Douglas Grey Lewis (born January 18, 1964) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team in the mid-1980s. Born in Middlebury, Vermont, he was a two-time Olympian in 1984 and 1988.

After competing in the 1984 Olympics at age 20, Lewis made his World Cup debut a month later in March 1984 with an 8th-place finish at Whistler, BC. The following season, Lewis had two World Cup top ten finishes and was the bronze medalist in the downhill at the 1985 World Championships at He was unknown at that time, and having a bib number behind the best 15 racers he did gatecrash a party of three Swiss racers on the podium (and pushing away Franz Heinzer). His only World Cup podium came six months later, a second-place finish in Las Leñas, Argentina, in August 1985.

Lewis is currently an analyst for alpine ski racing with Universal Sports, and also runs a children's sports camp with locations in Waitsfield, Vermont, and Park City, Utah. He is a 1991 graduate of the University of Vermont.

World Cup results

Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom GiantSlalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1984 20 79 — — notawarded 27 — 1985 21 59 — 51 25 — 1986 22 39 — — — 15 36 1987 23 53 — — — 19 — 1988 24 Points were only awarded for top fifteen finishes (see scoring system).

Top ten finishes SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace 1984 11 Mar 1984 Whistler, BC, Canada Downhill 8th 1985 15 Dec 1984 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 9th11 Jan 1985 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 10th 1985 World Championships 1986 16 Aug 1985 Las Leñas, Argentina Downhill 2nd17 Jan 1986 Kitzbühel, Austria Downhill 5th8 Mar 1986 Aspen, CO, USA Downhill 8th 1987 28 Feb 1987 Furano, Japan Downhill 7th7 Mar 1987 Aspen, CO, USA Downhill 9th

World championship results   Year    Age   Slalom   Giant  Slalom  Super-G Downhill Combined 1985 21 — — not run 3 — 1987 23 — — — 29 17

Olympic results   Year    Age   Slalom  Giant Slalom  Super-G Downhill Combined 1984 20 — — not run 24 not run 1988 24 — — — 32 —

References

External links

Doug Lewis World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation

eliteam.com – profile – Doug Lewis Stowe Today.com – photo of Doug Lewis – medal ceremony – 1985 World Championships