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Jimmie Heuga
Inducted: 2008
Induction Class: Vlade Divac (Basketball), Warrick Dunn (Football), Jimmie Heuga (Alpine Skiing)
Sport: Olympic Games (Alpine Skiing)
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Community Focus: Health & Disease
Foundation: The Heuga Center for Multiple Sclerosis
Two-time Olympic ski racer Jimmie Heuga, who at the 1964 Innsbruck Olympic Games became one of the first Americans along with Billy Kidd to medal in the alpine events and pioneer in the approach to living with multiple sclerosis (MS), was inducted into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame. Heuga was iducted as a part of the Class of 2008, which included football great Warrick Dunn and international basketball legend Vlade Divac.
Jimmie Huega began competing when he was five years old and, at 15, he was the youngest man ever named to the U.S. Ski Team. In 1964, Heuga won a bronze medal in slalom at the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. He went on to finish third in point standings in the World Cup giant slalom and was the first American to win the prestigious Arlberg-Kandahar race in Garmisch, Germany. Despite the onset of undiagnosed symptoms of multiple sclerosis, Heuga competed in the 1968 Olympics, and joined the professional racing circuit. At the height of his career, Heuga was diagnosed with MS. Rather then avoiding physical activity, he became an example for the management of MS, reclaiming his life despite the disease. Heuga helped to change the standard of living for people diagnosed with MS by focusing on exercise, nutrition and psychological motivation.
Heuga founded The Heuga Center for Multiple Sclerosis to teach others his philosophy of living and to help inspire a proactive approach to managing MS. He has received many awards for his guidance and dedication to the field, including the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Texaco Star Award and the President’s Council on Physical Fitness. Today, the center focuses on programs that empower people and families dealing with MS, in the hopes of improving quality of life.