James Heuga

James Heuga

James "Jimmy" Heuga (born September 23, 1943) is a former American alpine ski racer and current advocate for the neurological disease multiple sclerosis.

Heuga, of Basque descent, grew up in Squaw Valley, California, where his father Pascal was a ski lift operator for 35 years. Jimmy started competing at age 5, appeared in a Warren Miller ski film at age 9, and made the U.S. Ski Team at age 15. He would later race for coach Bob Beattie in the 1960s at the University of Colorado and the U.S. Ski Team.

* 1963 NCAA Champion, Slalom, Colorado
* 1964 Winter Olympics, Bronze Medalist, Slalom, USA
** with Billy Kidd (silver medalist), the first Olympic medals in alpine skiing won by U.S. men.
* joined the pro racing tour following the 1968 Winter Olympics
* was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1970, which derailed his ski racing career at age 27.
** first symptoms were noticed in 1967
* founder of The Heuga Center for Multiple Sclerosis for treating MS.

External Links

* [http://www.skimag.com/skimag/fall_line/article/0,12795,325783,00.html Article in Ski Magazine]
* [http://www.heuga.org Heuga.org] - Heuga Center for MS
* [http://www.skinet.com/skiing/2002-01/jimmy-heuga Ski Net.com] - Jimmy Heuga - Jan-2002
* [http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=920427&SPID=274&SPSID=4460 University of Colorado Athletics] - Hall of Fame - Jimmy Heuga
* [http://www.sportshumanitarian.com/inductees/jimmie_heuga.html Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame] - Jimmy Heuga
* [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/8061/index.htm "Sports Illustrated"] - cover - 05-Feb-1968 - Olympics preview - Billy Kidd & Jimmy Heuga
* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/events/1998/nagano/coldwars/1964/inandoutofjam.html "Sports Illustrated"] - 17-Feb-1964 article
* [http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=31741&archive=true "Stars and Stripes"] - archives - 09-Feb-1964 - "European edition"
* [http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=AL&listid=&competitorid=24657&type=result FIS-ski.com] - Jimmy Heuga - Top Ten results - Olympics & World Championships


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