Jeff Olson

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Jeff Olson Alpine skiing
nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday 16th January 1966 (age 54)
place of birth Missoula , United States
size 183 cm
Weight 89 kg
job Entrepreneur
Career
discipline Downhill , Super-G , combination
National squad since 1985
status resigned
End of career 1994
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Overall World Cup 65th ( 1991/92 )
 Downhill World Cup 36th ( 1986/87 )
 Super G World Cup 34th (1991/92)
 Combination World Cup 18th ( 1987/88 )
 

Jeffrey Allen "Jeff" Olsen (born January 16, 1966 in Missoula , Montana ) is a retired American ski racer . He specialized in the fast downhill and Super-G disciplines and took part in the Winter Olympics twice.

biography

Athletic career

Jeff Olson is from Bozeman , Montana , and grew up the son of two teachers. Through his father, who taught at Montana State , he received a scholarship to ski school and began a career as a racer outside of the state.

Olson was accepted into the US national team in 1985 and immediately competed in his first races in the World Cup . At the end of February 1987 he was able to classify himself in the points for the first time with 14th place in the downhill from Furano . In January 1988 he achieved his best World Cup result with eleventh place in the downhill from Leukerbad , which he was able to equalize at the end of the season in the combination of Åre . In early February, he won his first of three US downhill titles in Crested Butte , qualifying for the Olympic Games in Calgary . There he finished 24th and 28th in Super-G and Downhill. With two other good placings, including 14th place in the prestigious Hahnenkamm run in Kitzbühel , he also qualified for the World Championship in Vail , where a 15th place in the downhill was his best result.

In January 1990 he broke his collarbone in Kitzbühel and had to sit out for the rest of the season. At the Pan American Winter Games in Las Leñas , he prevailed against all the technical specialists and won the gold medal in the giant slalom after he had remained below his possibilities in his parade disciplines. In the World Cup, he could only build on earlier results in the 1991/92 season. Winning his third national championship title secured him participation in his second Olympic Games in Albertville , where he achieved his best result at a major event with 13th place in the Super-G. In the combination he was eliminated like four years earlier. After that, his results deteriorated and Olson found himself only sporadically in the points. He competed in his last World Cup race in January 1994, but a persistent patellar tip syndrome caused by overtraining prevented a third appearance at the Olympic Games and finally put his career to an end.

Further career

Jeff Olson studied finance and then worked on Wall Street and in the technology sector . In 2000, he founded a medical, health and human performance company specializing in nutritional issues. He is a co-founder of the Metro Denver Health and Wellness Commission and the zyOzy Foundation, a corporate social responsibility organization . In addition, he serves as a board member in various partly non-profit organizations and vice president of the Colorado Olympian and Paralympian Association. He holds TED Talks and was actively involved in Denver's bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics .

Olson is married and has three daughters. He lives in Denver with his family.

successes

Olympic games

World championships

World cup

  • 8 placements among the best 15

World Cup ratings

season total Departure Super G combination
space Points space Points space Points space Points
1986/87 95. 2 36. 2 - - - -
1987/88 79. 10 40. 5 - - 18th 5
1988/89 76. 6th - - - - 20th 6th
1989/90 102. 2 - - - - 21st 2
1991/92 65. 95 48. 17th 34. 48 24. 30th
1992/93 109. 27 43. 26th 64. 1 - -
1993/94 120. 14th 50. 14th - - - -

More Achievements

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jeff Olson. Sports Reference LLC, accessed March 21, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c Episode # 77- Jeff Olson-Olympian-Progressive Urban Farmer-Game Changer. Anchor FM, August 23, 2019, accessed March 21, 2020 .
  3. ^ Jeff Olson, the top-ranked American in the World Cup downhill. Associated Press , February 4, 1988, accessed March 21, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b Jay Cowan: Jeff Olson. In: Ski. January 1993, p. 63 (English).
  5. ^ Jeff Olson, Denver CO. Snowriders International, April 10, 2017, accessed March 21, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Olson, Jeff
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Olson, Jeffrey Allen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Missoula , Montana