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1994 Ulrike Maier, olympic skier, breaks neck during world cup skiing at 26

1988 Tennis star Chris Everett weds skier Andy Mills

1987 Skier Piotr Fijas jumps record 194m

1983 Tamara McKinney becomes 1st U.S. woman skier to win the World Cup

1971 Pete Vordenberg, Rota Spain, U.S. cross country skier 1994 Olympics

1971 Picabo Street, skier, 1984 Olympic gold

1970 Nina Kemppel, Anchorage Alaska, cross country skier 1994 Olympics

1970 Luke Bodensteiner, Iowa City Iowa, cross country skier 1994 Olympics

1970 Kerrin Petty, Townshend Vt, cross country skier 1994 Olympics

1969 Laura Wilson, Utica, New York, cross country skier 1994 Olympics

1968 Diann Roffe-Steinrotter, born in Warsaw, New York, alpine skier, won Olympic gold and silver in 1992

1966 Alberto "La Bomba" Tomba, Italian skier, Olympics gold 1988, 92

1966 Laura McCabe, cross country skier, 1994 Olympics

1965 Ben Husaby, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, cross country skier 1994 Olympics

1965 Donna Weinbrecht, skier, Olympic-gold

1965 Dorcas Wonsavage, Madison Wis, cross country skier 1994 Olympics

1964 Vreni Schneider, Swiss alpine skier, Olympics-Gold-1988

1963 Leslie Thompson, Burlington, Vermont, cross country skier 1994 Olympics

1963 Ingrid Butts, born in Denver, Colorado, cross country skier 1994 Olympics

1963 Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss alpine skier 1988 Olympics gold

1962 Tamara McKinney, Lexington, Kentucky, slalom skier, Olympic-4th-1984

1961 Todd Boonstra, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, cross country skier 1994 Olympics

1960 John Aalberg, Orland Norway, U.S. cross country skier 1994 Olympics

1960 William D. Johnson, U.S. alpine skier

1959 Armin Kogler, born in Austria, skier, 2-time winner of jumping World Cup

1958 Andrew Mapple, U.S. water skier

1958 Andreas Wenzel, born in Liechtenstein, skier, 1980 Olympics silver

1958 Harti Weirather, Austrian alpine skier

1957 Hansi Muller, skier

1957 Phil Mahre, Yakima Wash, alpine slalom skier, Oly-gold/silver-80, 84

1957 Steve Mahre, Yakima Wash, twin alpine slalom skier, Oly-Silver-80, 84

1956 Cindy Nelson, U.S., skier 1976 Olympics bronze

1956 Thomas Wassberg, born in Sweden, 15K/50K cross country skier 1980 Olympics gold

1956 Toni Sailor becomes 1st Olympic skier to sweep 3 alpine events

1955 Marja-Liisa Hamalainen, Finnish cross country skier, Oly-gold-1984

1955 Nikolai Simyatov, U.S.S.R., nordic skier, Olympic-3 golds-1976

1955 William Koch, U.S. skier, World Cup 1982

1953 Franz Klammer, Austria, downhill skier 1976 Olympics gold

1953 Annemarie Moser-Proll, born in Austria, downhill skier 1980 Olympics gold

1953 Andy Mill, skier/husband of Chris Everet

1952 Raisa Smetanina, U.S.S.R., cross country skier, Olympics gold 1976, 80, 92

1951 Robert Cochran, Claremont Vt, skier, Olympics-1972

1951 Ivar Formo, born in Norway, 50K cross country skier 1976 Olympics gold

1951 Barbara Ann Cochran, Claremont NH, slalom skier, Olympics gold 1972

1950 Marilyn Cochran, Burlington, Vermont, skier, Olympics-1972

1949 Juha Mieto, Finland, 15KM skier 1980 Olympics silver

1946 Suzy Chaffee, U.S., skier/chapstick user 1968 Olympics

1945 Marielle Goitschel, Ste Maxime France, alpine skier, Olympics gold 64

1944 Martha Rockwell, born in Providence, Rhode Island, skier, Mount Washington

1943 Gertrud "Traudl" Hecher, Austria, downhill skier 1960 Olympics bronze

1943 Christi Haas, Austria, downhill skier 1964 Olympic gold

1943 Bill Koch, U.S. skier

1942 Galina A. Kulakova, born in U.S.S.R., nordic skier, Olympics 3 golds 1972

1942 Michael Elliott, U.S., skier 1968 Olympics

1941 Heidi Biebi, German Fed Rep, downhill skier 1960 Olympics gold

1941 Franco Nones, Italy, 30K cross country skier, 1968 Olympics gold

1939 Heinrich Messner, born in Austria, downhill skier 1972 Olympics bronze

1939 Toini Gustafson, Sweden, 5K/10K cross country skier, Oly-gold-1968

1938 Penny Pitou, U.S., skier, Olympic-2 silvers-1960

1937 Leo Lacroix, France, skier 1964 Olympic silver

1935 Anton Sailer, Austria, skier, Olympic-3 golds-1956

1932 Andrea Mead Lawrence, Rutland Vt, alpine slalom skier, Oly-2 gold-52

1931 Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo, Italy, downhill skier 1952 Olympics bronze

1931 Madeline Berthod, Switzerland, downhill skier 1956 Olympics gold

1930 Sonja Ruthstrom, Swed, cross country relay skier 1960 Olympics gold

1930 Alevtina Koltschina, U.S.S.R., cross coutry relay skier, Oly-gold-1960

1929 Sixten Jernberg, Sweden, skier, Olympics gold 1956/60/64

1927 Trudi Jochum-Beiser, Austria, downhill skier 1952 Olympics gold

1925 Veikko Hakulinen, Finland, 30K/50K cross country skier, Oly-gold-1956

1924 Siiri Rantanen, Finland, cross country skier 1956 Olympics gold

1920 Zeno Colo, Italy, downhill skier 1952 Olympics gold

1920 Lydia Wideman, Finland, 10K cross country skier 1952 Olympics gold

1919 Laila Schou Nilsen, born in Norway, downhill skier, 1936 Olympics gold

1919 Gretchen Fraser, born in Tacoma, Washington, slalom skier 1948 Olympics gold

1911 Olaf Okern, born in Norway, Nordic skier, Olympic-medal-1948

1908 Sulo Nurmela, Finland, 4 x 100K relay skier 1936 Olympics gold

1888 Arnold Henry Moore Lunn, skier



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