| 词条 | Alf Engen |
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| name = Alf Engen | birth_name = Alf Marinius Engen | birth_date = {{birth date|1909|5|15}} | birth_place = Mjøndalen, Nedre Eiker, Buskerud county, Norway | death_date = {{death date and age|1997|7|20|1909|5|15}} | death_place = Salt Lake City, Utah | death_cause = | alma_mater = | occupation = Skier and ski school teacher/owner | religion = | nationality = Norwegian, American | party = | monuments = Alf Engen Ski Museum | residence = | other_names = | boards = | title = | spouse = Evelyn Pack Engen (1917–2010) (m. 1937–1997, his death)[1] | children = 2[2] | resting_place = Centerville City Cemetery, Centerville, Utah | known_for = skiing pioneer in U.S. }}Alf Marinius Engen (May 15, 1909–July 20, 1997) was a Norwegian-American skier. He set several ski jumping world records during the 1930s and helped establish numerous ski areas in the Western United States. Engen is best known for his ski school at Alta in Utah and as the pioneer of powder skiing.[3][4] BackgroundBorn in Norway in the town of Mjøndalen, in Nedre Eiker municipality in Buskerud county, Engen was the first son of Trond and Martha Oen Engen. His two younger brothers, Sverre (1911–2001) and Corey (1916–2006), were also accomplished skiers. As the first-born son of a famous skiing father, Engen was naturally reared to ski. After his father died of the Spanish flu in 1918 when he was 9, Engen's mother moved the family the short distance to the small town of Steinberg. In 1929 at age 20, Alf and his brother Sverre (age 18) emigrated to the United States, first settling in Chicago, then relocating to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1931. Their widowed mother Martha and younger brother Corey (age 17) joined them in 1933.[5] CareerEngen quickly gained a reputation for his world class skiing skills. Although primarily a ski jumper when he arrived in the U.S., he quickly mastered alpine skiing and is credited for developing the technique of powder skiing, honed at the Alta Ski Area. The following years he won numerous American and international titles. In 1940, Engen finished first in the National Four-way in Seattle, Washington. Engen was also the recipient of numerous awards including the All-American Ski Trophy, 1937, Americanism Award in 1940, Helm's Hall of Fame Award in 1954; and Skier's Hall of Fame Award in 1956.[6] He helped establish the ski school at Alta, and assisted in the creation of thirty other ski resorts in the western United States. The three Engen brothers helped to popularize skiing in the West, primarily in Utah and Idaho. Alf's son Alan carries on the family tradition at Alta. Alf Engen died in Salt Lake City in 1997, at the age of 88. His two younger brothers both lived to the age of 90.[3][7] Alf Engen Ski MuseumThe Alf Engen Ski Museum is located in the Joe Quinney Winter Sports Center at Utah Olympic Park, four miles north of Park City, Utah. It contains more than 300 trophies, medals, uniforms, scrapbooks, skis, boots, photos, films and other collectables that span some 70 years in the career of the Engen family. The museum's educational component gives school children a skiing-based foundation to study subjects such as the water cycle, physics and Utah's colorful history. The Museum recently added a fully functional virtual ski experience designed and built by Utah-based company Unrivaled. The ride takes you through an amazing downhill ski experience and even gives the authentic feeling of skiing by adding wind and even snow to the overall downhill experience. [8]Video
References1. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.la.com/music/ci_14514474|publisher=LA.com|title='The 'grande Dame' of modern Utah skiing dies|last=Gorrell|first=Mike|agency=(Salt Lake Tribune)|date=March 2, 2010|accessdate=March 29, 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130411054832/http://www.la.com/music/ci_14514474|archivedate=April 11, 2013|df=}} 2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/deseretnews/obituary.aspx?pid=160748264#fbLoggedOut|newspaper=Deseret News|title=Jon S. Engen - obituary|date=October 31, 2012|accessdate=March 29, 2013}} 3. ^1 {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/22/sports/alf-engen-88-skiing-champion-and-designer-of-ski-resorts.html|newspaper=New York Times |title=Obituaries: Alf Engen, 88, skiing champion and designer of ski resorts |last=Litsky|first=Frank|date=July 22, 1997|accessdate=March 29, 2013}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/573369/Skiing-legend-Alf-Engen-dies-at-88.html?pg=all|newspaper=Deseret News|last=Grass |first=Ray |title=Skiing legend Alf Engen dies at 88 |date=July 21, 1997|accessdate=March 29, 2013}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.kued.org/?area=productions&action=details&id=4|title=Alf Engen: Utah's Athlete of the Century|publisher=KUED public television|agency=(The University of Utah)|year=2002|accessdate=March 29, 2013}} 6. ^[https://archive.is/20120713150730/http://content.lib.utah.edu/u?/UU_EAD,1380 Alf Engen Ski Museum Foundation (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah)] 7. ^Alf Engen (Utah Encyclopedia) 8. ^About the Alf Engen Ski Museum (Alf Engen Ski Museum) {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222115224/http://www.engenmuseum.org/aboutus |date=2010-12-22 }} External links
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