Alpine Skiing

Phil Mahre

Olympian 1976, 1980, 1984

  • 1

    GOLD

  • 1

    SILVER

  • 0

    BRONZE

Athlete Bio#

Age

67

Hometown

Yakima, WA

Education

Naches High School (Naches, Wash.)

Personal:

One of nine children...Has a twin brother, Steve, who won the slalom silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games Sarajevo 1984...Skied competitively at age 8...Earned a spot on the 1976 U.S. Olympic Team at 18 years old...Was the first American in 16 years to medal in slalom with his silver-medal performance at the Lake Placid 1980 Games...Garnered 27 world cup victories throughout his career...Competed in endurance car racing following his competitive ski career, finishing the 24 Hours of Daytona races in 1988 and 1992...Ran the Mahre Training Center’s ski camps and corporate outings in Deer Valley, Utah...Father to three children.

Olympic Experience
  • 3-time Olympian; 2-time Olympic medalist (1 gold, 1 silver)
    • Olympic Games Sarajevo 1984, gold (Slalom - Men), 8th (Giant Slalom - Men)
    • Olympic Games Lake Placid 1980, silver (Slalom - Men), 10th (Giant Slalom - Men), 14th (Downhill - Men)
    • Olympic Games Innsbruck 1976, 5th (Giant Slalom - Men), 18th (Slalom - Men)
World Championships Experience
  • Most recent: 1980 – gold (Combination - Men), silver (Slalom - Men)
  • Years of participation: Combination - Men 1980; Slalom - Men 1980; Giant Slalom - Men 1976, 1978
  • Medals: 2 (1 gold, 1 silver)
    • Gold – 1980 (Combination - Men)
    • Silver – 1980 (Slalom - Men)

Phil Mahre was voted the greatest male American skier of all time by the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association in 2002. Born in Yakima, Washington, Mahre won a silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980, and a gold medal at the Sarajevo 1984 Games, both in the slalom event. At just 18 years old, Mahre was named to the U.S. National Ski Team after graduating high school and became the first American to win the all-around world cup title in 1981. Mahre’s twin brother, Steve, won the slalom silver medal at the Sarajevo 1984 Games. Mahre captured the men’s all-around world cup title across three consecutive years, a feat achieved by only two other skiers in history at that time. His 27 world cup race wins are the second-highest total by an American male. The Olympian retired from competitive skiing in 1985 and co-founded a ski training center with his brother in Deer Valley, Utah.

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