Dave Irwin

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dave Irwin
Occupation	Skier
Date Of Birth	Jul 12, 1954(1954-07-12)
Age	70
Birthplace	Canada
Country	Canada
Birth City	Thunder Bay
Horoscope	Cancer

Dave Irwin Biography

Dave Irwin is one of the most popular and richest Skier who was born on July 12, 1954 in Canada, Thunder Bay, Canada. Former alpine skier who competed in the 1976 Winter Olympics in Austria and the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid and won the 1975 World Cup downhill event.

Hockey player Glenn Anderson also competed for Canada in the 1980 Olympics.

Irwin’s first World Cup race was the downhill at Schladming, Austria on December 22, 1973 where he placed 14th. Two years later at Schladming, he won the downhill event in a time of 2:00.84 beating the second-place finisher, Klaus Eberhard by almost two seconds. Irwin reached the podium again in 1982 with a third-place finish at the World Cup downhill in Whistler, B.C. behind winner Peter Müller, and team mate Steve Podborski.

Iriwn sustained two severe concussions during his racing career, once before the 1976, Olympics, and a second concussion before the 1980 Olympics. The first concussion was sustained on January 10, 1976 at the downhill race in Wengen, Switzerland – two weeks after his sole World Cup win at Schladming – and resulted in five days in hospital. Less than two weeks later, Irwin was back training with the ski team.

His father owned a ski resort in Ontario, Canada.

Dave Irwin Net Worth

Dave Irwin is one of the richest Skier from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dave Irwin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He learned to ski when he was only 3 years old.

He was in a coma for three days in 2001 due to a skiing accident; when he recovered, he started the Dave Irwin Foundation for Brain Injury.

Dave Irwin (born July 12, 1954) is a former alpine ski racer who represented Canada at two Winter Olympic Games and won a World Cup downhill. He was one of the “Crazy Canucks”, a group of Canadian downhill racers who rose to prominence on the World Cup circuit in the late 1970s. He lives in Canmore, Alberta, near the Rocky Mountains.

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Facts & Trivia

Dave Ranked on the list of most popular Skier. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Dave Irwin celebrates birthday on July 12 of every year.