Greg Jones (skier) explained

Greg Jones
Disciplines:downhill, giant slalom, slalom, combined
Full Name:Gregory Jones
Birth Date:December 3, 1953
Birth Place:Tahoe City, California, U.S.
Wcdebut:1974
Retired:1979 (age 25)
Olympicteams:1 – (1976)
Olympicmedals:0
Worldsteams:2 – (1974, 1976)
Worldsmedals:1
Worldsgolds:0
Wcseasons:5 – (197579)
Wcwins:1 – (1 GS)
Wcpodiums:2 – (2 GS)
Wcoveralls:0 – (18th in 1976)
Wctitles:0 – (6th in GS, 1976)
Show-Medals:yes

Gregory Jones (born December 3, 1953) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.

Born in Tahoe City, California, he specialized in giant slalom. Jones competed in all three events at the 1976 Winter Olympics and finished 9th in the giant slalom, 11th in the downhill, and 19th in the slalom. His all-around performance earned a World Championship bronze medal in the combined event.[1]

Jones won a World Cup race a few weeks later in the United States at Copper Mountain, Colorado. Teammate Phil Mahre was the runner-up for the first-ever one-two finish by U.S. men in a World Cup race.[2] [3]

World Cup Results

Race podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Place
1975 align=right 18 Dec 1974 t align=left 2nd
1976 align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6" 5 Mar 1976 align=left Giant slalom 1st

Season standings

Season Age  Overall   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super G Downhill Combined
21 19 8 not run
22 18 6
23 54

World championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
20 18 not run 16
22 3
From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Russians rally to claim hockey gold again . Eugene Register-Guard . Associated Press . February 15, 1976 . 3B.
  2. News: Ski racing's "old lady" nears title . Spokane Daily Chronicle . Associated Press . March 6, 1976 . 11.
  3. Adding a title to triumph . Sports Illustrated . Looney . Douglas S. . March 15, 1976 . 18 . February 11, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222005140/http://si.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1090850/index.htm . February 22, 2014 . dead .