Larry Damon
 Damon in 1970 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | December 8, 1933 Burlington, Vermont, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | March 15, 2024 (aged 90) Winooski, Vermont, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Cross-country skiing, Biathlon | ||||||||||||||
| Club | UVM Outing Club[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1970[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 4 – (1956–Cross Country, 1960–Biathlon, 1964–Cross Country, 1968–Cross Country)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
Lawrence Snow Damon (December 8, 1933 – March 15, 2024) was an American
Olympics.Early life
Born on December 8, 1933 in Burlington, Vermont, Damon attended
Career
- 1951 won the State Slalom Championship and placed second in the Cross-country Championship.[2]
- 1952–1955 won the first NCAA Cross-country Ski Championship for UVM.[2]
- 15 km cross-country ski at the 1956 Olympics[3] and Men's 4x10 km Cross-country Ski Relay, ranked 12th with personal time in the 3rd leg of 0:37:27 and total team time of 2:32:04. Relay teammates were Ted Farwell, Mack Miller and Marvin Crawford.[4]
- 1958–1959 Competes for the US Military Biathlon teams.[1]
- 1959 won pre-Olympic North American Biathlon.[2]
- 1960 placed 24th in the 20 km biathlon at the 1960 Olympics.[5]
- 1961 won US Championships in 15 km Cross-country Ski and 30 km Cross-country Ski.[1]
- 1962 finished 10th in the 1962 Boston Marathon with a time of 2:34:05.[1]
- 50 km cross-country Ski at the 1964 Olympics..[7]
- 50 km Cross-country ski[9]at the 1968 Olympics.
Publicity press and promotions
Damon was inducted into the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum Hall of Fame in 2010.[2]
Personal life and death
Damon graduated from the
Babben Enger he briefly lived in Norway, but in 1970 settled in Vermont to work as a ski instructor at the Trapp Family Lodge.[2][1]
Damon died in Winooski, Vermont on March 15, 2024, at the age of 90.[10]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Larry Damon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Lawrence Snow Damon". Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ "Official Olympic Reports" (PDF). 1956. p. 608. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ "Official Olympic Reports" (PDF). 1956. p. 615. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ "Official Olympic Reports" (PDF). 1960. p. 120. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ "Official Olympic Reports" (PDF). 1964. p. 109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ "Official Olympic Reports" (PDF). 1964. p. 108. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ "Official Olympic Reports" (PDF). 1968. p. 377. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ "Official Olympic Reports" (PDF). 1968. p. 378. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ "Lawrence Snow "Larry" Damon". Legacy. Retrieved 9 April 2024.