Douglas Grey Lewis (born January 18, 1964) is a former

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alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team in the mid-1980s. Born in Middlebury,

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, he was a two-time Olympian in

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and

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. After competing in the 1984 Olympics at age 20, Lewis made his

debut a month later in March 1984 with an 8th-place finish at Whistler, BC. The following season, Lewis had two World Cup top ten finishes and was the bronze medalist in the downhill at the 1985 World Championships at He was unknown at that time, and having a bib number behind the best 15 racers he did gatecrash a party of three Swiss racers on the podium (and pushing away

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). His only World Cup podium came six months later, a second-place finish in

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, in August

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. Lewis is currently an analyst for alpine ski racing with

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, and also runs a children's sports camp with locations in

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, and

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. He is a 1991 graduate of the

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World Cup results

Season standings

*Points were only awarded for top fifteen finishes (see scoring system).

Top ten finishes

World championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

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Doug Lewis
World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation * *
eliteam.com
– profile – Doug Lewis

– photo of Doug Lewis – medal ceremony – 1985 World Championships {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Doug American male alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for the United States People from Middlebury, Vermont Skiers from Vermont University of Vermont alumni Vermont Catamounts skiers 1964 births Living people 20th-century American sportsmen