| MAHRE Phil (USA) |
10.05.1957 White Pass (Wash.)
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SKI: K2
BOOTS: Lange
BINDING: Marker
1984/retired
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 | | Lake Placid OWG 80 SL/ 2nd |  | | Sarajevo OWG 84 SL/ 1st |
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| Wengen SL |
Kitzbuhel SL |
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| Phil Mahre 1982. Overall, SL, GS |
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World Cup Ranking
General
1976/14th, 1977/9th, 1978/2nd,
1979/3rd,
1980/3rd, 1981/1st, 1982/1st, 1983/1st,
1984/15th
Special
1978 SL/3rd, GS/3rd, 1979
SL/2nd,
1981 SL/2nd, GS/3rd, 1982
SL/1st, GS/1st,
1983 GS/1st.
World Championships
1978 Garmisch GS/5th,
Olympic Games
1980 Lake Placid SL/2nd, K/1st.
1984 Sarajevo SL/1st.
World Cup - 27 w. (7 GS, 9 SL, 11 K)
| 1. |
GS: |
Val d'Isere 77, Stratton Mountain 78, Aspen
81,83,
Kranjska Gora 82,
Vail 83, Furano 83. |
| SL: |
Sun Valley 77, Chamonix 78, Jasna 79, Are
81, Furano 81,
Madonna 81, Wengen
82, Jasna 82, Montgenevre
82 |
| K : |
Crans Montana 79, Val d'Isere 79,81, Garmisch
81,
Kitzbuhel 81,82,83,
St.Anton 81,83,
Groeden 81,
Markstein 83 |
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The first and only US skier to have won the Overall World Cup, Phil Mahre was also a strong defender of "tradition" in ski racing. A slalom specialist at the start of his World Cup career in 1975, he worked hard to become a more complete skier by the end of his career in 1984.
5th in the Olympic GS race at Innsbruck in February 1976, Phil won his
first race in December in Val d'Isere.
In 1978 he took part in his first major downhill during the FIS World Championships
in Garmisch-Partenkirchen but missed the gold medal in the combined after
skiing out in slalom. Mahre finished 2nd in the final World Cup standings
that season. In 1979 he was again fighting for the Overall title when he
broke a leg in a crash at the pre-Olympics in Lake Placid.
But Phil fought back hard the next season and won his first gold medal in combined in 1980 as well as an Olympic silver medal in slalom on the same slope where he was seriously injured the year before. In 1981, he struggled in the early races, but came roaring back in the second half to beat his rival and friend Ingemar Stenmark by six points at the finals in Laax.
In 1982, Phil refused to enter the combined events with new rules at the
FIS World Championships at Schladming.
His twin brother Steve beat Stenmark in the GS to win the gold medal. However,
Phil easily repeated his success in the Overall World Cup.
In 1983, he had to fight even harder to get his third consecutive Crystal
globe by staying traditional again.
Mahre refused to enter the newly created Super-G races, a mixture of downhill and giant slalom run in a single leg.
He gave up ski racing in March 1984 after another triumph at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo: A gold medal in slalom just ahead of his brother Steve.
Patrick Lang |
Biorama Basel |
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