Robert Emerson

Robert Emerson competed in giant slalom for LW2 disability at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. This is for athletes missing a lower limb above the knee. Emerson lost his leg at age nine in a truck accident, when he was sitting in the back of a pick-up truck and the truck rolled. He started skiing in disabled events at age 14. At the time of the Calgary Games, Emerson was working as a carpenter on custom-built homes.