Malcolm Milne

Malcolm Milne (born 9 November 1948) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Australia. Some sources give his birth date as 5 November 1948.

Born Beechworth, Victoria, and raised on the family tobacco farm in Myrtleford, Milne competed in his first Olympics in 1968 at Grenoble, France. In an era dominated by Jean-Claude Killy, he finished 24th of 86 starters, with a time only 5.51 seconds behind Killy. It was also the first podium by an alpine racer from the Southern Hemisphere. It also made Milne the first non-European to win a men's World Cup downhill, a feat that is often attributed by Canadians to Ken Read, who won his first on the same course six years later in December 1975. Two months later, Milne captured the bronze medal in the downhill at the World Championships at Val Gardena, Italy, which also counted as a World Cup podium.

Milne trained with the French ski team in Europe,

In 2004 Ski & Snowboard Australia elected Milne a life member for the contribution he has made to the sport by becoming the first World Cup medal winner in Australian winter sports history, and the subsequent impact his performances have had on future athletes.

His brother Ross Milne died during training for the 1964 Winter Olympics. The IOC said that he "caught an edge" and suggested that inexperience played a role. Australian manager John Wagner called Ross a competent ski racer and blamed overcrowding on the slope. Malcolm said that attempts by the IOC to blame Ross motivated him to excel in his sport:

What motivated me most was this suggestion from Europe that skiers from minor [winter sport] countries like Australia and New Zealand should maybe not be allowed to race on difficult courses ... that such accidents might not happen if skiers with less experience were barred from competition. I was only young at the time, but I knew very well that it was a cover-up kind of story. It made me want to prove that we were capable of racing downhill.

World Cup results Top ten finishes 1 win – (1 DH) 2 podiums – (2 DH) 7 top tens (7 DH)

Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom GiantSlalom Super G Downhill Combined 1968 19 — — — not run — not run 1969 20 — — — 1970 21 14 — 38 4 1971 22 39 — — 15 1972 23 37 — — 14 Points were only awarded for top ten finishes (see scoring system).