Doug Lewis (skier)

Doug Lewis

Lewis in 1985
Personal information
Full name	Douglas Grey Lewis
Born	(1964-01-18) January 18, 1964 (age 60) Middlebury, Vermont, U.S.
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, super-G, giant slalom, combined
World Cup debut	March 11, 1984 (age 20)
Retired	March 1988 (age 24)
Olympics
Teams	2 – (1984, 1988)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	2 – (1985, 1987)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	5 – (1984–1988)
Wins	0
Podiums	1 – (1 DH)
Overall titles	0 – (39th in 1985)
Discipline titles	0 – (15th in DH, 1985)
Medal record Representing the  United States World Championships 1985 Bormio Downhill

Douglas Grey Lewis (born January 18, 1964) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team in the mid-1980s. Born in Middlebury, Vermont, he was a two-time Olympian in 1984 and 1988.[1]

After competing in the 1984 Olympics at age 20, Lewis made his World Cup debut a month later in March 1984 with an 8th-place finish at Whistler, BC. The following season, Lewis had two World Cup top ten finishes and was the bronze medalist in the downhill at the 1985 World Championships at Bormio, Italy.[2][3] He was unknown at that time, and having a bib number behind the best 15 racers he did gatecrash a party of three Swiss racers on the podium (and pushing away Franz Heinzer). His only World Cup podium came six months later, a second-place finish in Las Leñas, Argentina, in August 1985.

Lewis is currently an analyst for alpine ski racing with Universal Sports, and also runs a children's sports camp with locations in Waitsfield, Vermont, and Park City, Utah.[4] He is a 1991 graduate of the University of Vermont.[5]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
1984	20	79	—	—	not awarded	27	—
1985	21	59	—	51		25	—
1986	22	39	—	—	—	15	36
1987	23	53	—	—	—	19	—
1988	24

• Points were only awarded for top fifteen finishes (see scoring system).

Top ten finishes

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
1984	11 Mar 1984	Whistler, BC, Canada	Downhill	8th
1985	15 Dec 1984	Val Gardena, Italy	Downhill	9th
	11 Jan 1985	Kitzbühel, Austria	Downhill	10th
	1985 World Championships
1986	16 Aug 1985	Las Leñas, Argentina	Downhill	2nd
	17 Jan 1986	Kitzbühel, Austria	Downhill	5th
	8 Mar 1986	Aspen, CO, USA	Downhill	8th
1987	28 Feb 1987	Furano, Japan	Downhill	7th
	7 Mar 1987	Aspen, CO, USA	Downhill	9th

World championship results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant   Slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
1985	21	—	—	not run	3	—
1987	23	—	—	—	29	17

Olympic results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant  Slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
1984	20	—	—	not run	24	not run
1988	24	—	—	—	32	—

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Douglas Lewis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-10-11. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
2. "Swiss dominate world skiing". Lewiston Daily Sun. (Maine). Associated Press. February 4, 1985. p. 18.
3. "World Ski Championships: Downhill". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 4, 1985. p. 4B.
4. "Eliteam". Retrieved 2015-04-29.
5. "Olympians". University of Vermont.

External links

• Doug Lewis at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Doug Lewis World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
• Doug Lewis at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Douglas G. Lewis at Olympics.com
• eliteam.com – profile – Doug Lewis
• Stowe Today.com – photo of Doug Lewis – medal ceremony – 1985 World Championships