Steve Mahre
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| Olympic medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s Alpine Skiing | |||
| Silver | 1984 Sarajevo | Slalom | |
Steven Mahre (born May 10, 1957, in Yakima, Washington) is an American former Alpine skier and twin brother of skier Phil Mahre (Steve is younger by 4 minutes). He won the silver medal in slalom at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, finishing 21 hundredths of a second behind his more celebrated brother. He won the gold medal in Giant Slalom at the 1982 World Championships in Schladming, Austria and finished his career with 9 World Cup victories.
In 1985, a book (No Hill Too Fast) written by the Mahre brothers was published.
| World champions in men's giant slalom |
|---|
| 1950: Zeno Colò | 1952: Stein Eriksen | 1954: Stein Eriksen | 1956: Toni Sailer | 1958: Toni Sailer | 1960: Roger Staub | 1962: Egon Zimmermann | 1964: François Bonlieu | 1966: Guy Perillat | 1968: Jean-Claude Killy | 1970: Karl Schranz | 1972: Gustav Thöni | 1974: Gustav Thöni | 1976: Heini Hemmi | 1978: Ingemar Stenmark | 1980: Ingemar Stenmark | 1982: Steve Mahre | 1985: Markus Wasmeier | 1987: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1989: Rudolf Nierlich | 1991: Rudolf Nierlich | 1993: Kjetil André Aamodt | 1996: Alberto Tomba | 1997: Michael von Grünigen | 1999: Lasse Kjus | 2001: Michael von Grünigen | 2003: Bode Miller | 2005: Hermann Maier |
