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         Skiing Olympic History:     more detail
  1. History of Olympic skiing for women in the United States: a cultural interpretation by Patricia Marie Peterson, 1967
  2. Skiing (Olympic Sports) by Kate Haycock, 1991-10
  3. Gretchen's gold: The story of Gretchen Fraser : America's first gold medalist in olympic skiing by Luanne Pfeifer, 1996
  4. Carving a trail: A history of skiing in Utah by Sally Graves Jackson, 2001

81. The Winter Olympics
The 11day event, which included nordic skiing, speed skating, The event ended the four-year olympic cycle of staging both Winter and Summer Games in
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Sep 25, 2005

82. Ski Museums/U.S. Ski History Congress
Ski Hall of Fame Origins. West, Tom Paskapoo, Canada’s olympic Park. Wicken, Ingrid Summit C Early Winter olympic history (Chair Morten Lund)
http://www.skiinghistory.org/museumcongress.html
International
Ski History Congress
This page is provisionally an information center for those who have attended the International Ski Congress at Park City January 20-24, 2002 and all who are interested in reading some of the ski history papers presented at the Congress. It is also a page for those interested in the ski museums of the world and their successful operation.
The page contains:
Allen Adler: The Peckett Inn Mystique in Early NE Skiing

Joe Arave: The Forest Service and U.S. Skiing

Jerry Groswold: The History of Groswold Skis

Tom Eastman: Carroll Reed, New England Ski Pioneer
Some of the Affiliations are missing. Please email Morten Lund at: mort@netstep. net
to supply any missing data. Also send in any corrections of the information.
Ski Congress alphabetical list of
presenters, papers
Adler, Allen: The Peckett Inn Mystique in Early NE skiing Allen, John: 1924, Birth of Modern Skiing

83. ESPN.com - Germany's Jumping Edge Smallest In Olympic History
Germany s jumping edge smallest in olympic history Because judges are used during ski jumping competition, the testy issue of subjectivity comes into
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/winter02/skijump/news?id=1335886

84. CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - U.S. Alpine Ski Team Roster And Bios - Friday
Won 2001 US Ski Team Gold Cup in giant slalom. olympic history Competing in second olympics. Finished 18th in combined at 1998 Games. Accomplishments
http://www.cnnsi.com/olympics/2002/usbios_alpine/
Men: Jake Fiala Chip Knight Scott Macartney Bode Miller ... Thomas Vonn
Women: Kirsten Clark Lindsey Kildow Kristina Koznick Caroline Lalive ... Picabo Street Jake Fiala Age: Height: Event: Downhill
Birthday: May 24, 1975
Hometown: Frisco, Colo.
Olympic History:
Competing in first Olympics.
Accomplishments:
Back to the top
Chip Knight Age: Height: Event: Slalom
Birthday: January 11, 1975
Hometown: Stowe, Vermont
Olympic History: Competing in second Olympics. Accomplishments: Back to the top Scott Macartney Age: Hometown: Redmond, Wa. Olympic History: Competing in first Olympics. Back to the top Bode Miller Age: Height: Event: Slalom Giant Slalom Combined Birthday: October 12, 1997 Hometown: Franconia, N.H. Olympic History: Competing in second Olympics. Accomplishments: Back to the top Casey Puckett Age: Height: Event: Slalom/Combined Birthday: September 22, 1972 Hometown: Old Snowmass, Colo. Olympic History: Competing in third Olympics. Accomplishments: Back to the top Daron Rahlves Age: Birthday: June 12, 1973 Hometown: Truckee, Calif.

85. Utah Olympic Park
Photo olympic Flame. history / Legacy Construction of the Utah olympic Park began in 1991 with the Park, ski jump facilities and freestyle aerials
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History / Legacy Originally known as the Utah Winter Sports Park, the facility was funded as part of the $59 million tax diversion approved by Utah taxpayers in 1989. The facility was a critical element in the Salt Lake Bid Committee's efforts to capture a future Olympic Winter Games. Construction of the Utah Olympic Park began in 1991 with the Park, ski jump facilities and freestyle aerials splash pool opening in 1993. The bobsled, skeleton and luge track became operational in 1997. In July 1999, ownership of the Utah Winter Sports Park transferred from the Utah Sports Authority to the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, and the venue became recognized as the Utah Olympic Park. The facility underwent a series of upgrades and renovations for the Games, including the construction of the K120 jump and reconfiguration of the K90. Additionally, the master plan included design of the venue's common areas, infrastructure, transportation system and entrances. The design and engineering phase of all projects was completed in September 1999 with construction completed in the fall 2000. General construction costs were $33 million for sliding track, $21 million for ski jumps, $6 million for infrastructure and $2.5 million for Day Lodge and pool. During the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, the venue welcomed more than 300,000 visitors during 16 days of competition. The Utah Olympic Park was the site of 14 events with three in ski jumping, three in nordic combined, three in bobsled, three in luge and two in skeleton.

