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William Dean Johnson (March 30, 1960 – January 21, 2016) was an American World Cup alpine ski racer. By winning the downhill at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, Johnson became the first American male to win an Olympic gold medal in alpine skiing and the first racer not from an Alpine country to win an Olympic downhill race.
Behind the first US gold medal in Alpine skiing is an incredible story, and not only about sport - discover Bill Johnson, the maverick skier who won America's first Olympic title, at Sarajevo 1984. 5 min By Gisella Fava.
Jan 21, 2016 · Olympic champion Bill Johnson, whose storybook 1984 season ushered in a new era for American ski racing, passed away on January 21, 2016, at an assisted living facility outside Portland at the age of 55.
Jan 22, 2016 · Jan. 22, 2016. Bill Johnson, a swaggering skier who in 1984 became the first American man to win an Olympic gold medal in downhill skiing, but whose life took a sharp, precipitous turn soon...
Jan 22, 2016 · Bill Johnson, the first American skier to win an Olympic downhill title, has died after a long illness, the U.S. ski team said Friday. He was 55.
Jan 22, 2016 · Bill Johnson, the first American man to win an Olympic gold medal in alpine skiing, has died at the age of 55 after a long illness. Johnson won the men's downhill event at the 1984 Winter Games...
Bill Johnson won three World Cup downhills and in 1984, he was the Olympic Downhill Gold Medalist at Sarajevo – the first American skier to win an Olympic downhill medal. William Bill Johnson was born in Los Angeles, California on March 30, 1960.
