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Kyle Rasmussen
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Kyle A. Rasmussen (born June 20, 1968, in Sonora, California) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Angels Camp, California.
Key Information
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
[edit]Season standings
[edit]| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 22 | 91 | – | – | – | 39 | – |
| 1992 | 23 | 72 | – | – | 37 | 63 | 22 |
| 1993 | 24 | 102 | – | – | 57 | – | 21 |
| 1994 | 25 | 43 | – | – | 14 | 29 | — |
| 1995 | 26 | 17 | – | – | 5 | 6 | – |
| 1996 | 27 | 43 | – | – | 33 | 18 | 12 |
| 1997 | 28 | 74 | – | – | – | 28 | – |
| 1998 | 29 | 87 | – | – | – | 37 | – |
Race podiums
[edit]- 2 wins – (2 DH)
- 3 podiums – (2 DH, 1 SG), 12 top tens
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Jan 21, 1995 | Wengen, Switzerland | Downhill | 1st |
| Mar 10, 1995 | Kvitfjell, Norway | Super G | 3rd | |
| Mar 11, 1995 | Downhill | 1st |
World Championship results
[edit]| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 20 | — | — | — | 29 | — |
| 1991 | 22 | |||||
| 1993 | 24 | injured, did not compete | ||||
| 1996 | 27 | — | — | 40 | 14 | — |
| 1997 | 28 | injured, did not compete | ||||
Olympic results
[edit]| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 23 | — | — | 17 | 16 | 16 |
| 1994 | 25 | — | — | DSQ | 11 | 31 |
| 1998 | 29 | — | — | 13 | 9 | — |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Skier Kyle Rasmussen retires". Associated Press. archives. October 14, 1998. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
External links
[edit]- Kyle Rasmussen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Kyle Rasmussen World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Kyle Rasmussen at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Kyle Rasmussen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
