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 – (1992–1998) |
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]
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
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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 | – |
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
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1995 | align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | Jan 21, 1995 | Wengen, Switzerland | 1st | |
Mar 10, 1995 | align=left rowspan=2 | Kvitfjell, Norway | 3rd | ||
align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | Mar 11, 1995 | Downhill | 1st |
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 |
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
23 | 16 | ||||||
25 | 31 | ||||||
29 | — |