Holcomb, Steven, 1980-2017

LC control no.	no2013000230
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Personal name heading	Holcomb, Steven, 1980-2017 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Biography/History note	Steven Holcomb (1980-2017) was a skier and American Olympic bobsledder who was diagnosed with keratoconus and underwent a procedure to prevent blindness. He divided his time between Park City, Utah, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Lake Placid, N.Y.
Located	Colorado Springs (Colo.) Lake Placid (N.Y.) Park City (Utah)
Birth date	1980-04-14
Death date	2017-05-06?
Place of birth	Park City (Utah)
Place of death	Lake Placid (N.Y.)
Field of activity	Bobsledding Downhill skiing
Affiliation	Olympic Winter Games (22nd : 2014 : Sochi, Russia) Olympic Winter Games (21st : 2010 : Vancouver, B.C.) Olympic Winter Games (20th : 2006 : Turin, Italy)
Profession or occupation	Bobsledders Skiers Olympic athletes Keratoconus--Patients
Found in	His But now I see, c2012: t.p. (Steven Holcomb) Wikipedia, Dec. 18, 2012 (Steven Holcomb, b. April 14, 1980; American Olympic bobsledder who has competed since 1998; prior to joining bobsleigh, was involved in alpine skiing for twelve years; served in the Utah Army National Guard for seven years from March 1999 until July 2006; working on his bachelors degree at the DeVry University in computer science with a projected graduation date of 2016; attained the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America; was diagnosed with keratoconus and underwent a procedure to prevent blindness; b. in Park City, Utah; lives in Colorado Springs, Colo., Lake Placid, N.Y., and Park City, Utah) New York times WWW site, viewed May 9, 2017 (in obituary published May 7: Steven Holcomb; b. Apr. 14, 1980, Park City, Utah; found dead Saturday [May 6, 2017], Lake Placid, N.Y., aged 37; brawny three-time Olympic medalist who overcame a disease that threatened his vision, and then in 2010 piloted a four-man bobsled team to the United States' first gold medal in the event in 62 years)
Associated language	eng