Greg Jones (skier)

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Greg Jones
Personal information
Full nameGregory Jones
Born (1953-12-03) December 3, 1953 (age 70)
Tahoe City, California, U.S.
Occupation Alpine skier
Skiing career
Disciplines downhill, giant slalom, slalom, combined
World Cup debut1974
Retired1979 (age 25)
Olympics
Teams1 – (1976)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams2 – (1974, 1976)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons5 – (1975–79)
Wins1 – (1 GS)
Podiums2 – (2 GS)
Overall titles0 – (18th in 1976)
Discipline titles0 – (6th in GS, 1976)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1976 Innsbruck Combined

Gregory Jones (born December 3, 1953) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.

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Born in Tahoe City, California, he specialized in giant slalom. Jones competed in all three events at the 1976 Winter Olympics and finished 9th in the giant slalom, 11th in the downhill, and 19th in the slalom. His all-around performance earned a World Championship bronze medal in the combined event. [1]

Jones won a World Cup race a few weeks later in the United States at Copper Mountain, Colorado. Teammate Phil Mahre was the runner-up for the first-ever one-two finish by U.S. men in a World Cup race. [2] [3]

World Cup Results

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
1975 18 Dec 1974 Flag of Italy.svg Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Giant slalom 2nd
1976 5 Mar 1976 Flag of the United States.svg Copper Mountain, USA Giant slalom1st

Season standings

SeasonAge Overall  Slalom Giant
 slalom 		Super GDownhillCombined
1975 2119—8not run—
1976 2218—6——
1977 2354———

World championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
1974 20—18not run16—
1976 22 19 9 11 3

From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.

Olympic results Olympic rings.svg

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
1976 22 19 9 not run 11 not run

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References

  1. ↑ "Russians rally to claim hockey gold again". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. February 15, 1976. p. 3B.
  2. ↑ "Ski racing's "old lady" nears title". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. March 6, 1976. p. 11.
  3. ↑ Looney, Douglas S. (March 15, 1976). "Adding a title to triumph". Sports Illustrated. p. 18. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2014.


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