86. MSN Encarta - Skiing
Men’s Nordic events were the only skiing races held in the 1924 olympic Games, the first year the Winter Games were held. Not until the 1950s did women
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Other Competitions
Biathlon , an outgrowth of military training, combines cross-country ski racing with target shooting. Olympic and world championship events are held over a distance of 20 km (12.4 mi). Competitors alternate skiing a 4-km (2.5-mi) loop with rounds of target shooting. A competitor’s score is based on a penalty system, in which extra time is added to the cross-country result depending on shooting accuracy. Biathlon is the only skiing-related discipline that is not regulated by the FIS; it has its own international governing body. Snowboarding , developed primarily from surfing and skateboarding, was the fastest-growing winter sport of the 1980s and 1990s. Competitive snowboarding has both an Alpine component, with racing through gates, and a freestyle component that is similar to competitions in skateboard parks. The FIS began holding snowboarding World Cup competitions in the 1994-95 season, and snowboarding made its Olympic debut at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan.

87. Downhill Skiing
Olympics.com. history. Alpine skiing evolved from crosscountry skiing. There is evidence that primitive skis were used in Norway over 5000 years ago.
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terms has been provided by www.NBCOlympics.com and www.Olympics.com HISTORY Alpine skiing evolved from cross-country skiing. There is evidence that primitive skis were used in Norway over 5,000 years ago. As early as the 10 th century, Vikings in Northern Europe got around on skis when they hunted snow-covered hills. Skiing expanded throughout Scandinavia and Russia as a mode of winter transportation and eventually became a sport similar to cross-country skiing. The first alpine competition, a primitive downhill event, was held in the 1850s. The sport spread over the next few decades to other parts of Europe and the United States, where miners amused themselves with ski competitions during winter months. Modern alpine racing was invented by an Englishman, Sir Arnold Lunn, and an Austrian, Hannes Schneider. After traveling through the Alps for years, Lunn dreamed of racing through the majestic mountain range. He organized the first slalom in 1922, in Muerren, Switzerland, and later joined forces with Schneider to organize the first Olympic alpine event. The Arlberg-Kandahar, a combined slalom and downhill event was the first legitimate alpine race and led to inclusion of alpine skiing in the Olympic program. Alpine skiing became part of the Olympic program at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games. The first Alpine skiing program in the Olympics that year was a men's and women's combined event, featuring a

88. The U.S. Ski Team News
Recalling 84, 64 olympic history. PARK CITY, Utah (Feb. 19) US Ski Team family members and fans are marking the 40th and 20th anniversary of some
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Recalling '84, '64 Olympic History PARK CITY, Utah (Feb. 19) - U.S. Ski Team "family" members and fans are marking the 40th and 20th anniversary of some historic skiing at the Olympics that included not only Bill Johnson's electrifying, he-put-his-skis-where-his-mouth-was downhill gold medal but stirring performances from Phil and Steve Mahre, Debbie Armstrong and Christin Cooper, and Billy Kidd and Jimmie Heuga. The dates to note: Feb. 19, 1984...Feb. 16, 1984...Feb. 13, 1984...Feb. 8, 1964. Outside Sarajevo, U.S. skiers stormed their way to five alpine medals on the slopes of Jahorina (women's alpine events) and Bjelasnica (men's alpine races). That remains the highwater mark for U.S. alpine skiing. They got four alpine medals in 1964 and '94. Blizzard-like snows and wind combined three times to postpone the men's downhill in Sarsajevo. All the while, Bill Johnson - the surprise winner of the fabled Lauberhorn downhill on Jan. 15 when he became the first American man to win a World Cup DH - won two training runs and was second in two others over the soft snow. One of the top gliders in downhill, he kept telling anyone who would listen, "You're all racing for second place. This is my hill, my course." He pointed out, "I own the bottom of this course." Nearly an American sweep in GS
While the men's downhill was being pushed back and pushed back, the women's schedule proceeded. On the 13th, the giant slalom was scheduled. Christin Cooper, who had won three medals at the 1982 World Championships, led the first run. Debbie Armstrong was named to that '82 Worlds squad but never got to race because she broke a leg in training; on Jahorina, she was second behind Cooper after one run. "Have the race of your life," Armstrong chirped to Cooper before the second run. She was relentlessly bouncy, distributing one message among the intensity at the start - "Have fun."

