Graham Bell (ski racer)

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Graham Bell Alpine skiing
nation United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
birthday 4th January 1966 (age 54)
place of birth Akrotiri, Cyprus
Career
discipline Departure
society Kandahar Ski Club
status resigned
End of career 1994
Medal table
Junior World Championship 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
FIS Alpine Ski Junior World Championships
silver Sugarloaf 1984 Departure
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Overall World Cup 86th ( 1988/89 )
 Downhill World Cup 31. (1988/89)
 

Graham Bell (born January 4, 1966 ) is a retired British ski racer . Like his older brother Martin , Graham was a downhill specialist .

In 1984 Bell was vice junior world champion in the downhill. Bell was active in the World Cup from the beginning of the 1980s to 1998 and achieved a few places in the points (Top 15 and from 1992 Top 30). His best individual World Cup result was a 10th place on the downhill from Leukerbad in 1988 . He also took part in some World Ski Championships and five times in the Olympic Games ( Sarajevo 1984 , Calgary 1988 , Albertville 1992 , Lillehammer 1994 and Nagano 1998 ).

After his playing career, Graham Bell became a sports commentator on television channels such as the BBC and ITV . He is currently co-hosting with Ed Leigh on Ski Sunday on BBC TWO.

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