2013 Event The brother of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, dies at age 44 following complications from a skiing accident 2010 Event Men's freestyle skiing moguls competitor, Alexandre Bilodeau, wins the first gold medal Canada has ever won on home soil at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics 1998 Death Sonny Bono, Representative-R-California 1995 - 1998, singer, Sonny and Cher, dies skiing at 62 1994 Death Ulrike Maier, olympic skier, breaks neck during world cup skiing at 26 1991 Event A J Kitt, U.S., wins World Skiing Cup 1984 Event Bill Johnson becomes 1st American to win Olympic downhill skiing gold 1977 Event Donna Patterson Brice sets high speed water skiing rec (111.11 mph) 1955 Birthday Bill Koch, born in Brattleboro, Vermont, skier, first U.S. world-class cross-country skier, won 1982 Cross-country skiing World Cup
