Skiing

Skiing

1996
Aug 31

Bill Johnson – Skiing

Bill Johnson

(Mar. 30, 1960 – Jan. 21, 2016) Bill Johnson grew up in Sandy, Oregon and skied Mount Hood. He was the first American to win a World Cup downhill, and also the first American Ranked No. 1 in the F.I.S. men’s downhill. He captured a gold medal in the downhill in the 1984 winter Olympics..Read More

1992
Aug 01

Hjalmar Hvam – Skiing

Hjalmar Hvam

(November 16, 1902- March 30, 1996) Hjalmar Hvam left a legacy for Oregon as a skier on the slopes of Mount Hood in the 1930s, and a legacy on the sport he treasured as an inventor. Hvam, born in Norway in 1902, won a ski jumping competition at age 12, but moved to North America..Read More

1987
Aug 28

Gretchen Fraser – Skiing

Gretchen Fraser

(Feb. 11, 1919 – Feb. 17, 1994) Gretchen Fraser earned a spot in national and then Oregon sports history as an Olympic champion and champion of social causes. Born in 1919, Fraser, at age 28, became the first U.S. skier to win an Olympic gold medal in the slalom during the Olympic Winter Games in..Read More

1983
Sep 12

Jean Saubert – Skiing

Jean Saubert

(May 1, 1942 – May 14, 2007) Jean Saubert grew into the state’s sports lore from the slopes of the Cascades to become an Olympic hero.  Born in Roseburg in 1942, Saubert learned to ski and then race at Hoodoo Butte, Mount Hood and Mount Bachelor before graduating from Lakeview High in 1960. She reached..Read More