Died at age 88 Stein Eriksen, one of the pioneers of alpine skiing

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Died at age 88 Stein Eriksen, one of the pioneers of alpine skiing

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Alpine skiing cries one of its great pioneers in Park City & egrave; in fact he died at age 88, made on December 11, Stein Eriksen.

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Born in Oslo, Norway & egrave; considered the first superstar media alpine skiing: beautiful, nice and strong yet still down to earth and very humble. Aspen in 1950 won the bronze medal in slalom, was Olympic gold in 1952 and silver in giant slalom in his TOWN native, was the first non-native of & rsquo; Alps to win a title in five circles masculine, the same year he was awarded the prestigious Holmenkollen medal. The World Cup in 1954 in & Aring; re Eriksen was the 'absolute ruler winning the & rsquo; gold in giant slalom and combined, then pass & ograve; pro and Transfer & Igrave; in the United States as a ski instructor in Sun Valley, in & rsquo; Idaho, and director of various localities & agrave; US ski like Boyne Mountain, Michigan, Sugarbush, Vermont, Heavenly Valley, California, Snowmass and Aspen, Colorado, and Park City and Deer Valley, Utah, but above & egrave; considered the encoder of the rules of what & egrave; Today acrobatic skiing or freestyle. Other prestigious victories in slalom, she obtained in 1951 in Wengen Lauberhorn for the competition in 1954 and the Marmolada for 3Tre.

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