Greg Athans Explained

Greg Athans
Nationality:Canadian
Birth Date:18 June 1955

Greg Athans (18 June 1955 - 8 August 2006) was a Canadian freestyle skier competing from 1976 to 1986 winning titles in multiple disciplines.[1] Athans was also Canadian national waterskiing champion on fifteen occasions.[2] He competed in the Canada Games, winning gold medals in the alpine slalom in 1971, and water skiing in 1973, becoming the first athlete to win gold medals at both the summer and winter games.[3] In 1981, he was the best all-round competitor at the 1980 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, winning the World Cup Grand Prix Award. He retired in 1982.

Athans published a book, Ski Free, detailing step-by-step instructions on how to perform freestyle moves.[4]

Athans died as a result of complications from diabetes.[5] He was inducted posthumously into the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.[6]

Results

FIS World Cup podiums

DateLocationDisciplinePosition[7]
18 March 1981Mt. Norquay, CanadaMoguls2
14 March 1981Poconos, USAAcro3
15 February 1981Oberjoch, GermanyCombined2
14 February 1981Oberjoch, GermanyMoguls2
9 February 1981Seefeld, AustriaCombined2
4 February 1981Laax, SwitzerlandMoguls2
3 February 1981Laax, SwitzerlandCombined3
22 January 1981Tignes, FranceMoguls3
17 January 1981Livigno, ItalyAcro3
15 March 1980Tignes, FranceCombined1
2 March 1980Oberjoch, GermanyCombined3
12 January 1980Poconos, USACombined1
11 January 1980Poconos, USACombined1
10 January 1980Poconos, USAAcro2
8 January 1980Poconos, USAMoguls1
7 January 1980Poconos, USAMoguls1

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Greg Athans Biography. Canadian Ski Hall of Fame. Canadian Ski Museum. 9 September 2016. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190206/http://www.skimuseum.ca/bios/Greg-Athans_CSHF-BIO.pdf. dead.
  2. Skiing Heritage Journal . Skiing History Journal of the International Skiing History Association ; Official Publication of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame, Canadian Ski Museum, Alf Engen Ski Museum . 2006 . International Skiing History Association . 18. 3. 46 . 1082-2895.
  3. News: . Greg Athans included in B.C. Hall of Fame . 29 October 2018 . Daily Courier . 18 December 2013.
  4. . Ski Books. Ski Free . Ski . January 1980 . 44 . 5 . 42 . 0037-6159.
  5. Book: Skiing Heritage Journal. 14 May 2017. 2006. International Skiing History Association. 46.
  6. News: Greg Athans to become third Athans inducted into BC Sports Hall of Fame . 29 October 2018 . Kelowna Capital News . 20 December 2013 . 29 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181029071519/https://www.kelownacapnews.com/sports/greg-athans-to-become-third-athans-inducted-into-bc-sports-hall-of-fame/ . dead .
  7. Web site: FIS Results. FIS-SKI.com. International Ski Federation. 4 March 2018.