| Patrick Weaver | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Sport: | Cross-country skiing |
| Birth Date: | 29 May 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Frankfurt, Germany |
Patrick Weaver (born May 29, 1969) is an American former cross-country skier.[1] [2] He competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Winter Olympics.[3] [4] He later became a skiing coach.[5] [6]
Weaver was born Frankfurt, Germany in 1969.[1] Growing up in Lenox, Massachusetts, Weaver began to ski when he was seven years old.[7] He worked at Home Depot, taking up a training opportunity scheme, where he was paid as a full-time employee, but was allowed to work part-time in order to train.[7] He studied at the University of New Hampshire for a business degree.[1] Weaver was later inducted into the Hall of Fame at the University.[1] He became the US national champion in cross-country skiing in 1998 and 1999.[1] [8]
Weaver competed in seven cross-country skiing events at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Winter Olympics,[1] [4] with a best finish of 16th place in the men's 15 kilometre classical event at the 2002 Olympics.[9] [10]
In 2004, Weaver became a Nordic ski coach in Bend, Oregon,[1] and went on to become the Nordic coach at the University of Vermont in 2010.[4] In 2011, the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association named Weaver as the coach of the year.[1] [4] In 2019, the New England Nordic Ski Association also named Weaver as the coach of the year.[11]