Jack Nagel (alpine Skier)
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Jack Nagel (January 30, 1926 – March 11, 2004) was an American
alpine ski racer Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether ...
. He competed in two events at the
1952 Winter Olympics The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games (; ) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, were a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 1952 in Oslo, the capital of Norway. Discussions about Oslo hosting ...
. Born in
Port Townsend Port Townsend is a city on the Quimper Peninsula in Jefferson County, Washington, United States. The population was 10,148 at the 2020 United States Census. It is the county seat and only incorporated city of Jefferson County. In addition ...
and raised in
Skykomish Skykomish is a town in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 161 as of the 2020 census, down from an estimated peak of "several thousand" in the 1920s. Located in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, 49 miles east ...
, Nagel was a third-generation logger when skiing was gaining popularity in the 1940s. He later ran the only
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in Skykomish and was a ski instructor at
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until 1962, when the new Crystal Mountain opened near
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and the family relocated to
Enumclaw Enumclaw ( ) is a city in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 12,543 at the 2020 census. The Enumclaw Plateau, on which the city resides, was formed by a volcanic mudflow (lahar) from Mount Rainier approximately 5,700 ye ...
. Nagel headed the ski school and race program; the racing school was featured in ''
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'' in 1963, with older daughter Cathy, 14, on the cover. Younger daughter
Judy Nagel Judy Ann Nagel (born August 27, 1951) is a former FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer from the United States. Early years Born in Seattle, Washington (U.S. state), Washington, Nagel was the younger of two daughters ...
was an Olympian and
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racer. At age sixteen in
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, she led the Olympic slalom after the first run, but did not finish the second.


Olympic results


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1926 births 2004 deaths American male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for the United States Alpine skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics People from Port Townsend, Washington 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-alpine-skiing-bio-stub