- Born
- Died
- Birth nameSteven Paul Holcomb
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Steve Holcomb was born on April 14, 1980 in Park City, Utah, USA. He died on May 6, 2017 in Lake Placid, New York, USA.
- Olympic champion, four-man bobsled (2010). Two-time World Champion (2009, 2012).
- He won 60 World Cup medals in his career, 10 more at the world championships, and three in the Winter Olympics.
- He battled keratoconus, a disease which can cause blindness. His eyesight was saved by surgery that turned his 20-500 vision into something close to perfect.
- He was a member of the Utah Army National Guard and the Army World Class Athlete Program.
- Was diagnosed with keratoconus in 2001, a degenerative eye disease. He struggled with his blurred vision, but never stopped racing. He drove a bobsled by feel instead of by sight, giving him the ability to guide a sled with precision and grace down the mile-long iced tracks.
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