Mahre, Phil

Phil Mahre, byname of Phillip Ferdinand Mahre, (born May 10, 1957, Yakima, Wash., U.S.), American Alpine skier who was voted the greatest male U.S. skier of all time by the United States Ski and Snowboard Association in 2002.

Mahre was named to the U.S. Ski Team at age15. In 1981 he became the first American to win the World Cup overall championship. He repeated his World Cup victory in 1982 and 1983, becoming the third male skier to achieve three consecutive wins. He won a silver medal in slalom at the 1980 Olympic Winter Games at Lake Placid, N.Y., and a slalom gold medal at the 1984 Games. His twin brother, Steve, won the slalom silver medal at the 1984 Games. Mahre retired from competitive skiing in 1985, and the Mahre brothers later founded a ski training centre in Deer Valley, Utah.