Education
Mack Miller studied at Western State College of Colorado.
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Mack Miller
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He represented the United States twice at the Winter Olympics. He represented the university in various cross-country skiing tournaments. In between, in 1958, he was the highest-ranked American cross-country skier in the Nordic Championship.
Along with Sven Johansson from Anchorage, Mack Miller was the most prominent American cross country skier of his era.
(Sven Johansson, however, could represent the United States only in the 1960 Olympics because of his naturalization process)
Highlights
1956 –– Competes in Olympic Men"s 4x10 km Cross-country Ski Relay, ranked 12th with personal time in the 2nd leg of 0:37:22 and total team time of 2:32:04. Relay teammates were Ted Farwell, Larry Damon and Marvin Crawford.
Mack Miller was born in Salt Lake City. He is the son of the late children"s fiction author Helen Markley Miller.
Mack and his sport formed the inspiration for Mistress
Miller"s sixth novel, Ski fast, ski long (1960). He is also featured in the 2012 book Brundage Mountain – Best Snow in Idaho by Eve Chandler. They engaged in potato farming.
