John Jarrett
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John David "Dave" Jarrett (born 18 November 1970 in Denver, Colorado
) was an American
nordic combined
skier who competed in the 1990s. He finished seventh in the 3 x 10 km team event at the 1994 Winter Olympics
in Lillehammer
. He also finished 4th in the Team Event at the World Championships in 1995 in Thunder Bay, Canada. He was also 5th in Trondheim, Norway World Championships in the team event. He had many consistent top 15 and top 20 World Cup results as well. He was the first one in his peer group to actually score World Cup points in 1994 in Steamboat, Colorado with a 13th place. It is important to note at that time WC points were only awarded to the top 15 finishers in each race.
Since retiring in 1998, he began his coaching career while finishing his degree at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He has a degree in Kinesiology and Applied Physiology. He coached some XC skiers while at CU and when he graduated he moved to Heber City, Utah to start a ski club at Soldier Hollow which was the venue for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. After the 2002 Olympics he took a job with the US Ski Team's Nordic Combined program. Eventually he rose to the headcoaching position in 2008. His team won a Silver Medal in 2007 World Championships in Sapporo, Janpan. Billy Demong taking the Silver in the Individual Gundersen. In 2009, his team won 3 Golds and 1 Bronze at the World Championships in Liberec, CZE. Those medals split between Todd Lodwick with 2 Golds and Billy Demong with Gold and Bronze. In the 2010 his team won 4 out of the 7 medals possible in Nordic Combined skiing at the Olympic Winter Games. Johnny Spillane won 3 Silver Medals, Billy Demong won 1 Gold and 1 Silver and the Nordic Combined Team won the Silver Medal in the Team Event with Billy Demong, Johnny Spillane, Todd Lodwick, and Brett Camertota.
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
) was an American
United States
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nordic combined
Nordic combined
The Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping.- History :While Norwegian soldiers are known to have been competing in Nordic skiing since the 19th century, the first major competition in Nordic combined was held in 1892 in Oslo at the...
skier who competed in the 1990s. He finished seventh in the 3 x 10 km team event at the 1994 Winter Olympics
1994 Winter Olympics
The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Lillehammer failed to win the bid for the 1992 event. Lillehammer was awarded the games in 1988, after having beat...
in Lillehammer
Lillehammer
is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of May 2011, the population of the town of Lillehammer was...
. He also finished 4th in the Team Event at the World Championships in 1995 in Thunder Bay, Canada. He was also 5th in Trondheim, Norway World Championships in the team event. He had many consistent top 15 and top 20 World Cup results as well. He was the first one in his peer group to actually score World Cup points in 1994 in Steamboat, Colorado with a 13th place. It is important to note at that time WC points were only awarded to the top 15 finishers in each race.
Since retiring in 1998, he began his coaching career while finishing his degree at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He has a degree in Kinesiology and Applied Physiology. He coached some XC skiers while at CU and when he graduated he moved to Heber City, Utah to start a ski club at Soldier Hollow which was the venue for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. After the 2002 Olympics he took a job with the US Ski Team's Nordic Combined program. Eventually he rose to the headcoaching position in 2008. His team won a Silver Medal in 2007 World Championships in Sapporo, Janpan. Billy Demong taking the Silver in the Individual Gundersen. In 2009, his team won 3 Golds and 1 Bronze at the World Championships in Liberec, CZE. Those medals split between Todd Lodwick with 2 Golds and Billy Demong with Gold and Bronze. In the 2010 his team won 4 out of the 7 medals possible in Nordic Combined skiing at the Olympic Winter Games. Johnny Spillane won 3 Silver Medals, Billy Demong won 1 Gold and 1 Silver and the Nordic Combined Team won the Silver Medal in the Team Event with Billy Demong, Johnny Spillane, Todd Lodwick, and Brett Camertota.