Dave Murray (ski racer)
Dave Murray 
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| birthday | 5th September 1953 | ||||||||
| place of birth | Vancouver | ||||||||
| date of death | October 23, 1990 | ||||||||
| Place of death | Vancouver | ||||||||
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| discipline | Downhill , giant slalom | ||||||||
| society | Whistler Mountain Ski Club | ||||||||
| End of career | 1982 | ||||||||
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Dave Murray (born September 5, 1953 in Vancouver , † October 23, 1990 ibid) was a Canadian ski racer . He specialized in downhill runs , but also skied giant slaloms . In the 1970s he formed the quintet of the so-called Crazy Canucks together with Jim Hunter , Dave Irwin , Steve Podborski and Ken Read .
biography
Murray was a member of the Canadian national team from 1971. In the World Cup he initially missed the points for several years, but was still able to take part in the 1974 World Cup; in St. Moritz , he then surprised with eighth place in the downhill. He took his first World Cup points in February 1975 in Megève as sixth of the combination .
As a result, Murray established himself in midfield. His best results in the World Cup are two second places, achieved on February 11, 1978 in Les Houches and on December 10, 1978 in Schladming . The 1978/79 season he finished tenth in the downhill classification, and in 1979 he was also elected Sportsman of the Year for the Province of British Columbia . After finishing eleventh at the 1982 World Cup in Schladming, he announced his retirement from top-class sport.
Murray lived in Whistler , where he worked as a ski instructor and held summer training camps. He was also an advertising representative for various companies in the ski sport industry. He died of skin cancer at the age of 37 . His wife Stephanie Sloan was a freestyle skier and won the overall World Cup in 1979; his daughter Julia Murray , born in 1988, is a successful athlete in the freestyle discipline of ski cross . The slope in Whistler is named after Dave Murray and was used for the men's alpine ski races during the 2010 Winter Olympics .
successes
Olympic games
- Innsbruck 1976 : 18th departure
- Lake Placid 1980 : 10th descent
World championships
- St. Moritz 1974 : 8th descent
- Schladming 1982 : 11th descent
World cup
- Season 1978/79 : 10. Departure rating
- 3 podium places, another 11 placements among the top ten
Others
- 1 Canadian championship title (combination 1979)
Web links
- Dave Murray in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Dave Murray in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Dave Murray in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Biography of Dave Murray , Canadian Ski Hall of Fame (PDF file; 63 kB)
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| SURNAME | Murray, Dave |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th September 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vancouver |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 1990 |
| Place of death | Vancouver |