Dave Murray (skier), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian alpine ski racer
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Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
About Dave Murray (skier)
- David Murray (September 9, 1953 – October 23, 1990) was an alpine ski racer.
- He was noted for being a member of the Crazy Canucks, the Canadian downhill racers of the late 1970s and early 1980s known for their fearless (and sometimes reckless) racing style.
- His teammates in the group were Ken Read, Dave Irwin, and Steve Podborski. Murray took up ski racing relatively late, at the age of 15.
- As part of the Crazy Canucks, Murray was considered the team mediator.
- He earned three podium finishes including two second-place finishes behind fellow Crazy Canuck Ken Read.
- In 1979, he was ranked third in the world in downhill, but he never won a World Cup event.
- At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, he finished tenth in the downhill. Murray retired from competitive skiing following the 1982 season.
- After retiring, he returned to British Columbia, becoming the director of skiing at Whistler Blackcomb and founding the Dave Murray Ski School in 1988.
- It has since become one of the most renowned ski schools in Canada, attracting visitors from across the nation.
- The downhill course at Whistler has been named the "Dave Murray Downhill." It hosted World Cup Downhill and Super-G races from 1993-95 and was used again at the 2010 Winter Olympics; it has been noted as being among the best in the world.After a battle with skin cancer, Dave Murray died on October 23, 1990; he was 37 years old.
- 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.
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