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]
kyle, rasmussen, kyle, rasmussen, born, june, 1968, sonora, california, former, world, alpine, racer, from, angels, camp, california, personal, informationborn, 1968, june, 1968, sonora, california, occupationalpine, skierheight6, skiing, careerdisciplinesdown. Kyle A Rasmussen born June 20 1968 in Sonora California is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Angels Camp California Kyle RasmussenPersonal informationBorn 1968 06 20 June 20 1968 age 55 Sonora California U S OccupationAlpine skierHeight6 ft 0 in 1 83 m Skiing careerDisciplinesDownhill Super G CombinedWorld Cup debutDecember 8 1990 age 22 first top 15 RetiredOctober 1998 age 30 1 OlympicsTeams3 1992 1994 1998 Medals0World ChampionshipsTeams2 1989 1996 Medals0World CupSeasons7 1992 1998 Wins2 2 DH Podiums3 2 DH 1 SG Overall titles0 17th in 1995 Discipline titles0 5th in SG 1995 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 Contents 1 World Cup results 1 1 Season standings 1 2 Race podiums 2 World Championship results 3 Olympic results 4 References 5 External linksWorld Cup results editSeason 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 1stWorld 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 competeOlympic 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 editKyle 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 nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kyle Rasmussen amp oldid 1156326818, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
