Steven Irving Mahre (born May 10, 1957 in Yakima, Washington) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and younger twin brother (by four minutes) of ski racer Phil Mahre.

Career Mahre won the silver medal in slalom at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, 0.21 seconds behind his brother. He won the gold medal in giant slalom at the 1982 World Championships in Schladming, Austria. His best finish in the overall standings was third in 1982 and fourth in 1981 (brother Phil was the overall World Cup champion in 1981, 1982, and 1983).

After nine seasons, the Mahre twins retired from the World Cup circuit following the 1984 season. Steve finished his career with 9 World Cup victories and 21 podiums. They would be honored with the ceremonial first pitch at the 1984 Seattle Mariners season home opener.

The book No Hill Too Fast, written by the Mahre brothers, was published in 1985.

World Cup results

Season standings Season Age Overall  Slalom  Giant Slalom  Super-G Downhill Combined 1976 18 27 8 13 rowspan=7 — — 1977 19 43 14 — — notawarded 1978 20 23 9 — — 1979 21 10 13 22 — 1980 22 12 11 14 — 8 1981 23 4 3 11 — 5 1982 24 3 3 7 — 7 1983 25 12 4 27 notawarded — 13 1984 26 47 22 30 — —

Race victories 9 wins (2 GS, 6 SL, 1 K) 21 podiums (3 GS, 14 SL, 4 K) SeasonDateLocationRace19784 Mar 1978 Stratton Mountain, Vermont, USA Slalom198111 Jan 1981 Garmisch, West GermanySlalom198214 Dec 1981 Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySlalom14 Feb 1982 Garmisch, West GermanySlalomCombined 1982 World Championships13 Mar 1982 Jasná, CzechoslovakiaGiant slalom17 Mar 1982 Bad Kleinkirchheim, AustriaGiant slalom19834 Jan 1983   Parpan, SwitzerlandSlalom6 Feb 1983 St. Anton, Austria Slalom

World championship results   Year    Age   Slalom   Giant  Slalom  Super-G Downhill Combined 1976 18 — 13 rowspan=4— — 1978 20 8 16 — — 1980 22 DNF1 15 — — 1982 24 DNF1 1 — — From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.

Olympic results   Year    Age   Slalom   Giant  Slalom  Super-G Downhill Combined 1976 18 — 13 rowspan=3— rowspan=3 1980 22 DNF1 15 — 1984 26 2 17 —

See also List of Olympic medalist families

References

Further reading

External links

Washington Sports Hall of Fame – Steve Mahre Mahre Training Center – get to know the Mahre brothers

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