BIOGRAPHY

Chris is an Olympic Snowboarder who received a liver transplant in 2000 to treat Primary sclerosing cholangitis. He went on to compete in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. This was the first and so far only time a transplantee had competed in the Olympics, either winter or summer. He also won a bronze medal, and lit the torch at the 2002 U.S. Transplant Games. In 2004 he released a book called To the Edge and Back: My Story from Organ Transplant Survivor to Olympic Snowboarder

Athletic Achievements

• 2004 Nor Am Cup
• 2004 Grand Prix
• 2003 Continental Cup
• 2003 King of the Mountain
• 2002 US Nationals
• Competed in 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics
• Bronze Medal at the 2002 US Transplant Games
• 2001 US Nationals
• Compete in 1998 Nagano Olympics