Boyd, Rob

BOYD, Rob, downhill skier (b 15 Feb 1966, Vernon). He grew up in VERNON and WHISTLER and joined the Canadian national ski team in 1985. The following year he won his first World Cup race at Val Gardena, Italy, at 20 the youngest male winner of a World Cup event in more than a decade. He won 2 more World Cup races in 1987 and 1989 before injuries slowed his pace. After an 11-year career that included two Olympics he retired from competitive SKIING in 1997 to coach with the Canadian alpine ski...

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