2015 Event American skier Lindsey Vonn wins her 63rd World Cup, setting a new record after 35 years; the previous record of 62 wins was held by Austrian skier Annemarie Moser-Proell 2014 Event Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjoergen set a new record for the highest number of Olympic medals awarded to a female Winter Olympics athlete after her gold medal at Sochi; Bjoergen has won ten Olympic medals over to date, including six golds 1994 Death Ulrike Maier, olympic skier, breaks neck during world cup skiing at 26 1988 Event Tennis star Chris Everett weds skier Andy Mills 1987 Event Skier Piotr Fijas jumps record 194m 1983 Event Tamara McKinney becomes 1st U.S. woman skier to win the World Cup 1971 Birthday Pete Vordenberg, Rota Spain, U.S. cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1971 Birthday Picabo Street, skier, 1984 Olympic gold 1970 Birthday Nina Kemppel, Anchorage Alaska, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1970 Birthday Luke Bodensteiner, Iowa City Iowa, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1970 Birthday Kerrin Petty, Townshend Vt, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1969 Birthday Laura Wilson, Utica, New York, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1968 Birthday Diann Roffe-Steinrotter, born in Warsaw, New York, alpine skier, won Olympic gold and silver in 1992 1966 Birthday Alberto "La Bomba" Tomba, Italian skier, Gold Medal 1988, 1992 Olympics 1966 Birthday Laura McCabe, cross country skier, 1994 Olympics 1965 Birthday Ben Husaby, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1965 Birthday Donna Weinbrecht, skier, Olympic-gold 1965 Birthday Dorcas Wonsavage, Madison Wis, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1964 Birthday Vreni Schneider, Swiss alpine skier, Olympics-Gold-1988 1963 Birthday Leslie Thompson, Burlington, Vermont, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1963 Birthday Ingrid Butts, born in Denver, Colorado, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1963 Birthday Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss alpine skier 1988 Olympics gold 1962 Birthday Tamara McKinney, Lexington, Kentucky, slalom skier, Olympic-4th-1984 1961 Birthday Todd Boonstra, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1960 Birthday John Aalberg, Orland Norway, U.S. cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1960 Birthday William D. Johnson, U.S. alpine skier 1959 Birthday Armin Kogler, born in Austria, skier, 2-time winner of jumping World Cup 1958 Birthday Andreas Wenzel, born in Liechtenstein, skier, 1980 Olympics silver 1958 Birthday Harti Weirather, Austrian alpine skier 1957 Birthday Phil Mahre, Yakima Wash, alpine slalom skier, Olympic-gold/silver-80, 84 1957 Birthday Steve Mahre, bonr in Yakima, Washington, twin alpine slalom skier, Silver Medal 1980, 1984 Olympics 1956 Birthday Cindy Nelson, U.S., skier 1976 Olympics bronze 1956 Birthday Thomas Wassberg, born in Sweden, 15K/50K cross country skier 1980 Olympics gold 1956 Event Toni Sailor becomes 1st Olympic skier to sweep 3 alpine events 1955 Birthday Marja-Liisa Hamalainen, Finnish cross country skier, 3 Gold Medals 1984 Olympics, 4 Bronze Medals 1984, 1988, 1994 Olympics 1955 Birthday Nikolai Simyatov, U.S.S.R., nordic skier, Olympic-3 golds-1976 1955 Birthday Bill Koch, born in Brattleboro, Vermont, skier, first U.S. world-class cross-country skier, won 1982 Cross-country skiing World Cup 1955 Birthday William Koch, U.S. skier, World Cup 1982 1953 Birthday Franz Klammer, Austria, downhill skier 1976 Olympics gold 1953 Birthday Annemarie Moser-Proll, born in Austria, downhill skier 1980 Olympics gold 1953 Birthday Andy Mill, skier/husband of Chris Everet 1952 Birthday Raisa Smetanina, U.S.S.R., cross country skier, Gold Medal 1976, 1980, 1992 Olympics 1951 Birthday Robert Cochran, Claremont Vt, skier, Olympics-1972 1951 Birthday Ivar Formo, born in Norway, 50K cross country skier 1976 Olympics gold 1951 Birthday Barbara Ann Cochran, Claremont, New Hampshire, slalom skier, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1950 Birthday Marilyn Cochran, Burlington, Vermont, skier, Olympics-1972 1949 Birthday Juha Mieto, Finland, 15KM skier 1980 Olympics silver 1946 Birthday Suzy Chaffee, U.S., skier/chapstick user 1968 Olympics 1945 Birthday Marielle Goitschel, Ste Maxime France, alpine skier, Olympics gold 64 1944 Birthday Martha Rockwell, born in Providence, Rhode Island, skier, Mount Washington 1943 Birthday Gertrud "Traudl" Hecher, Austria, downhill skier 1960 Olympics bronze 1943 Birthday Christi Haas, Austria, downhill skier 1964 Olympic gold 1942 Birthday Galina A. Kulakova, born in U.S.S.R., nordic skier, Olympics 3 golds 1972 1942 Birthday Michael Elliott, U.S., skier 1968 Olympics 1941 Birthday Heidi Biebi, Federal Republic of Germany, downhill skier 1960 Olympics gold 1941 Birthday Franco Nones, Italy, 30K cross country skier, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1939 Birthday Heinrich Messner, born in Austria, downhill skier 1972 Olympics bronze 1939 Birthday Toini Gustafson, born in Sweden, 5K/10K cross country skier, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1938 Birthday Penny Pitou, U.S., skier, Olympic-2 silvers-1960 1937 Birthday Leo Lacroix, France, skier 1964 Olympic silver 1935 Birthday Anton Sailer, Austria, skier, Olympic-3 golds-1956 1932 Birthday Andrea Mead Lawrence, Rutland Vt, alpine slalom skier, 2 Gold Medals 1952 Olympics 1931 Birthday Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo, Italy, downhill skier 1952 Olympics bronze 1931 Birthday Madeline Berthod, born in Switzerland, downhill skier 1956 Olympics gold 1930 Birthday Sonja Ruthstrom, Swed, cross country relay skier 1960 Olympics gold 1930 Birthday Alevtina Koltschina, U.S.S.R., cross coutry relay skier, Gold Medal 1960 Olympics 1929 Birthday Sixten Jernberg, Sweden, skier, Gold Medals 1956, 1960, 1964 Olympics 1927 Birthday Trudi Jochum-Beiser, Austria, downhill skier 1952 Olympics gold 1925 Birthday Veikko Hakulinen, Finland, 30K/50K cross country skier, Gold Medals 1952, 1956, 1960 Olympics, Silver Medals 1956, 1960 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1960 Olympics 1924 Birthday Siiri Rantanen, Finland, cross country skier 1956 Olympics gold 1920 Birthday Zeno Colo, Italy, downhill skier 1952 Olympics gold 1920 Birthday Lydia Wideman, Finland, 10K cross country skier 1952 Olympics gold 1919 Birthday Laila Schou Nilsen, born in Norway, downhill skier, 1936 Olympics gold 1919 Birthday Gretchen Fraser, born in Tacoma, Washington, slalom skier 1948 Olympics gold 1911 Birthday Olaf Okern, born in Norway, Nordic skier, Olympic-medal-1948 1908 Birthday Sulo Nurmela, Finland, 4 x 100K relay skier 1936 Olympics gold 1888 Birthday Arnold Henry Moore Lunn, skier
