Ronald 'Boris' Duncan CPhys (born 4 September 1962) is a former

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who competed on the annual

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circuit from 1981-1993, at four

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and at the

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and 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 ...

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. He set up @UK PLC in 1999.

Sporting career

In 1980 and 1983, Duncan was the British men's

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champion. He was also the men's

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champion in 1991 and men's combined champion in 1983 and 1991. Duncan's best finish on the world cup circuit was in the downhill on 15 March 1990, when he finished in 13th place at

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. At the

, Duncan finished 37th in the men's

and '

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' the men's

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. In the

he finished 31st in the men's downhill, 40th in the men's

and 'did not finish' the men's combined. From 2002-04 Duncan was the chairman of the British Ski and Snowboard Federation, trading as Snowsport GB, the governing body for skiing and snowboarding in Great Britain.

Business career

Duncan is the co-founder and chairman of @UK PLC. Previously, he ran a computer software consultancy. In 2014 and 2015 he was shortlisted for Entrepreneur of the Year, at the

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Quoted Company Awards.

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* 1962 births Living people British male alpine skiers Scottish male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Great Britain Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge People educated at Strathallan School {{UK-alpine-skiing-bio-stub

Sporting career

Business career

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