Jim Barrows

James Michael "Jim" Barrows, called Moose, ( born April 25, 1944 in Los Angeles ) is a former American alpine skier.

Barrows began at the age of five years, in the resort near his hometown of Steamboat Springs Ski Resort, Howelsen Hill Ski Jumping with. But his coach Gordy Wren Recognizing the boy's alpine talent. In 1958 he received a scholarship from the Rocky Mountain News Skiing Futurity. Associated with this was the first pair of its own new skis. In the following years, Barrows became the most successful young rider of the Rocky Mountains and has won numerous junior race.

In 1965 he qualified for the U.S. ski team and took part in the 1966 World Ski Championships in Portillo Chile. He celebrated his biggest international success in March 1967, when he became the first staged in the U.S. World Cup race, a downhill in Franconia, a third party. The following year, Barrows was a member of the U.S. Olympic team at the Winter Games in Grenoble. However, in the Olympic downhill run he crashed so hard that he had to end the season prematurely. After his recovery, he was in 1969 again North American champion in the downhill. Another injury caused him to withdraw from the national team in 1970.

Barrows focused in the following on his degree at the University of Denver and graduated in 1971 successfully the professional Skirennserie per tour. After the end of his playing career, he coached the meantime, the U.S. junior national team and the departure. Since then, he cares about the collection of funding for the training of young skiers.