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  1. William Dean Johnson (March 30, 1960 – January 21, 2016) was an American World Cup alpine ski racer. By winning the downhill at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, Johnson became the first American male to win an Olympic gold medal in alpine skiing and the first racer not from an Alpine country to win an Olympic downhill race.

  2. Jan 22, 2016 · Bill Johnson, a swaggering skier who in 1984 became the first American man to win an Olympic gold medal in downhill skiing, but whose life took a sharp, precipitous turn soon afterward, died on...

  3. Behind the first US gold medal in Alpine skiing is an incredible story, and not only about sport - discover Bill Johnson, the maverick skier who won America's first Olympic title, at Sarajevo 1984. 5 min By Gisella Fava.

  4. Jan 22, 2016 · Bill Johnson, the first American skier to win an Olympic downhill title, has died after a long illness, the U.S. ski team said Friday. He was 55.

  5. Jan 22, 2016 · Bill Johnson, the skier who was the first American to win Olympic gold in a downhill event, has died, the U.S. ski team says. He was 55.

  6. Jan 22, 2016 · Bill Johnson, the 1984 Olympic downhill champion who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a 2001 crash, died Thursday, the U.S. Ski Team confirmed though Johnson’s mother. “He suffered the worst kind of pain for the past three weeks,” said his mother, DB Johnson-Cooper, according to the Oregonian.

  7. Jan 22, 2016 · Olympic downhill gold medalist Bill Johnson, whose storybook 1984 season ushered in a new era for American ski racing, died Thursday at an assisted living facility outside Portland, the U.S....

  8. Jan 21, 2016 · Olympic champion Bill Johnson, whose storybook 1984 season ushered in a new era for American ski racing, passed away on January 21, 2016, at an assisted living facility outside Portland at the age of 55.

  9. Jan 23, 2016 · U.S. skier Bill Johnson celebrates after winning the men’s downhill at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.

  10. Jan 22, 2016 · Bill Johnson, the first U.S. skier to win an Olympic men’s downhill gold medal, has died aged 55. Johnson skied into the history books at the age of 23 winning at the 1984 Winter Games in...

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