89. The U.S. Ski Team News
25) US Ski and Snowboard athletes wrapped up the 2002 olympic Winter Games Only second time in US Winter olympic history that US athletes have swept
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PARK CITY, Utah (Feb. 25) - U.S. Ski and Snowboard athletes wrapped up the 2002 Olympic Winter Games with a list of record Olympic performances and achieved the organization's long-stated goal of winning a record 10 medals. "This was a team effort and we take a great deal of pride in the accomplishments of these athletes and especially in achieving our team goal," said U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team President and CEO Bill Marolt. Marolt established the 10-medal goal over three years ago - four more than the previous high mark of six set in Nagano. "We knew coming into these Games that 10 medals was a stretch goal for us, but our athletes achieved it," he said. "Bode Miller's silvers in alpine skiing are a tremendous accomplishment," said Marolt. "And, much as we had expected, snowboard and freestyle continue to be very strong sports for us. We're also very pleased with the progress we saw in the nordic events, especially nordic combined, where we had U.S. bests in all three of the events, including a fourth in the team competition, and cross country skiing where we had Olympic bests on both the men's and women's side including a fifth for the men in the relay!" It was a record-setting Olympics in nearly every sport for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team including:

90. Nbc6.net - Olympics
Think you know olympic trivia? Go for the gold! More Details US Ski Conditions olympic history US Athlete Biographies. olympics Survey
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Games Food And Recipes House And Home Dating ... Legal Center Olympic Countdown
Around Torino All About Torino Learn About Torino, Italy the host city for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. More Details
Torino Olympic Venues
An interactive look at the venue locations for the 2006 Olympics in Torino, Italy. More Details
Map: Venue Locations
The Olympics will be held in and around Torino, Italy. Find out the location of your favorite competition.
More Coverage The Olympic Torch Relay The Olympic Torch Relay starts in Rome in December and will criss-cross all the regions and provinces of Italy. More Details
Winter Olympic Chronology
Where were the previous Winter Olympics held and how many athletes participated? More Details
Olympics Trivia
Think you know Olympic trivia? Go for the gold! More Details
U.S. Ski Conditions
If the Olympics are getting you in the mood to hit the slopes, check out the latest ski conditions from around the United States.
Winter Olympics: A Look Back Slow Ticket Sales Reported Ticket sales for next February's Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy have been slow.
Interactive: Olympic Venues
Olympic Schedule - February 2006 Opening Ceremony Torino Olympic Palasport Feb. 10

91. National Geographic For Kids - Featured Article @ Nationalgeographic.com
The Polish ski jumper won five world contests recently. Journey into olympic history through this playful cartoon. Game Sports Talk
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In Shape
Fast Forward
Smooth Landing
Jumping Into Science
Ever wonder why science matters? Go ski jumping, and you’ll find out—fast. Top athletes from around the world will gather this February in Salt Lake City, Utah, for the Winter Olympics. Tune in, and you’ll see skaters, skiers, snowboarders, hockey players, bobsledders, and more. You probably won’t see any scientists. But don’t let that fool you. Science plays a key part in just about every sport. Take gravity , for instance. Figure skaters fight gravity each time they leap in the air, while bobsledders count on it to draw them downhill fast. And knowing some biology can help Olympians train and care for their bodies. In fact, you just might think of the games as one of the best science shows on TV! THE INVISIBLE OPPONENT Olympic athletes compete against one another. Everyone sees that. What you don’t see is that each Olympian also fights against air. Every time a human being moves, he or she has to push millions of air molecules out of the way. That effort slows the person down ever so slightly. Scientists call this drag Most of us seldom notice drag. (You might feel it when riding your bike into the wind.) But Olympic athletes do. For them, even a fraction of a second can mean the difference between gold and silver. So Olympians and their coaches study

