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}} Andy Ray Mill (born February 11, 1953〔(Sports-Reference.com ) - Olympians - Andy Mill - accessed 2011-06-11〕 in Fort Collins, Colorado) is a former alpine ski racer on the U.S. Ski Team. He was two-time Olympian, competing primarily in the downhill and combined events on the World Cup circuit. ==Ski career== Born in Fort Collins, Mill moved with his family to Laramie, Wyoming, before relocating to Aspen, Colorado in the early 1960s. Mill was an accomplished junior racer and made the U.S. Ski Team in 1971, and in 1974, Mill competed at the World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland. For the next seven years, when not injured, he was America's top downhill racer. In the mid-1970s, Mill was nicknamed "Wilde Hund" (wild dog) by Europeans for his gritty style and appearance (long hair & beard). Mill's finest hour was at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, where he placed sixth in the downhill at Patscherkofel, which was won dramatically by Franz Klammer of Austria.〔http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&raceid=8647〕 Mill's finish was the best by an American in the men's downhill in 24 years, since Bill Beck's fifth place in 1952.〔http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&raceid=13953〕 Mill had placed fifth in the previous year's World Cup event on the same run, his best World Cup finish. Following the Olympics, Mill won the downhill at the 1976 U.S. Alpine Championships. Two years later, he competed at the 1978 World Championships in Garmisch, West Germany, and the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, where he was 16th in the downhill.〔 His racing career ended in January 1981 after a serious crash in a training run on the Lauberhorn in Wengen, Switzerland. In 1988, Mill was presented with the U.S. Olympic Spirit Award in recognition for overcoming adversity in the 1976 Olympic Games, where he placed sixth in the downhill, even though injured. His lower right leg was so badly bruised from a training injury that he could not stand without pain the day before the race. In order to compete, he froze his leg in the snow minutes before entering the starting gate. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andy Mill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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