Kyle Rasmussen
American alpine skier
Kyle Rasmussen
|
|
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Born |
(
1968-06-20
)
June 20, 1968
(age
55)
Sonora, California
, U.S.
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Occupation | Alpine skier |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Skiing career | |
Disciplines |
Downhill
,
Super G
,
Combined |
World Cup debut |
December 8,
1990
(age 22) (first top 15) |
Retired | October 1998 (age 30) [1] |
Olympics | |
Teams | 3 – ( 1992 , 1994 , 1998 ) |
Medals | 0 |
World Championships | |
Teams | 2 – ( 1989 , 1996 ) |
Medals | 0 |
World Cup | |
Seasons | 7 – ( 1992 – 1998 ) |
Wins | 2 – (2 DH ) |
Podiums | 3 – (2 DH , 1 SG ) |
Overall titles | 0 – (17th in 1995 ) |
Discipline titles | 0 – (5th in SG , 1995 ) |
Kyle A. Rasmussen (born June 20, 1968, in Sonora , California) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Angels Camp , California.
While competing with the U.S. Ski Team , he won two World Cup downhills in 1995 ( Wengen and Kvitfjell ), his best season, in which he finished sixth in the downhill standings, fifth in the Super-G standings, and 17th in the overall standings.
Rasmussen competed in three Winter Olympics in the 1990s and was ninth in the 1998 Downhill . With 12 top-ten finishes in his World Cup career, he retired from competition at age 30 in October 1998. [1]
World Cup results
Season standings
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom |
Giant
Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1991 | 22 | 91 | – | – | – | 39 | – |
1992 | 23 | 72 | – | – | 37 | 63 | 22 |
1993 | 24 | 102 | – | – | 57 | – | 21 |
1994 | 25 | 43 | – | – | 14 | 29 | — |
1995 | 26 | 17 | – | – | 5 | 6 | – |
1996 | 27 | 43 | – | – | 33 | 18 | 12 |
1997 | 28 | 74 | – | – | – | 28 | – |
1998 | 29 | 87 | – | – | – | 37 | – |
Race podiums
- 2 wins – (2 DH)
- 3 podiums – (2 DH, 1 SG), 12 top tens
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
---|---|---|---|---|
1995 | Jan 21, 1995 | Wengen , Switzerland | Downhill | 1st |
Mar 10, 1995 | Kvitfjell , Norway | Super G | 3rd | |
Mar 11, 1995 | Downhill | 1st |
World Championship results
Year | Age | Slalom |
Giant
Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1989 | 20 | — | — | — | 29 | — |
1991 | 22 | |||||
1993 | 24 | injured, did not compete | ||||
1996 | 27 | — | — | 40 | 14 | — |
1997 | 28 | injured, did not compete |
Olympic results
Year | Age | Slalom |
Giant
Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1992 | 23 | — | — | 17 | 16 | 16 |
1994 | 25 | — | — | DSQ | 11 | 31 |
1998 | 29 | — | — | 13 | 9 | — |
References
- 1 2 "Skier Kyle Rasmussen retires" . Associated Press. archives. October 14, 1998 . Retrieved October 15, 2014 .
External links
- Kyle Rasmussen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Kyle Rasmussen World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Kyle Rasmussen at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
-
Kyle Rasmussen
at
Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
(archived)