Steve Mahre

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Steven Mahre (born May 10, 1957, in Yakima, Washington) is an American former Alpine skier and twin brother of skier Phil Mahre (Steve is younger by 4 minutes). He won the silver medal in slalom at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, finishing 21 hundredths of a second behind his more celebrated brother. He won the gold medal in Giant Slalom at the 1982 World Championships in Schladming, Austria and finished his career with 9 World Cup victories.

In 1985, a book (No Hill Too Fast) written by the Mahre brothers was published.

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