NU Online News Service, Dec. 4, 10:13 a.m. – The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., Hartford, says Olympic gold medal winner Bill Johnson will participate in its Ski Spectacular in Breckenridge, Colo., Dec. 9-14.
Johnson, the first American to win the Olympic gold medal in men’s downhill skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, suffered a traumatic brain injury in March 2001 while trying out for the 2002 Olympic ski team at age 40.