Bruce Lindsay Grant (1963–1995) was an
alpine skier
Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...
from New Zealand.
In the
1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...
at Sarajevo, Grant came 31st in the downhill event.
His sister
Christine Grant Christine Grant may refer to:
* Christine Grant (administrator), American academic administrator
*Christine Grant (alpine skier) (born 1962), New Zealand alpine skier
*Christine Grant (scientist)
Christine Sharon Grant is an American chemical en ...
competed at the same Olympics, also in alpine skiing.
On 13 August 1995, Grant died during a violent storm while descending from the summit of
K2 in Pakistan.
See also
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1995 K2 disaster
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List of deaths on eight-thousanders
The eight-thousanders are the 14 mountains that rise more than above sea level; they are all in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges.
This is a list of mountaineers who have died on these mountains.
Mount Everest
Mount Everest, E ...
References
External links
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The Leading Edge (movie)Cast: Mathurin Molgat, Bruce Grant, Christine Grant, Evan Bloomfield, Mark Whetu, Melanie Forbes,
Billy T. James. 74 minutes, 1987.
1960 births
1995 deaths
New Zealand male alpine skiers
Olympic alpine skiers for New Zealand
Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
New Zealand mountain climbers
Mountaineering deaths on K2
Accidental deaths in Pakistan
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