Larry Damon
Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
Disciplines | Cross-country skiing, Biathlon | |||||||||||||
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Club | UVM Outing Club[1] | |||||||||||||
Born | [1] Burlington, Vermont, United States | December 8, 1933|||||||||||||
Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
Retired | 1970[2] | |||||||||||||
Olympics | ||||||||||||||
Teams | 4 – (1956–Cross Country, 1960–Biathlon, 1964–Cross Country, 1968–Cross Country)[1] | |||||||||||||
Medals | 0[1] | |||||||||||||
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Lawrence "Larry" Snow Damon (born December 8, 1933) is a retired American cross-country skier and biathlete who competed in the 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics.
Early years[]
Born December 8, 1933 in Burlington, Vermont, Damon attended Burlington High School where he was a four event skier.[1][2]
Career[]
- 1951 won the State Slalom Championship and placed second in the Cross-country Championship.[2]
- 1952–1955 won the first NCAA Cross-country Ski Championship for UVM.[2]
- 1956 placed 51st in the 15 km cross-country ski at the 1956 Olympics[3] and Men's 4x10 km Cross-country Ski Relay, ranked 12th with personal time in the 3rd leg of 0:37:27 and total team time of 2:32:04. Relay teammates were Ted Farwell, Mack Miller and Marvin Crawford.[4]
- 1958–1959 Competes for the US Military Biathlon teams.[1]
- 1959 won pre-Olympic North American Biathlon.[2]
- 1960 placed 24th in the 20 km biathlon at the 1960 Olympics.[5]
- 1961 won US Championships in 15 km Cross-country Ski and 30 km Cross-country Ski.[1]
- 1962 finished 10th in the 1962 Boston Marathon with a time of 2:34:05.[1]
- 1964 placed 46th in the 30 km[6] and 28th in the 50 km cross-country Ski at the 1964 Olympics..[7]
- 1968 placed 55th in the 15 km[8] and 32nd in the 50 km Cross-country ski[9] at the 1968 Olympics.
Publicity press and promotions[]
Damon was inducted into the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum Hall of Fame in 2010.[2]
Personal life[]
Damon graduated from the University of Vermont in 1955.[1] After the 1956 Olympics, he joined the U.S. Army where he competed in biathlon.[2] After marrying Norwegian Olympic cross-country skier Babben Enger he briefly lived in Norway, but in 1970 settled in Vermont to work as a ski instructor at the Trapp Family Lodge.[2][1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Larry Damon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Lawrence Snow Damon". Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ "Official Olympic Reports" (PDF). 1956. p. 608. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ "Official Olympic Reports" (PDF). 1956. p. 615. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ "Official Olympic Reports" (PDF). 1960. p. 120. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ "Official Olympic Reports" (PDF). 1964. p. 109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ "Official Olympic Reports" (PDF). 1964. p. 108. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ "Official Olympic Reports" (PDF). 1968. p. 377. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ "Official Olympic Reports" (PDF). 1968. p. 378. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
Categories:
- 1933 births
- Living people
- American male cross-country skiers
- American male biathletes
- Olympic cross-country skiers of the United States
- Olympic biathletes of the United States
- Cross-country skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Vermont Catamounts skiers
- Sportspeople from Vermont
- University of Vermont alumni