Nelson Carmichael (born November 19, 1965, in

Steamboat Springs, Colorado The City of Steamboat Springs is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Routt County, Colorado, United States. Steamboat Springs is the principal city of the Steamboat Springs, CO Micropolitan Sta ...

) is an American

mogul skier Mogul skiing is a freestyle skiing competition consisting of one timed run of free skiing on a steep, heavily moguled course, stressing technical turns, aerial maneuvers and speed. Internationally, the sport is contested at the FIS Freestyle Worl ...

. He won a

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

at the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

. – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on August 20, 2008) He was with the U.S. team from 1983–1992. Carmichael was a two-time World Cup Grand Prix Mogul champion, won 12 individual World Cup event titles, was a six- time U.S. National Mogul champion and a Pro-Mogul champion. Carmichael married fellow Olympic skier

Caroline Lalive Caroline Lalive (born August 10, 1979) is an American former alpine skier who competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics and 2002 Winter Olympics. She was born in Truckee, California Truckee is an incorporated town in Nevada County, California, ...

in 2012. They have one daughter (born 2015).

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* 1965 births Living people Freestyle skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic freestyle skiers for the United States Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in freestyle skiing Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Colorado People from Steamboat Springs, Colorado American male freestyle skiers {{US-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub