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His lower right leg was so badly bruised from a training injury that he could not stand without pain the day before the race.

Olympic Spirit Award in recognition for overcoming adversity in the 1976 Olympic Games, where he placed sixth in the downhill, even though injured. In 1988, Mill was presented with the U.S. His racing career ended in January 1981 after a serious crash in a training run on the Lauberhorn in Wengen, Switzerland. Two years later, he competed at the 1978 World Championships in Garmisch, West Germany, and the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, where he was 16th in the downhill. Mill had placed fifth in the previous year's World Cup event on the same run, his best World Cup finish.įollowing the Olympics, Mill won the downhill at the 1976 U.S. Mill's finish was the best by an American in the men's downhill in 24 years, since Bill Beck's fifth place in 1952. Mill's finest hour was at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, where he placed sixth in the downhill at Patscherkofel, which was won dramatically by Franz Klammer of Austria. In the mid-1970s, Mill was nicknamed 'Wilde Hund' (wild dog) by Europeans for his gritty style and appearance (long hair & beard). For the next seven years, when not injured, he was America's top downhill racer. Ski Team in 1971, and in 1974, Mill competed at the World Championships in St. Mill was an accomplished junior racer and made the U.S. Before entering the US team, Andy Mill was in the Aspen Ski Club as junior racer.īorn in Fort Collins, Mill moved with his family to Laramie, Wyoming, before relocating to Aspen, Colorado in the early 1960s.Andy Mill is featured in a historic ski documentary in 1976 named “A Matter of Time”.Andy was introduced to skiing at the age of eight in the Medicine Bow Mountains just west of Laramie. Andy Mill’s father, Dick Mill was a lumber jack and mostly always outdoors.

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Andy Mill’s favorite fishing rod is the one piece 11 weight Zane Pro Hardy.

Andy Mill is the author of one of the best selling books on fishing - A Passion for Tarpon.

Bush, the 41st president of the united States.

Andy Mill is famous for fishing with celebrated personalities, such as, George H.

Andy Mill and his son, Nicky Mill run a weekly podcast named Millhouse podcast, where they hold in-depth conversations with pioneers, legends, and innovators from the fishing industrty.

Before Andy Mill made it to the US Ski team when he was just 18 years old, in the year 1971, he failed twice at the prelims.

Andy Mill has mentioned in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, that his passion for skiing was instilled by his father from his childhood.

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In that time span, he covered two Olympics and hundreds of TV network specials, which included 81 fishing shows from around the globe. Andy Mill’s broadcasting career stretched for about twenty years.Andy Mill was lovingly nicknamed 'Wilde Hund' (which means wild dog) by the Europeans for his gritty, spirited style and appearance that included his long hair and a beard.In the 1976 Olympics, Mill placed 6th while skiing on a severely injured ankle and was honored with the “Olympic Spirit Award,” while in 1993 he was inducted into the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame.

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Andy Mill Legends of Aspen Video Series.Andy mill and howard croston testing the new hardy sintrix fly rods on florida sharks.He was two-time Olympian, competing primarily in the downhill and Combined events on the World Cup circuit. Andy Ray Mill (born February 11, 1953) is a former alpine ski racer on the U.S.

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