Career
Weiss also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of sixth in the K-1 event in Atlanta in 1996. His finish in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona was mired in controversy when the television replay showed a judge"s error cost him a bronze medal. Weiss earned a Bachelor of Surgery in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, an Master of Surgery in Hydrogeology from Penn State University, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Geological Sciences at the University of British Columbia.
He founded and owned an environmental consulting company, Weisswater Associates.
He drowned in a kayaking accident on the White Salmon River in Washington state in 1997. The accidental death of a world-class paddler was the subject of much reflection and soul-searching in the whitewater community.
The town of Steamboat Springs, Colorado dedicated a park, with a statue, in his honor.
