David Currier
David Currier 
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| Full name | David Henry Currier | ||||
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 United States
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| birthday | April 20, 1952 | ||||
| place of birth | Madison | ||||
| size | 178 cm | ||||
| Weight | 69 kg | ||||
| Career | |||||
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| discipline | Downhill , giant slalom | ||||
| society | Eastern Slope Ski Club | ||||
| National squad | since 1971 | ||||
| status | resigned | ||||
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David Henry Currier (born April 20, 1952 in Madison , New Hampshire ) is a retired American ski racer .
Currier was part of the United States national team in the 1971/72 season . In the downhill from Kitzbühel on January 14, 1972, he achieved his only World Cup placement among the top 10. In the overall World Cup, he finished 52nd. In the same year he took part in the Winter Olympics in Sapporo , where he was 17th in the downhill and eliminated in the giant slalom . Two years later he also started the Downhill World Championship in 1974 in St. Moritz , which he finished in 29th place. In 1971 he had won the Canadian Downhill Championship. In 1973 he became US National Giant Slalom and overall champion.
Currier later worked for the ski industry. In 1976 he became managing director of Carrera Sports . He briefly appeared again in the US Pro-Ski Tour in the late 1970s . He then became vice president of sales and marketing at Volant , a ski manufacturer from Colorado .
Web links
- David Currier in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- David Currier in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- David Currier in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Result of the men's downhill race of the 1974 World Cup ( memento of the original from August 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.alpineskiing-worldchampionships.com, accessed March 30, 2011
- ↑ Race Ready: Slalom Skis 2001 Canadian Ski Association website, accessed March 30, 2011
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| SURNAME | Currier, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Currier, David Henry (full name); Currier, Dave |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madison , New Hampshire |