92. 2002 Winter Olympics - Winter Olympics History
Salt Lake City is the site of the 2002 Winter olympic Games. Winter olympics history. Salt Lake City Campaign Salt Lake City s quest to host the olympic
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Overview Highlight Results Venues ... Skiing/Boarding
Winter Olympics History
Salt Lake City Campaign
Salt Lake City's
quest to host the Olympic Winter Games spanned three decades. During that time the city grew in size and in experience to host international competitions. The following is a summary of Salt Lake City's involvement in the Olympic movement. January 1966
Salt Lake City is chosen as the USA candidate city to host the 1972 Olympic Winter Games, but in April the IOC chooses Sapporo, Japan as host for the 1972 Olympic Winter Games. December 1967
Salt Lake City again seeks to be the USA candidate city for the 1976 Olympic Winter Games. Salt Lake City competes against Denver, Colorado; Seattle, Washington; and Lake Placid, New York. Denver is chosen. January 1973
Denver withdraws and the United States Olympic Committee unanimously names Salt Lake City as the replacement candidate for the 1976 Olympic Winter Games. In February 1973, the IOC chooses Innsbruck, Austria to host the 1976 Olympic Winter Games. June 1985
Salt Lake City competes against Anchorage, Alaska; Reno, Nevada; and Lake Placid, New York, to become the USOC's candidate city for the 1992 and 1994 Olympic Winter Games. Anchorage is chosen the USA candidate but loses to Albertville, France for the 1992 Games and to Lillehammer, Norway for the 1994 Games.

93. Olympic Games - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
The olympic Games, or olympics, is an international multisport event taking boycotted the 1936 Winter olympics in support of their skiing teachers,
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Olympic Games
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
(Redirected from Olympics The Olympic Games , or Olympics , is an international multi-sport event taking place every two years and alternating between Summer and Winter Games. Originally held in ancient Greece , they were revived by a French nobleman, Pierre Fr¨dy, Baron de Coubertin in the late 19th century . The Games of the Olympiad , better known as the Summer Olympics , have been held every fourth year since , with the exception of the years during the World Wars A special edition for winter sports , the Olympic Winter Games , was established in . Originally these were held in the same year as the Summer Olympics, but starting with the Winter Games are in between, two years after the Games of the Olympiad.
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94. History Of Skiing - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other history sources have it that skiing in Iran dates back to 2000BC, Third Winter Games of Olympics, at Garmisch 1936, include world s first alpine
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History of skiing
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Skiing , or traveling over snow on wooden runners, has a recorded history of almost five millennia.
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    Ancient history
    The first hints to the existence of skis are on 4500 to 5000 year old rock drawings , e.g. at R¸d¸y in Norway . There are also remains of skis in bogs, with the oldest ski found in Hoting Sweden , which is about 4500 years old. The word ski goes back to two Old Norse roots, both older than 4500 years: saa and suk . In modern Norwegian this word is pronounced "shee". This word is now used in most languages in the world. In languages like English and French , one uses the original spelling "ski", and modifies the pronunciation. In languages like Italian , one pronounces it exactly the same as in Norwegian , and modifies the spelling; "sci". German and Spanish adapt the word to their linguistic rules; notably "Schier" and "esqu­s". Interestingly, many languages make a verb out of it, like in English "to ski", Italian "sciare" and Spanish "esquiar", which is not possible in Norwegian. In Swedish, a close relation to Norwegian, the word is "skidor" (pl.). Other history sources have it that skiing in Iran dates back to 2000BC, when ancient tribes are believed to have devised a ski board made from animal hide. Linguists associate the word ski with the

