James Marvin Barrier (August 7, 1940 – August 26, 2000) was an American alpine ski racer and a member of the

United States Ski Team The U.S. Ski Team, operating under the auspices of U.S. Ski & Snowboard, develops and supports men's and women's athletes in the sports of alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, cross-country, ski jumping, and Nordic combined. Since 1974 the team and ...

. He competed in two events at the 1960 Winter Olympics. Born and raised in

Wallace, Idaho Wallace, Idaho is a city in and the county seat of Shoshone County, Idaho, in the Silver Valley mining district of the Idaho Panhandle. Founded in 1884, Wallace sits alongside the South Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River (and Interstate 90), app ...

, Barrier learned to race at nearby

Lookout Pass Lookout Pass is a mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of the northwestern United States. In the Coeur d'Alene Mountains of the Bitterroot Range, the pass is on the border between Idaho and Montana, traversed by Interstate 90 (formerly U.S. Route ...

Olympic results

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1940 births 2000 deaths American male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for the United States Alpine skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics People from Wallace, Idaho Sportspeople from Idaho {{US-alpine-skiing-bio-stub