Skiing star, MS champion Jimmie Heuga dies

[Oddball]

Ace skier Jimmie Heuga, a former Olympic bronze medalist and NCAA champion who helped put the U.S. ski team on the map in the 1960s, died Monday in Louisville. He was 66.

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Heuga had long been confined to a wheelchair, taking on the crippling effects of multiple sclerosis. In 1984, he founded the Jimmie Heuga Center for M.S. in Edwards, to help fellow victims.

1964 Olympic medalists and pals Billy Kidd, left, and Jimmie Heuga pose with their prized hardware. They were the first Americans to win Alpine ski medals. Heuga died Monday in Louisville, Colo.

 

[Xenophon]

Shame.