95. Nancy Greene - A Short Biography Of Nancy Greene Canadian National Ski Team Memb
Nancy Greene, Biography of olympic Ski Champion, Canadian National Ski Team Member is still considered one of the most decisive wins in olympic history.
http://www.nancygreene.com/bio_short.htm

quick facts
a short biography gold medal victory
Nancy Greene is one of the best known names in Canadian skiing. Her success at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France made a lasting impression on Canadian skiers and non-skiers alike, and Nancy has stayed in the public eye ever since. Nancy was born in Ottawa on May 11, 1943 but has always considered herself to be from British Columbia. Both Nancy's parents were from B.C., and her father was 'on loan to the Government' during the war when she was born. After the war, the Greene family returned to the Kootenays where Nancy grew up in Rossland and did her early skiing on Red Mountain. Nancy and her two sisters and three brothers all skied from the age of three. Her parents were both avid skiers and were founding members of the Red Mountain Ski Club. Nancy began ski racing in local high school races at about the time that Lucile Wheeler became the first Canadian skier to win an Olympic medal, a bronze in Downhill at the Cortina Olympics. Lucile, from Ste. Jovite, Quebec, went on to win two gold medals at the World Ski Championships in 1958. That same year Nancy won her first trophy, placing second to her sister Elizabeth in the Canadian Junior Championships. Two years later Nancy and her sister were both on the Canadian team for the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics and Nancy had the good fortune to room with Anne Heggtveit from Ottawa who won the gold medal in the slalom. From that point on, Nancy was determined to win a gold medal in the Olympics.

96. INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
Calgary, 27 February 1988, XV olympic Winter Games. Alberto TOMBA in the starting the first Alpine skier in olympic history to win the same event twice.
http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/heroes/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=75283

97. Canadian Olympic Committee
Nearly 3000 years of olympic history The olympics first started nearly 3000 Queen of the slopes winning gold and silver medal in ski racing in 1968.
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How the Olympic Games began
Nearly 3,000 years of Olympic history

The Olympics first started nearly 3,000 years ago in Ancient Greece. The ancient Greek civilization enjoyed many sports—including running, boxing and wrestling—because they believed physical activity and competition were very important. Every Greek boy was expected to participate in sports, because the Greeks believed the skills they learned in sports would make them better warriors.
In honour of Zeus
The ancient Greeks also believed religion was very important. Zeus was their greatest god. The ancient Greeks built a shrine to honour Zeus in the Valley of Olympia. Greeks gathered at the shrine to play their favourite sports as part of their religious ceremonies.
In 776 B.C. the ancient Greeks first recorded the results from their sporting events held in honour of Zeus. Every four years after that these Games were held, and because they took place in the Valley of Olympia, they became known as the Olympic Games.

98. Canadian Olympic Committee
His interests include cars, athletics, history, olympic history, Born in the ski town of Kimberley, BC Judi was brought up on the hill and won her first
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Doug Martin - Swimming, 1976
Chair
Doug, currently living in North Vancouver, is a native of Windsor, Ontario. From 1974-1976 Doug was a member of the Canada's National Team and competed at the Pan American Games in Mexico City, the World Championships in Cali, Columbia and the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. Doug is also a three-time University All American, recipient of the Premier of Ontario Achievement Award for contribution to sport and a Windsor/Essex Sports Hall of Fame inductee. Married with two children, Doug is the current Chair of Olympians BC, former Chair of the Ontario Olympians Committee, and a New Ventures BC business start-up mentor. Doug has recently joined the Intrawest Resort Ownership Corporation as their Manager, Member Sales. In his leisure time he enjoys working out at the gym, downhill skiing and golf.

99. Skiing In Geilo - Winter In Scandinavia
Lillehammer is a town known for its winter sporting history. Home of the 1994 Winter Olympics, we suggest visiting sites such as The Norwegian O lympic
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Back to Main Scandinavia Page Back to Winter Scandinavia Page Norway Ski Tour Hosted by Bill Asplund of Epledalen Lodge #096, Wenatchee WA
Sons of Norway District 2
Join th is fabulous ski adventure, in the heart of the Gudbrandsdal Valley, just north of the Olympic town of Lillehammer! nal Norwegian style, with a breathtaking vi ew over the mountain range and valley below. The hotel features excellent food, indoor pool, Jacuzzi and gym, cozy lounges, entertainment and a comfortable environment. It is situated on Kvitfjell mountain, a ski area characterized as one of the most varied and challenging alpine arenas in Europe and site of many Alpine events during the 2004 Winter Olympics. Kvitfjell is not limited to Alpine skiing - There are 600 km of cross-country trails, taking you through forests and above the tree line! Time is also included in Lillehammer and Oslo, to complete your Norway experience!

100. Park City Mountain Resort Town History
Park City Mountain Resort has a long history of innovations in the ski resort Men s World Cup racers return to Park City to try the new olympic Giant
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