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Born | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | May 11, 1953
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Sport | Cross-country skiing |
Doug Peterson (born May 11, 1953) is an American cross-country skier. He competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics and the 1980 Winter Olympics. [1]
Cool Runnings is a 1993 American sports comedy film directed by Jon Turteltaub from a screenplay by Lynn Siefert, Tommy Swerdlow, and Michael Goldberg, and a story by Siefert and Michael Ritchie. It is loosely based on the debut of the Jamaican national bobsleigh team at the 1988 Winter Olympics, and stars Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis, Malik Yoba and John Candy. In the film, former Olympian Irving Blitzer (Candy) coaches a novice four-man bobsleigh team from Jamaica, led by sprinter Derice Bannock (Leon).
Canada competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 97 competitors, 79 men and 18 women, took part in 69 events in 12 sports.
Canada competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.
The United States competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
The United States competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
The United States competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.
Switzerland competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. Nicolas Bochatay, a member of the delegation, was to represent the country in the speed skiing finals, but he was killed in an accident on the morning of the day of the competition he was to compete in.
Douglas Thomas Anakin was a Canadian bobsleigh competitor. He was born in Chatham, Ontario and was selected by Vic Emery as a member of Canada's gold medal-winning four-man bobsleigh team at the 1964 Winter Olympics. Anakin was also one of the driving forces behind the Canadian luge program. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame.
Christine "Tuffy" Hough is a Canadian former pair skater. With Doug Ladret, she is the 1988 Canadian national champion and finished in the top ten at two Winter Olympics, in 1988 and 1992.
Rolf Peterson is a retired Swedish sprint canoeist. He competed in the K-1 1000 m event at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1964 and a silver in 1972, finishing fifth in 1968. At the world championships Peterson won two gold and one silver medals in K-2 events in 1970–1971, all with Lars Andersson. He was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1964 and served as the Swedish Olympic flag bearer in 1968.
Amy Peterson is an American short track speed skater. Peterson competed in five consecutive Olympic games from when short track speed skating was exhibition sport in 1988 to 2002.
Luxembourg sent a delegation to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7–23 February 2014. This was Luxembourg's eighth appearance at a Winter Olympic Games. The Luxembourgian team consisted of one athlete in cross-country skiing, Kari Peters. In the only event he contested, the men's sprint, he finished in 79th place. He withdrew from the 15 km classical due to illness.
Kali Christ is a Canadian speed skater. She primarily skates in the middle distances of 1000 m, 1500m, as well as the mass start event. Christ represented Canada in both these events at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi as well as the team pursuit event.
Hannah Dreissigacker is a former American biathlete. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Eveli Peterson is a retired Estonian biathlete. She competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1994 Winter Olympics.
Aelin Peterson is an American cross-country skier. She competed in four events at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Alexander John Peterson was a New Zealand bobsledder. He competed in the two man and the four man events at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Originally from Christchurch but living in Calgary, he was the driving force behind getting a bobsledding team together for the Olympics. After the competition, he took things easy: "I did nothing except eat, get fat and forget about bobsledding."
Doug Hansen is a Canadian luger. He competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics and the 1976 Winter Olympics.