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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 ...
A set of backcountry ski runs in the Battle Range of the Canadian Rocky Mountains.Notice a minor avalanche has occurred at the right of frame. Backcountry skiing (), also called off-piste (), alpine touring, freeriding or out-of-area, is skiing in the backcountry on unmarked or unpatrolled areas either inside or outside a ski resort's boundaries. [1]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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]
Saslong is a World Cup downhill ski course in Italy just above Val Gardena/Gröden. Located on the Langkofel in the Dolomites , the race course made its World Cup debut in February 1969 . [ 1 ] The ski course is named after the mountain Saslonch ( German : Langkofel , Italian : Sassolungo ) with an adapted spelling.