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Phillip Ferdinand Mahre (born May 10, 1957) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer, widely regarded as one of the greatest American skiers of all time. Mahre competed on the World Cup circuit from 1976 to 1984.
Feb 8, 2006 · Phil Mahre can never forget the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. He won the gold medal in slalom, his wife Holly gave birth to their first child, and his twin brother took the slalom silver. All in...
Feb 23, 2024 · HALL OF FAME BIO. Phil Mahre was voted the greatest male American skier of all time by the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association in 2002. Born in Yakima, Washington, Mahre won a silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980, and a gold medal at the Sarajevo 1984 Games, both in the slalom event. At just 18 years old, Mahre was named to ...
P hil Mahre is the most successful ski racer in U.S. history; he has won more events and awards than anyone else, including a silver medal in the 1980 Olympics, three World Cup titles in 1981, 1982, and 1983, and a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics.
May 9, 2024 · Phil Mahre (born May 10, 1957, Yakima, Wash., U.S.) is an American Alpine skier who was voted the greatest male U.S. skier of all time by the United States Ski and Snowboard Association in 2002. Mahre was named to the U.S. Ski Team at age15. In 1981 he became the first American to win the World Cup overall championship.
Hall of Fame Class of 1981. Phil Mahre is quite possibly the finest alpine skier this country has ever produced. A true “iron man” on the amateur and professional circuits, he gave it his best at all times and it shows! Always a soft-spoken gentleman, Phil let his racing do the talking for him.
MAHRE, Phil(lip) (b. 10 May 1957 in Yakima, Washington), the most successful U.S. male Alpine skier in history. Mahre is one of nine children born to David Mahre and Mary Ellen Chotl Mahre, a homemaker. He was born four minutes before his fraternal twin, Steven.
Phil Mahre. US Skiing's Never Been the Same. Nearly 14 years after he and his twin brother shared the top two spots on the Sarajevo Olympic podium, Phil Mahre remains America's most winning skier. A sort of wonder-kid, who was named to the US Ski Team at 15, Mahre won three consecutive Overall World Cup titles, three Olympic medals and more ...
Aug 31, 2018 · Phil exploded onto the World Cup circuit. He got his first win on December 10, 1976, in Val d'Isere, in GS, and a few months later, at Sun Valley, in his native-country where he took his first win in slalom. The 1977-78 and 1978-79 season saw him definitively ascend the rankings of the World Cup.
Phil Mahre is the best technical ski racer the United States has ever produced. Mahre first made the U.S. team in 1974, just after graduating from high school. He went on to compete in the 1976 Olympics, finishing fifth in the giant slalom, the best performance that year by a U.S. alpine ski racer. In the next two years, Phil and his twin ...
