Monte Olsen (August 8, 1956 – April 8, 2014) was an American politician and professional skier who served as a member of the

Wyoming House of Representatives The Wyoming House of Representatives is the lower house of the Wyoming Legislature, Wyoming State Legislature. There are 62 Representatives in the House, representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts across the Wyoming, st ...

from 2003 to 2008.

Early life and education

Born in

Cheyenne, Wyoming Cheyenne ( or ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Wyoming, most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming. It is the county seat of Laramie County, Wyoming, Laramie County, with 65,132 reside ...

, Olsen graduated from Cheyenne Central High School. He attended

Northwest College Northwest College is a public community college off Wyoming Highway 295 in Powell, Wyoming, United States. History Northwest College opened in 1946, as the "University of Wyoming Northwest Center," with the support of the University of Wyomin ...

and

University of Wyoming The University of Wyoming (UW) is a Public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Laramie, Wyoming, United States. It was founded in March 1886, four years before the territory was admitted as the 44th state, ...

Career

He was a professional skier and a ski instructor at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Olsen served in the

from 2003 to 2008 as a Republican and lived in

Daniel, Wyoming Daniel is a census-designated place in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 150 at the 2010 census. The town lies on U.S. Route 189, in the Green River valley as the water flows out of the Gros Ventre Range to Daniel ...

Death

In 2014, Olsen died of a heart attack in a motel room in

Jackson Hole, Wyoming Jackson Hole (originally called Jackson's Hole by mountain men) is a valley between the Gros Ventre Range, Gros Ventre and Teton Range, Teton mountain ranges in the U.S. state of Wyoming, near the border with Idaho, in Teton County, Wyoming, T ...

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1956 births 2014 deaths Politicians from Cheyenne, Wyoming People from Sublette County, Wyoming University of Wyoming alumni Republican Party members of the Wyoming House of Representatives 21st-century members of the Wyoming Legislature {{Wyoming-politician-stub