Darcy Downs (born August 26, 1968) is a Canadian

freestyle skier Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ...

. A versatile skier, he was three-time second of the World Cup combined standings (

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and

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) and he won the overall title in 1997. He also stood out during the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships: he won a silver medal in the combined at La Clusaz in 1995 and won gold two years later at Nagano.

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* 1968 births Living people Canadian male freestyle skiers {{Canada-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub