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18 unusual facts about Placer County


Almicare Rotta

Following the refusal of the Organizing Committee at Squaw Valley to construct a bobsleigh track for the 1960 Winter Olympics, he chaired the organization of the extraordinary event in Cortina d'Ampezzo that allowed bobsleigh to be held in spite of the 1960 Games.

Australia men's national ice hockey team

Australia's ice hockey team has participated in just one Winter Olympics: the 1960 Games in Squaw Valley, California.

Biathlon at the Winter Olympics

Biathlon debuted at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley with the men's 20 km individual event.

Black Mountain of Maine

The cross-country trails were designed by Rumford native and two-time Olympian Chummy Broomhall, who also designed the cross country trails for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California and the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York.

Émile Allais

After a spell in North and South America (Squaw Valley, California and Portillo, Chile) Allais held the post of technical director at Courchevel from 1954 to 1964, where he introduced many ideas from the U.S. regarding slope preparation and piste security.

Jack McCartan

His heroics helped the U.S. team defeat such powerful teams as Canada, the Soviet Union, and Czechoslovakia and win the gold medal at Squaw Valley.

John Mayasich

Mayasich played on both the 1956 Olympic silver medal team in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy and the 1960 Olympic Gold Medal team in Squaw Valley, California.

Kviteseid

Here, the Olympic Flame was lit for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, and 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.

Lars Dahlqvist

He finished eighth in the Nordic combined event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.

Liv Jagge-Christiansen

She participated at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley and at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, competing in downhill, slalom and giant slalom.

Louis Saint-Calbre

Saint-Calibre later was involved in the unsuccessful design for the bobsleigh course to be used for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, specifically with costs related to the course itself (USD300,000) instead of the course and its supporting area (grandstands, scoreboard, lighting, tramway, etc. which raised the cost to USD700,000).

Max Bolkart

He finished fourth in the individual large hill at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo and sixth in the same event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.

Morgedal

The Olympic Flames for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo and the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, and the flame used in the national torch relay for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer (which was later used as the flame for the 1994 Winter Paralympics), were all lit at the birthplace of Sondre Norheim, Øvrebø in Morgedal.

Pekka Ristola

He finished fourth in the Nordic combined event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.

Placer County, California

In the State Assembly, Placer is part of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th districts, which are held by Republican Dan Logue, Republican Beth Gaines and Democrat Richard Pan respectively.

Robert R. Odén

In 1959 the U.S. Olympic Committee asked him to be the official team doctor for the United States Ski Team during the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California.

Squaw Valley, California

Squaw Valley, Placer County, California, community in Placer County, California and host of the 1960 Winter Olympics

Ulf Sterner

His first Olympics came in 1960 in Squaw Valley.


Anthony Chabot

He was involved in several other businesses during this time, including a paper mill in Stockton, the Judson Manufacturing Company in Oakland, the Pioneer Pulp Mill Company near Alta (Placer County), the Puget Sound Iron Company, and a large tract of land in Washington state for the cultivation of cranberries.

East Snow Mountain Falls

East Snow Mountain Falls is a seasonal waterfall dropping 2,200 feet (670.56 m) off the east face of Snow Mountain in the drainage of the American River in Placer County, California.

North Tahoe High School

North Tahoe High School is a high school located in the eastern Placer County settlement of Tahoe City, California, on the northern side of Lake Tahoe.