Larry Damon

Larry Damon attended the University of Vermont, graduating in 1955, and competed for the University of Vermont Outing Club. He competed on US military biathlon teams in 1958-59, and in 1961 won US championships over 15 and 30 km in cross-country skiing. However, Damon was also an excellent runner, finishing 10th in the 1962 Boston Marathon in 2-34:05.

Damon married Norwegian Olympic cross-country skier, Babben Enger, and they lived briefly in Norway, where Larry won the 1968 Norwegian title in Snipe Class sailing. But they later settled in Vermont where Damon became a ski instructor at the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe. He also worked for a time as a draftsman. Damon’s hobby was playing jazz cornet in a jazz band. His band, “Z–Jazz”, played throughout Central Vermont for 10 years.