Ronald Duncan (alpine skier)

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Ronald 'Boris' Duncan CPhys (born 4 September 1962) is a former British alpine skier who competed on the annual FIS Alpine Ski World Cup circuit from 1981-1993, at four FIS Alpine World Ski Championships and at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. [1] [2] He set up @UK PLC in 1999. [3]

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Sporting career

In 1980 and 1983, Duncan was the British men's downhill champion. [4] He was also the men's super-G champion in 1991 and men's combined champion in 1983 and 1991. [4] Duncan's best finish on the world cup circuit was in the downhill on 15 March 1990, when he finished in 13th place at Åre in Sweden. [2] [5]

At the 1988 Winter Olympics, Duncan finished 37th in the men's downhill and 'did not finish' the men's combined. [1] In the 1992 Winter Olympics he finished 31st in the men's downhill, 40th in the men's super-G and 'did not finish' the men's combined. [1]

From 2002-04 Duncan was the chairman of the British Ski and Snowboard Federation, trading as Snowsport GB, the governing body for skiing and snowboarding in Great Britain. [6]

Business career

Duncan is the co-founder and chairman of @UK PLC. [7] [3] Previously, he ran a computer software consultancy. [7] In 2014 and 2015 he was shortlisted for Entrepreneur of the Year, at the Grant Thornton Quoted Company Awards. [8] [9] [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Boris Duncan". Sports Reference. 2000. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Ronald Duncan". International Ski Federation. 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Former skier takes on dotcom giants with 'Amazon for business'". The Daily Telegraph . 8 April 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  4. 1 2 "British Championships Trophy Winners" (PDF). www.britski.org. 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Official Results - Are". International Ski Federation. 15 March 1990. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ "Cloudbuy PLC". Reuters. 2017. Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Board". @UK plc. 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "CloudBuy's Chairman and CIO Shortlisted for Entrepreneur of the Year". MarketWatch. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "2014 Short List and Winners - Quoted Company Awards". Grant Thornton International. 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "2015 Short List and Winners - Quoted Company Awards". Grant Thornton International. 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2016.


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