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Notable Honorees Marc Girardelli • Alberto Tomba

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Mikaela Shiffrin
Mikaela Shiffrin
American skier
Raich, Benjamin
Benjamin Raich
Austrian skier
Janica Kostelić
Croatian skier
Pärson, Anja
Anja Pärson
Swedish skier
Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety
American skier
Marcel Hirscher
Austrian skier
Picabo Street
American skier
Andrea Mead Lawrence
Andrea Mead Lawrence
American skier
Rosi Mittermaier
German skier
Anton Sailer
Austrian skier
Jean-Claude Killy
French skier
Vreni Schneider
Swiss skier
Ingemar Stenmark
Ingemar Stenmark
Swedish skier
Hanni Wenzel
Liechtensteiner skier
Sir Arnold Lunn
British athlete
Marielle Goitschel
French skier
Phil Mahre
American skier
Christine Goitschel
French skier

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