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John 'Jack' Miller (born March 20, 1965) is an American former alpine skier who competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics. He was born in Boulder, Colorado and in no relation to the more famous alpine skier and former FIS World Cup champion Bode Miller.
After the 1988 Winter Olympics, Jack Miller skied professionally until 1994. After his ski career ended, Miller attended Regis University, graduating in 1998 with a degree in marketing. In 1999 Miller moved from Steamboat Springs, Colorado and settled in the mountains above Boulder, Colorado where he became the owner of Action Getaway, which helps people plan and develop worldwide ski package adventures. Miller was also the national pacesetter for NASTAR racing in the United States and Canada. Miller and his wife Athan later owned and operated Steamers Coffeehouse, Jack's Bar and Grill and became owner-managers of Village Square at the Village of Five Parks in Arvada, Colorado.
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Hermann Maier is an Austrian former World Cup champion alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. Nicknamed the "Herminator", Maier ranks among the greatest alpine ski racers in history, with four overall World Cup titles, two Olympic gold medals, and three World Championship titles. His 54 World Cup race victories – 24 super-G, 15 downhills, 14 giant slaloms, and 1 combined – rank third on the men's all-time list behind Ingemar Stenmark's 86 victories and Marcel Hirscher's 67 victories. Until 2023 he held the record for the most points in one season by a male alpine skier, with 2000 points from the 2000 season. From 2000–2013 he also held the title of most points in one season by any alpine skier, until Tina Maze scored 2414 points in the 2013 season.
Samuel Bode Miller is an American former World Cup alpine ski racer. He is an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist, a two-time overall World Cup champion in 2005 and 2008, and the most successful male American alpine ski racer of all time. He is also considered one of the greatest World Cup racers of all time with 33 race victories and being one of five men to win World Cup events in all five disciplines. He is the only skier with five or more victories in each discipline. In 2008, Miller and Lindsey Vonn won the overall World Cup titles for the first U.S. sweep in 25 years.
Alberto Tomba is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy. He was the dominant technical skier in the late 1980s and 1990s. At 182 cm and 90 kg, his powerful build was a contrast to the lighter, more traditional technical skiers who prioritised agility over muscle. Tomba was able to take advantage of the introduction of spring-loaded ski gates which replaced the older, solid gates in the early 1980s by using his power to maintain a faster, more direct line through courses. Tomba won three Olympic gold medals, two World Championships, and nine World Cup season titles: four in slalom, four in giant slalom, and one overall title. He was popularly called Tomba la Bomba.
Debra Rae "Debbie" Armstrong is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Seattle, Washington. She was the first Olympic gold medalist from the U.S. in women's alpine skiing in twelve years, winning the giant slalom at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
James Frederic Heuga was an American alpine ski racer who became one of the first two members of the U.S. men's team to win an Olympic medal in his sport. After multiple sclerosis prematurely ended his athletic career, he became an advocate of exercise and activity to combat the disease.
Christin Elizabeth Cooper is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist from the United States.
William Winston Kidd is a former World Cup alpine ski racer, a member of the U.S. Ski Team from 1962 to 1970.
Aksel Lund Svindal is a Norwegian former World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Svindal is a two-time overall World Cup champion, an Olympic gold medalist in super-G at the 2010 Winter Olympics and in downhill at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and a five-time World Champion in downhill, giant slalom, and super combined. With his victory in the downhill in 2013, Svindal became the first male alpine racer to win titles in four consecutive world championships.
Dane Spencer is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and current assistant coach with the U.S. Ski Team. At the World Cup level, he specialized in the giant slalom.
Peter Werner Seibert was an American skier and the founder of Vail Ski Resort in Colorado. He was inducted into the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame in 1980.
Edward "Ed" Charles Podivinsky is a Canadian alpine skier who competed in the 1994 Winter Olympics, 1998 Winter Olympics, and 2002 Winter Olympics. He was member of the 1992 Canadian Olympic (Albertville) team. He was injured in his last training run for the men's downhill event.
Andrew Weibrecht is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and two-time Olympic medalist from the United States.
Wilhelm Josef "Willy" Schaeffler was a German-American skiing champion, winning coach, and ski resort developer. In skiing, he is best known to the public for his intensive training programs that led the U.S. Ski Team to gold and bronze medals at the 1972 Olympics and his success at the University of Denver.
Andy LeRoy is an American former alpine skier and trainer who competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics. From 2003 to 2006, Andy served as an Alpine coach with the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club. In 2006, he was named as the head ski coach for the University of Denver During his tenure from 2006 to 2018, he led the Pioneers to six NCAA championships. On March 18, 2021, he was named as the head ski coach for the University of Colorado Boulder, a position he held until January 2023 when he was dismissed after a single season.
Małgorzata Tlałka is a Polish-French former alpine skier.
Peter Bosinger is a Canadian former alpine skier and current coach.
Robert Prime Beattie was an American skiing coach, skiing promoter and commentator for ABC Sports and ESPN. He was head coach of the U.S. Ski Team from 1961 to 1969 and co-founded the Alpine Skiing World Cup in 1966. His work as a ski-racing commentator for ABC included four Winter Olympic Games, from 1976 through 1988.
William Charles Marolt is a retired American alpine ski racer, coach, and sports administrator. Originally from Aspen, Colorado, Marolt made the U.S. Olympic team in 1964 at age twenty and was twelfth in the giant slalom. Domestically, he won four individual NCAA titles: downhill, slalom (1966), and combined (1966).