [...]

Published
2017

6. Stein Eriksen, Olympic Ski Champion Who Heralded Freestyle, Dies at 88

Author

Weber, Bruce

Subjects
Eriksen, Stein, Olympic athletes, Skiers -- Biography, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Stein Eriksen, an Olympic ski champion whose competitive triumphs, elegant style and innovative acrobatics made him one of the sport's first superstars, died on Sunday at his home in Park [...]

Published
2015

7. Sixten Jernberg, 83, a Star Skier

Subjects
Jernberg, Sixten, Olympic athletes, Skiers -- Biography, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Sixten Jernberg, a cross-country skier who won four Olympic gold medals and four more gold medals in world championships, died on Saturday in the province of Dalarna, [...]

Published
2012

8. A second chance

Author

Mick, Hayley

Subjects
Del Bosco, Chris, Olympic athletes, Skiers -- Biography, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: HAYLEY MICK VANCOUVER 2010 / FULLY FOCUSED Every night, Chris Del Bosco lies in bed and imagines worst-case scenarios. Bad things can happen during ski-cross races, and Del Bosco [...]

Published
2009

9. For Austria's 'Herminator,' no apologies and no regrets

Author

Moore, David Leon

Subjects
Maier, Hermann -- Biography, Olympic athletes, Skiers -- Biography, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: David Leon Moore SESTRIERE -- Snapshots of Hermann Maier ... *Feb.13, 1998. Friday the 13th. Hakuba, Japan. Olympic men's downhill. Maier, the new Austrian ski hero, the so-called Herminator, [...]

Published
2006

10. Gone, and (almost) completely forgotten: they were big when they were young -- breaking records, producing hits. Where are they now? (Best of Young British)

Author

Asthana, Anushka and Reiss, Michael

Subjects
Hawkes, Chesney, Hooper, Daniel, Jones, Aled, Campbell, Ffyona, Crane, Andy, Lawrence, Ruth -- Biography, Edwards, Eddie -- Biography, Political activists -- Biography, Celebrities -- Biography, Olympic athletes, Puppeteers -- Biography, Mathematicians -- Biography, Singers -- Biography, Reformers, Social reformers, Skiers -- Biography, Walking -- Personalities, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

Swampy Daniel Hooper had to work hard for his celebrity status. Imaginatively named 'Swampy' because he claimed to live in a swamp (well, a boggy field), the 23-year-old became a [...]

Published
2002

11. Marvin Crawford -- Skiing Champion, 74

Subjects
Crawford, Marvin, Olympic athletes, Skiers -- Biography
Abstract

Marvin Crawford, a former Olympian and a 14-time national champion in Nordic skiing, died on Monday in Colorado Springs. He was 74. He died after a stroke, his family said. […]

Published
2005

12. Christl Cranz-Borchers, 90, Olympic Skier

Subjects
Cranz-Borchers, Christl, Olympic athletes, Skiers -- Biography
Abstract

Christl Cranz-Borchers, who won two Olympic gold medals in skiing, died on Tuesday in her home village in the Bavarian Alps. She was 90. Her death was announced by the […]

Published
2004

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