Steve Mahre

Steve Mahre
 Alpine skier 
Phil and Steve Mahre in 1984
Disciplines Downhill, Super G,
Giant Slalom, Slalom,
Combined
Club White Pass
Born (1957-05-10) May 10, 1957
Yakima, Washington, U.S.
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
World Cup debut January 27, 1976 (age 18)
Retired March 1984 (age 26)
Website mahretrainingcenter.com
Olympics
Teams 3 – (1976, 1980, 1984)
Medals 1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams 4 – (197682)
includes two Olympics
Medals 1 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 9 – (197684)
Wins 9 – (2 GS 6 SL, 1 K)
Podiums 21 – (3 GS 14 SL, 4 K)
Overall titles 0 – (3rd in 1982)
Discipline titles 0 – (3rd in SL, 1981, 1982)

Steven Irving "Steve" Mahre (born May 10, 1957, in Yakima, Washington) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and younger twin brother (by four minutes) of ski racer Phil Mahre.

Mahre won the silver medal in slalom at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, 0.21 seconds behind his more celebrated brother. He won the gold medal in giant slalom at the 1982 World Championships in Schladming, Austria.[1][2] His best finish in the overall standings was third in 1982 and fourth in 1981 (brother Phil was the overall World Cup champion in 1981, 1982, and 1983).

After nine seasons, the Mahre twins retired from the World Cup circuit following the 1984 season. Steve finished his career with 9 World Cup victories and 21 podiums.

The book No Hill Too Fast, written by the Mahre brothers, was published in 1985.

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverall Slalom Giant
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
19761827813not
run
1977194314not
awarded
197820239
197921101322
1980221211148
19812343115
1982243377
19832512427not
awarded
13
198426472230

Race victories

  • 9 wins: 2 GS, 6 SL, 1 K
  • 21 podiums: 3 GS 14 SL, 4 K
SeasonDateLocationRace
19784 Mar 1978United States Stratton Mountain, VT, USASlalom
198111 Jan 1981West Germany Garmisch, West GermanySlalom
198214 Dec 1981Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySlalom
14 Feb 1982West Germany Garmisch, West GermanySlalom
Combined
Austria 1982 World Championships
13 Mar 1982Czechoslovakia Jasná, CzechoslovakiaGiant Slalom
17 Mar 1982Austria Bad Kleinkirchheim, AustriaGiant Slalom
19834 Jan 1983 Switzerland  Parpan, SwitzerlandSlalom
6 Feb 1983Austria St. Anton, AustriaSlalom

World championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
19761813not run
197820816
198022DNF115
198224DNF11

From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
19761813not runnot run
198022DNF115
198426217

References

  1. "Steve Mahre wins Schladming GS as favored Stenmark slips to second". Montreal Gazette. UPI. February 4, 1982. p. C3.
  2. Dobbin, Winsor (February 4, 1982). "Steve Mahre steps from shadow". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. p. 27.

Mahre, Phil and Steve; John Fry (1985). No Hill Too Fast. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-55706-8.

Media related to Steve Mahre at Wikimedia Commons

  • Steve Mahre at the International Ski Federation
  • FIS-ski.com – World Cup season standings – Steve Mahre – 1976–84
  • Ski-db.com – results – Steve Mahre
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Steve Mahre". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  • Washington Sports Hall of Fame – Steve Mahre
  • Mahre Training Center – get to know the Mahre brothers
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