Steve Cook (born July 11, 1968) is an American former amateur skier and ski coach. Cook won seven

Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

medals, seven Disabled World Championship medals and the Disabled World Cup Overall during an 11-year period. In 2016, Cook was inducted into the Alf Engen Ski Museum Hall of Fame.

Biography

Born in New Hampshire, Cook lost his right leg in 1988 in a farming accident. After his recovery, Cook decided to become a competitive skier. In 2002, Cook won a U.S. record four medals (all silver) in cross country skiing during the

2002 Paralympic Winter Games The 2002 Winter Paralympics, the eighth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, from March 7 to 16, 2002. A total of 416 athletes from 36 nations participated. They were the first Winter Paralympics in the Ameri ...

in Salt Lake City. In 2005 he won two gold medals and a bronze to win the Disabled World Cup title at Fort Kent, Maine, in the Disabled World Championships that doubled as World Cup races. At the 2006 Paralympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy, Cook won two gold medals and a silver. In 2007, Cook retired from racing. Working at the National Ability Center in Park City, Utah, Cook helped develop a

Nordic skiing Nordic skiing encompasses the various types of skiing in which the toe of the ski boot is fixed to the Ski binding, binding in a manner that allows the heel to rise off the ski, unlike alpine skiing, where the boot is attached to the ski from toe ...

program for disabled athletes. He later worked with the Park City Junior Nordic Ski Team. In 2014, Cook became Head Coach and Junior Program Director of the Utah Nordic Alliance. Cook is a resident of Salt Lake City, Utah.

References

Living people American male cross-country skiers Paralympic cyclists for the United States Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Paralympic cross-country skiers for the United States Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 2002 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Place of birth missing (living people) 1968 births Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing {{US-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub