Bill Marolt

{{Short description|American alpine ski racer, coach, and sports administrator}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|9|1}}

| birth_place = Aspen, Colorado, U.S.

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| height = 178 cm

| weight = 80 kg

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| sport = Alpine skiing

| club = Aspen Ski Club
University of Colorado

| retired = 1968

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William Charles Marolt (born September 1, 1943) is a retired American alpine ski racer, coach, and sports administrator. Originally from Aspen, Colorado, Marolt made the U.S. Olympic team in 1964 at age twenty and was twelfth in the giant slalom. Domestically, he won four individual NCAA titles:{{cite book|title=Ski|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JWiHzhzY5nIC&pg=PA162|date=November 1979|pages=162, 166, 168|issn=0037-6159}} downhill (1963, 1965), slalom (1966), and combined (1966).

After graduating from the University of Colorado in Boulder, Marolt was a ski coach there, leading the Buffaloes to seven consecutive NCAA titles from 1972 through 1978. He then became a national coach, but after the 1984 Winter Olympics, returned to Boulder to succeed the retiring Eddie Crowder as CU's athletic director,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FchYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9oIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7036%2C864449 |work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |agency=Associated Press |title=Marolt named AD at Colorado |date=August 3, 1984 |page=B6}} and remained in that position for twelve years.

In 1996, Marolt was appointed president and chief executive officer of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rklWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IusDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6248%2C4214656 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency= wire services |title=People in sports |date=July 18, 1996 |page=2D}} and retired in 2014. He is a member of the National Ski Hall of Fame and the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame. His elder brother Max was also an Olympic alpine racer.