Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill vertical drop was . The course length was and Klammer's famous winning run resulted in an average speed of , with an average vertical descent rate of . The win elevated him to an international celebrity and he was featured on the cover of "Sports Illustrated." Egon Zimmermann, also of Austria, took the gold medal a dozen years earlier in the 1964 Olympic downhill. His winning time was 2:18.16, more than a half minute behind Klammer's. Source: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill The Men's Downhill competition of the 1976 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria, was
Jilly Curry the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Curry is married to Robin Wallace, who competed for Great Britain in freestyle skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada. Their son Lloyd competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Jilly Curry Jilly Wallace ( Curry, born 29 November 1964) is a British former freestyle skier, who won 29 FIS World Cup medals, which is more than any other British skier or snowboarder. She competed at the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics. Curry competed in freestyle skiing from 1984-1994. During her career, she won 29 FIS World Cup