Doug Lewis (skier)

Douglas Grey Lewis (born January 18, 1964) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team in the mid-1980s. Born in Middlebury, Vermont, he was a two-time Olympian in 1984 and 1988.[1]

Doug Lewis
Lewis in 1985
Born (1964-01-18) January 18, 1964
Middlebury, Vermont, U.S.
Other namesDouglas Grey Lewis
OccupationAlpine skier
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, super-G, giant slalom, combined
World Cup debutMarch 11, 1984 (age 20)
RetiredMarch 1988 (age 24)
Olympics
Teams2 – (1984, 1988)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams2 – (1985, 1987)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons5 – (1984–1988)
Wins0
Podiums1 – (1 DH)
Overall titles0 – (39th in 1985)
Discipline titles0 – (15th in DH, 1985)
Medal record
Representing the
 United States
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1985 BormioDownhill

After competing in the 1984 Olympics at age 20, Lewis made his World Cup debut a month later in March 1984 with an 8th-place finish at Whistler, BC. The following season, Lewis had two World Cup top ten finishes and was the bronze medalist in the downhill at the 1985 World Championships at Bormio, Italy.[2][3] He was unknown at that time, and having a bib number behind the best 15 racers he did gatecrash a party of three Swiss racers on the podium (and pushing away Franz Heinzer). His only World Cup podium came six months later, a second-place finish in Las Leñas, Argentina, in August 1985.

Lewis is currently an analyst for alpine ski racing with Universal Sports, and also runs a children's sports camp with locations in Waitsfield, Vermont, and Park City, Utah.[4] He is a 1991 graduate of the University of Vermont.[5]

World Cup results

Season standings
SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super-GDownhillCombined
19842079——not
awarded 		27—
19852159—5125—
19862239———1536
19872353———19—
198824
  • Points were only awarded for top fifteen finishes (see scoring system).

Top ten finishes
Season Date Location Discipline Place
198411 Mar 1984Canada Whistler, BC, CanadaDownhill8th
198515 Dec 1984Italy Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill9th
11 Jan 1985Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill10th
Italy 1985 World Championships
198616 Aug 1985Argentina Las Leñas, ArgentinaDownhill2nd
17 Jan 1986Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaDownhill5th
8 Mar 1986United States Aspen, CO, USADownhill8th
198728 Feb 1987Japan Furano, JapanDownhill7th
7 Mar 1987United States Aspen, CO, USADownhill9th

World championship results
  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
198521——not run3—
198723———2917

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 Slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
198420——not run24not run
198824———32—

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Douglas Lewis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-10-11. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
  2. "Swiss dominate world skiing". Lewiston Daily Sun. (Maine). Associated Press. February 4, 1985. p. 18.
  3. "World Ski Championships: Downhill". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 4, 1985. p. 4B.
  4. "Eliteam". Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  5. "Olympians". University of Vermont.
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