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After a battle with skin cancer, Dave Murray died on October 23, 1990; he was 37 years old. [3] [6] Murray's daughter, Julia Murray, who was only 22 months old when he died, was a member of Canada's Ski Cross Team, and competed at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. His wife, Stephanie Sloan, was a pioneer in freestyle skiing and a world champion.
The Crazy Canucks was the nickname for a group of World Cup alpine ski racers from Canada who rose to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s. Jungle Jim Hunter, Dave Irwin, Dave Murray, Steve Podborski, and Ken Read earned themselves a reputation for fast and seemingly reckless skiing in the downhill event. [1]
The vertical drop of the Dave Murray Downhill course was 853 m (2,799 ft), starting at an elevation of 1,678 m (5,505 ft) above sea level, with a length of 3.105 km (1.929 mi). [5] Défago's winning time of 114.31 seconds yielded an average course speed of 97.787 km/h (60.8 mph), with an average vertical descent speed of 7.462 m/s (24.5 ft/s).
The women's downhill competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside on Wednesday, February 17.. The women's downhill course runs on the top part of Wildcard, then the bottom of Jimmy's Joker, then finishes out of the valley on Lower Franz's Run.
The most recent men's World Cup events on the Dave Murray Downhill course were held in late February 1995. The World Cup races in North America were switched to the early part of the season in the fall of 1995 , and the men's speed events at Whistler were canceled three consecutive years (December 1996 – 98 ) due to weather issues, which ...
The Canadian Ski Hall of Fame (French: Le Temple de la renommée du ski canadien) ... Dave Murray, 1990* N. Heinz Neiderhauser, 2010; Nels Nelsen, 1983*
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978 (29 January – 5 February) 277: 15: 11 February 1978 Les Houches: DH 084 Ken Read: Dave Murray: Michael Veith: 278: 16: 12 February 1978 Chamonix: SL 096 Phil Mahre: Ingemar Stenmark: Paolo De Chiesa: 279: 17: 3 March 1978 Stratton Mountain: GS 089 Phil Mahre: Heini Hemmi: Ingemar Stenmark: 280: 18: 4 ...
The Canadian Alpine Ski Championships is an alpine skiing competition organized by Alpine Canada. ... Dave Murray: 1980: Ken Read-Peter Monod: Peter Monod: Peter ...