Pete Karns digital photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P0935

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Peter Karns holds two records for best finishes by an American in biathlon set during the 1972 Olympic Winter Games in Sapporo. He placed 14th in the 20-kilometer biathlon and was on the U.S. relay team that placed sixth in the biathlon relay. These records still stand today. Karns competed with the University team from 1964-1967. In the NCAA championships, he placed third in 1965 and second in 1966. His favorite event was cross-country, in which he placed fourth in the NCAA in 1966. That year he was also named NCAA All-American. Prior to his Olympic experience, he was a two-time national champion in the U.S. biathlon competition. Karns was a coach for the U.S. biathlon team from 1973-1976 and also coached the team for the 1976 Games in Innsbruck, Austria. (Information copied from http://www.alumni.utah.edu/continuum/winter01/tty.html)

The Pete Karns collection contains images of Karns and other skiers training for, and competing in, the biathlon during the 1972 Olympic Winter Games. Photographs of Karns and others playing soccer, biking, and images of the 1964-1967 University of Utah ski teams are also included. The collection consists entirely of digital scans.

Dates

1960-1970s

Creator

Karns, Peter Van, 1945- (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Note

Pete Karns (1945 - )

Pete Karns carved an impressive legacy of accomplishment at every level of skiing competition – juniors, collegiate, Olympic, Masters and coaching. A native of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Karns was a dominant competitor in slalom, downhill, cross-country and jumping in the region’s junior ranks starting in 1955. His triumphs in cross-country and Skimeister (4-way combined) events as a member of the University of Utah Ski Team between 1964 and 1967 earned him NCAA All-American honors in 1966. In 1967 he won the cross-country title in the 1967 Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Championships.

Pete placed first in the U.S. Biathlon National Championships in 1970 and 1972. In 1972 he was a member of the U.S. Olympic Biathlon Team that placed 6th in the Sapporo, Japan, Olympic Games, the highest ever by a U.S. team in that event up to that time. He was second in the 1980 U.S. Biathlon National Championships and second in the team relay in the 1985 World Masters Cross-country Championships.

Karns served as a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee from 1973 to 1976, the same years he coached the U.S. Biathlon Team. He coached the U.S. Olympic Biathlon Team in 1976 and was Chief of Timing for Biathlon during the 1980 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York. During the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Karns served as chief of forerunners for biathlon events.

Karns was inducted into the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame in 2007. The above biograpical note is from that event.

Extent

271 digital images

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Pete Karns digital photograph collection contains images of Karns and other skiers training for, and competing in, the biathlon during the 1972 Olympic Winter Games. Photographs of Karns and others playing soccer, biking, and images of the 1964-1967 University of Utah ski teams are also included. The collection consists entirely of digital scans.