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About Chuck Ferries
- Charles T.
- ("Chuck") Ferries (born June 10, 1939) was an American alpine ski racer, as well as an Olympian in 1960 and 1964. In 1962, Ferries became the first American to win a European classic gate race, the Hahnenkamm slalom, at Kitzbühel. Bob Beattie called Ferries "the most unknown great ski racer in U.S.
- history." If relatively unknown to later generations, Ferries nonetheless was featured on the March 11, 1963 cover of Sports Illustrated.
- With Ferries depicted in sketch, the caption reads, "Best U.S.
- Skier." Ferries has worked in the ski industry, coached the United States Ski Team and served as Chair of the U.S.
- Ski and Snowboard Association.
- In 1989, Ferries was inducted into the United States National Ski Hall of Fame.
- In 2007, Ferries received the U.S.
- Ski and Snowboard Association's Blegen Award, which is the USSA's most prestigious honor for service to the organization.
- The following year, Ferries was inducted to the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame as part of its Class of 2008.
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