Steve Mahre

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Steve Mahre
 Alpine ski racer 
Disciplines Downhill, Super G,
Giant Slalom, Slalom,
Combined
Club White Pass
Born (1957-05-10) May 10, 1957
Yakima, Washington, U.S.
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
World Cup debut January 27, 1976
(age 18)
Retired March 1984 (age 26)
Website mahretrainingcenter.com
Olympics
Teams 3 - (1976-84)
Medals 1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams 4 - (1976-82)
includes two Olympics
Medals 1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 9 - (1976-84)
Wins 9 - (2 GS 6 SL, 1 K)
Podiums 21 - (3 GS 14 SL, 4 K)
Overall titles 0 - (3rd in 1982)
Discipline titles 0 - (3rd in SL, 1981, '82)

Steven Irving "Steve" Mahre (born May 10, 1957, in Yakima, Washington) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and younger twin brother (by four minutes) of ski racer Phil Mahre.

Steve Mahre won the silver medal in slalom at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, 0.21 seconds behind his more celebrated brother. He won the gold medal in giant slalom at the 1982 World Championships in Schladming, Austria. His best finish in the overall standings was third in 1982 and fourth in 1981 (brother Phil was the overall World Cup champion from 1981-83).

After nine seasons, the Mahre twins retired from the World Cup circuit following the 1984 season. Steve finished his career with 9 World Cup victories and 21 podiums.

The book No Hill Too Fast, written by the Mahre brothers, was published in 1985.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Combined
1976 18 27 8 13
1977 19 43 14
1978 20 23 9
1979 21 10 13 22
1980 22 12 11 14 8
1981 23 4 3 11 5
1982 24 3 3 7 7
1983 25 12 4 27 13
1984 26 47 22 30

Individual races

  • 9 wins: 2 GS, 6 SL, 1 K
  • 21 podiums: 3 GS 14 SL, 4 K
SeasonDateLocationRace
19784 Mar 1978United States Stratton Mountain, VT, USA Slalom
198111 Jan 1981West Germany Garmisch, West GermanySlalom
198214 Dec 1981Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySlalom
14 Feb 1982West Germany Garmisch, West GermanySlalom
Combined
Austria 1982 World Championships
13 Mar 1982Slovakia Jasná, SlovakiaGiant Slalom
17 Mar 1982West Germany Bad Kleinkirchheim, W. GermanyGiant Slalom
19834 Jan 1983Switzerland Parpan, SwitzerlandSlalom
6 Feb 1983Austria St. Anton, Austria Slalom

References

Mahre, Phil and Steve; with John Fry (1985). No Hill Too Fast. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-671-55706-8. 

External links


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