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Bios, profiles, and career highlights of skiers, including current professional and amateur ski racers, as well as famous skiers from the past.
Skier Profile: Lindsey Vonn
Profile of Lindsey Vonn, member of the U.S.A. Ski Team, and World Cup / Olympic skier.
Skier Profile: Jean-Claude Killy
Jean-Claude Killy became the second skier to win all three Alpine skiing events at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. Killy retired from amateur racing at the end of the 1968 racing season.
Skier Profile: Janica Kostelic
Profile of Janica Kostelic, member of the Croatian Ski Team, and World Cup / Olympic skier.
Skier Profile: Hermann Maier
Profile of Hermann Maier, member of the Austrian Ski Team, and World Cup / Olympic skier.
Skier Profile: Julia Mancuso
Profile of Julia Mancuso, member of the U.S.A. Ski Team, and World Cup / Olympic skier.
Skier Profile: Bode Miller
Profile of Bode Miller, member of the U.S. Ski Team, and World Cup / Olympic skier.
Skier Profile: Anja Paerson
Profile of Anja Paerson, member of the Swedish Ski Team, and World Cup / Olympic skier.
Skier Profile: Daron Rahlves
Profile of Daron Rahlves, member of the U.S. Ski Team, and World Cup / Olympic skier.
Skier Profile: Anton "Toni" Sailer
Toni Sailer, known as the "Blitz from Kitz" was the first skier to win all three Alpine skiing events at the 1956 Winter Olympic Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
Skier Profile: Alberto Tomba
Alberto Tomba won both the giant slalom and the slalom in his first Olympic games at Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in 1988. In 1994, at Lillehammer, Norway, Tomba became the first Alpine skier to win medals in three different Olympics and the first male Alpine skier to earn five career Olympic medals.
Skier Profile: Michael Walchhofer
Profile of Michael Walchhofer, member of the Austrian Ski Team, and World Cup / Olympic skier.
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