Born in San Diego, Young was paralyzed in a plane crash in Alaska while serving in the United States Coast Guard in 1982.[1] He learned to ski at the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic in 1986 as a "four-tracker," standing on two skis while using outriggers. He was named to the U.S. Disabled Ski Team in 1989 and competed in the 1990 Disabled Skiing World Championships in Winter Park, Colorado, winning a silver medal and two bronzes in the LW-1 class. Young missed the 1992 Winter Paralympic team but qualified for the 1994 Games in Lillehammer, Norway, where he won gold in the slalom.
In 1995 Young began a two-year hiatus from racing to coach the New England Disabled Ski team at Loon Mtn. New Hampshire, and when he returned to the sport in 1997 it was as a monoskier. He missed the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano, Japan but came back in 2002 with another gold, this time in super G, along with a silver in downhill. With that performance he became the first skier ever to win a Paralympic skiing gold medal in two different disability classes.[2] He repeated his downhill performance in 2006, placing second behind teammate Kevin Bramble. In 2015, he won the Mono Skier X (X-Games), also becoming the oldest gold medalist in the history of the competition.[3]
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^. U.S. Paralympics. Archived from the original on 2010-03-09. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
^. U.S. Ski Team. Archived from the original on 2010-01-03. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
chris, devlin, young, this, article, about, american, skiing, american, football, player, chris, devlin, christopher, devlin, young, born, december, 1962, american, alpine, racer, time, paralympic, champion, resides, campton, hampshire, competes, monoskier, cl. This article is about the American skiing For the American football player see Chris Devlin Christopher Devlin Young born December 26 1962 is an American alpine ski racer and two time Paralympic Champion who resides in Campton New Hampshire He competes as a monoskier in the LW 12 1 class Chris Devlin YoungDevlin Young in 2012Personal informationFull nameChristopher Devlin YoungBornDecember 26 1962 1962 12 26 age 60 San Diego California U S Medal record Men s para alpine skiingRepresenting the United StatesWinter Paralympic Games1994 Lillehammer Slalom2002 Salt Lake City Super G2002 Salt Lake City Downhill2006 Torino DownhillWinter X Games2015 Aspen Mono Skier X2008 Aspen Mono Skier XCareer editBorn in San Diego Young was paralyzed in a plane crash in Alaska while serving in the United States Coast Guard in 1982 1 He learned to ski at the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic in 1986 as a four tracker standing on two skis while using outriggers He was named to the U S Disabled Ski Team in 1989 and competed in the 1990 Disabled Skiing World Championships in Winter Park Colorado winning a silver medal and two bronzes in the LW 1 class Young missed the 1992 Winter Paralympic team but qualified for the 1994 Games in Lillehammer Norway where he won gold in the slalom In 1995 Young began a two year hiatus from racing to coach the New England Disabled Ski team at Loon Mtn New Hampshire and when he returned to the sport in 1997 it was as a monoskier He missed the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano Japan but came back in 2002 with another gold this time in super G along with a silver in downhill With that performance he became the first skier ever to win a Paralympic skiing gold medal in two different disability classes 2 He repeated his downhill performance in 2006 placing second behind teammate Kevin Bramble In 2015 he won the Mono Skier X X Games also becoming the oldest gold medalist in the history of the competition 3 References edit Athlete Profile Chris Devlin Young U S Paralympics Archived from the original on 2010 03 09 Retrieved 2010 01 08 Athletes Chris Devlin Young U S Ski Team Archived from the original on 2010 01 03 Retrieved 2010 01 08 Mark Kohlman X Games Aspen 2015 photo highlights ESPN This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Chris Devlin Young news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message External links editChristopher Devlin Young at the International Paralympic CommitteeChristopher Devlin Young at IPC InfostradaSports com archived Chris Young at the International Paralympic Committee Chris Devlin Young at the X Games archived Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chris Devlin Young amp oldid 1182738892, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
