Kyle Rasmussen Explained

Kyle Rasmussen
Disciplines:Downhill, Super G,
Combined
Birth Date:20 June 1968
Birth Place:Sonora, California, U.S.
Wcdebut:December 8, 1990
(age 22) (first top 15)
Retired:October 1998 (age 30)[1]
Olympicteams:3 – (1992, 1994, 1998)
Olympicmedals:0
Worldsteams:2 – (1989, 1996)
Worldsmedals:0
Wcseasons:7 – (19921998)
Wcwins:2 – (2 DH)
Wcpodiums:3 – (2 DH, 1 SG)
Wcoveralls:0 – (17th in 1995)
Wctitles:0 – (5th in SG, 1995)
Show-Medals:yes

Kyle A. Rasmussen (born June 20, 1968, in Sonora, California) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Angels Camp, California.

While competing with the U.S. Ski Team, he won two World Cup downhills in 1995 (Wengen and Kvitfjell), his best season, in which he finished sixth in the downhill standings, fifth in the Super-G standings, and 17th in the overall standings.

Rasmussen competed in three Winter Olympics in the 1990s and was ninth in the 1998 Downhill. With 12 top-ten finishes in his World Cup career, he retired from competition at age 30 in October 1998.[1]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
 Slalom 
Super G Downhill Combined
22 91 39
23 72 37 63 22
24 102 57 21
25 43 14 29
26 17 5 6
27 43 33 18 12
28 74 28
29 87 37

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
1995 align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"Jan 21, 1995 Wengen, Switzerland   1st
Mar 10, 1995align=left rowspan=2Kvitfjell, Norway 3rd
align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"Mar 11, 1995 Downhill 1st

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 Slalom 
Super G Downhill Combined
20 29
22
24 injured, did not compete
27 40 14
28 injured, did not compete

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 Slalom 
Super G Downhill Combined
23 16
25 31
29

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Skier Kyle Rasmussen retires . Associated Press . archives . October 14, 1998 . October 15, 2014.