Athlete Bios: Skiing Downhill

Kyle Rasmussen (USA)
Birthday: June 20, 1968
Home Base: Angels Camp, CA
Weight: 208
Height: 6'

Rasmussen, who turned his career around at his second Olympics when he was second in combined at the '94 Winter Games in Lillehammer, went down last January during the 67th Lauberhorn in Wengen, Switzerland, badly injuring his knee. Coincidentally, his first World Cup victory had been two years earlier in the 65th Lauberhorn, one of the sport's showcase downhills.

Results:

Olympics:
11 '94 DH Kvitfjell, NOR
16 '92 DH Val d'Isere, FRA
16 '92 CO Val d'Isere, FRA
17 '92 SG Val d'Isere, FRA
31 '94 CO Kvitfjell, NOR

World Championhips
14 '96 DH Sierra Nevada, SPA
29 '89 DH Vail, CO
41 '96 SG Sierra Nevada, SPA
DNC '91 Saalbach, AUT
DNS '93 Morioka, JPN

World Cup Top-15
1 '95 DH II Wengen, SUI
1 '95 DH Kvitfjell, NOR
3 '95 SG Kvitfjell, NOR
4 '95 SG Bormio, ITA
6 '96 DH Veysonnaz, SUI
7 '94 SG Whistler, BC
8 '97 DH Val d'Isere, FRA
8 '94 SG Vail, CO
9 '96 DH Val Gardena, ITA
9 '95 SG Tignes, FRA
10 '95 DH I Wengen, SUI
11 '96 DH Kitzbuehel, AUT
11 '95 DH Whistler, BC
12 '95 DH Bormio, ITA
13 '94 SG Wengen, SUI
13 '92 SG Panorama, BC
14 '96 SG Vail, CO
14 '94 DH Saalbach, AUT
15 '97 DH Chamonix, FRA
15 '95 DH II Val d'Isere, FRA
15 '91 DH Val d'Isere, FRA

US Championships Top-3

1 '96 SG Sugarloaf, ME
2 '96 DH Sugarloaf, ME
2 '89 DH Crested Butte, CO
2 '89 SG Crested Butte, CO
3 '96 GS Sugarloaf, ME
3 '95 DH Snowbasin, UT
3 '94 DH Winter Park, CO