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Martin Bell (born 6 December 1964, RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus) is a British former World Cup alpine ski racer. [1] Bell was educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh and the Stams Schigymnasium in Austria. He competed in four Winter Olympics from 1984 to 1994, placing eighth in the downhill at the 1988 Games in Calgary, Canada – the best ...
The events take place on off-piste terrain – ungroomed snow on steep slopes, often featuring areas of high exposure. The Freeride World Tour was founded in 1996 as the Verbier Extreme, and was a snowboard only contest until 2004. The first event series under the Freeride World Tour name took place in 2008.
Konrad Bartelski (born 27 May 1954), finished second in a World Cup downhill race in 1981, and competed at the 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics.; Alain Baxter (born 26 December 1973, half-brother of Noel Baxter), seven-time British slalom champion, competed at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics, finishing third in 2002 but subsequently failed a drug test and was stripped of the bronze medal.
Invited to compete in Pro Downhill tour made up of World cup winners, Olympic and World Championship medal winners. With results of 3rd, 2nd, 2nd and 1st in the finals Team Commonwealth (made up of Lee and Martin Bell of Great Britain) won the International team cup.
The Men's Downhill competition of the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics was held at Kvitfjell on Sunday, 13 February. [1] [2]The reigning world champion was Urs Lehmann and the reigning Olympic champion was Patrick Ortlieb; Franz Heinzer was the defending World Cup downhill champion and Marc Girardelli led the current season.
This was the best Olympic result for a British alpine skier since Martin Bell's eighth place in the men's downhill in 1988. [36] [37] He went on the finish the season 11th in the World Cup slalom standings, closing his season with a top 20 finish in Kranjska Gora in March after the World Cup finals were cancelled due to high winds. [38]
On 5 February 2005, he finished eleventh in the Men's Downhill event at the World Championships held in Bormio, Italy. This was the best result by a British man in the history of the World Championships, [ 2 ] and the best in any major competition since Martin Bell finished eighth in the downhill at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary .
Graham Bell and his brother Martin competed for Britain throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Graham took a silver medal at the World Junior Ski Championships in 1984 and represented Great Britain at five Winter Olympics in Sarajevo 1984 , Calgary 1988 , Albertville 1992 , Lillehammer 1994 and Nagano 1998 .