Erik Fisher

Erik Fisher
Disciplines Downhill, Super G
Club Bogus Basin Ski
Education Foundation
Born March 21, 1985 (1985-03-21) (age 26)
Ontario, Oregon, U.S.
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) [1]
World Cup debut November 26, 2005
(age 20)
Website erikfisherusa.com
Olympics
Teams 1 - (2010, injured) [2]
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 1 - 2009
Medals 0
World Cup
Seasons 6
Podiums 0
Overall titles 0
Discipline titles 0 (29th in DH, 2009)

Erik Fisher (born March 21, 1985) is a World Cup alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team, from Middleton, Idaho. He primarily competes in the speed events of Downhill and Super G.

Born in Ontario, Oregon, Fisher learned to ski and race at Bogus Basin near Boise, Idaho, beginning at age 3. While growing up, his family moved to different locations in the western U.S.; he also raced in northern Arizona and Utah before returning to Idaho as a teenager. Following graduation from Eagle High School in 2003, he spent a post-graduate year at the Rowmark ski academy in Salt Lake City, and was named to the national developmental team in 2004.

He made his World Cup debut in November 2005 in a downhill at Lake Louise, Alberta, and finished 44th. An ACL injury in pre-season training kept him out of the entire 2008 season.[1] He returned the following season in 2009 and had his best results with a seventh at Val Gardena, Italy, and an 11th at the famed Hahnenkamm downhill race in Kitzbühel, Austria.

Fisher qualified for the U.S. team for the 2010 Winter Olympics in late 2009, but did not race in February due to a broken hand.[2][3]

World Cup top twenty finishes

Season Date Location Race Place
2009 19-Dec-2008 Val Gardena, Italy Super G 20th
20-Dec-2008 Downhill 7th
24-Jan-2009 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 11th
2010 18-Dec-2009 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 19th
23-Jan-2010 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 18th

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Ski Team - profile - Erik Fisher - accessed 2011-12-25
  2. ^ a b ldschurchnews.com - Overcoming trials part of journey to Olympics - 2010-Feb-13
  3. ^ Ski Racing.com - Olympics: men's downhill racers set, Nyman gets spot - 2010-02-12

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