Johnny Spillane
Spillane in 2010
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||
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November 24, 1980 Steamboat Springs, Colorado, U.S. |
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| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Nordic combined | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SSWSC, Steamboat Springs | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Johnny Spillane (born November 24, 1980) is an American athlete who competes in nordic combined, a combination event consisting of ski jumping and cross country skiing. Spillane is a world champion and three-time Olympic silver medalist. He announced his retirement for Nordic combined April 18, 2013.
Spillane was born to Jim and Nancy Spillane on November 24, 1980. He was raised in Steamboat Springs, Colorado and graduated from the Lowell Whiteman School. As a child, he lived only blocks from Howelsen Hill, where he saw ski jumping for the first time and became interested in trying the sport. Despite his early interest, and the fact that he first began skiing at the age of 2, he did not try ski jumping until he was 11. For the first couple years, he used alpine skis on jumps, not getting his first pair of jumping skis until he was 13. Johnny married wife Hilary, a photographer and designer in 2008. They welcomed first daughter Hadley in 2010, and second daughter Genevieve in 2012. Johnny is the brother to legendary Yampa-Valley fly-fisherman, Sam Spillane, known locally as "Dingleberry Gary".
Spillane made the United States team for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan but did not compete in any events. The next year at the 1999 World Championships he placed 32nd in the individual event and 37th in sprint. Two years later, at the 2001 World Championships, he placed 32nd again in the individual event but vaulted to 14th place in the sprint event. At his second Olympics, the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, he finished 32nd in both sprint and individual events.
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