J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Pete Karns digital photograph collection
Karns, Peter Van, 1945-
P0935
862 megabytes
258 digital images
1960-1970s
The Pete Karns digital photograph collection contains images of Karns and other skiers training for, and competing in, the biathlon during the 1972 Olympic Winter Games. Photographs of Karns and others playing soccer, biking, and images of the 1964-1967 University of Utah ski teams are also included. The collection consists entirely of digital scans.
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Pete Karns (1945 - )
Pete Karns carved an impressive legacy of accomplishment at every level of skiing competition – juniors, collegiate, Olympic, Masters and coaching. A native of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Karns was a dominant competitor in slalom, downhill, cross-country and jumping in the region's junior ranks starting in 1955. His triumphs in cross-country and Skimeister (4-way combined) events as a member of the University of Utah Ski Team between 1964 and 1967 earned him NCAA All-American honors in 1966. In 1967 he won the cross-country title in the 1967 Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Championships.
Pete placed first in the U.S. Biathlon National Championships in 1970 and 1972. In 1972 he was a member of the U.S. Olympic Biathlon Team that placed 6th in the Sapporo, Japan, Olympic Games, the highest ever by a U.S. team in that event up to that time. He was second in the 1980 U.S. Biathlon National Championships and second in the team relay in the 1985 World Masters Cross-country Championships.
Karns served as a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee from 1973 to 1976, the same years he coached the U.S. Biathlon Team. He coached the U.S. Olympic Biathlon Team in 1976 and was Chief of Timing for Biathlon during the 1980 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York. During the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Karns served as chief of forerunners for biathlon events.
Karns was inducted into the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame in 2007. The above biograpical note is from that event.
Peter Karns holds two records for best finishes by an American in biathlon set during the 1972 Olympic Winter Games in Sapporo. He placed 14th in the 20-kilometer biathlon and was on the U.S. relay team that placed sixth in the biathlon relay. These records still stand today. Karns competed with the University team from 1964-1967. In the NCAA championships, he placed third in 1965 and second in 1966. His favorite event was cross-country, in which he placed fourth in the NCAA in 1966. That year he was also named NCAA All-American. Prior to his Olympic experience, he was a two-time national champion in the U.S. biathlon competition. Karns was a coach for the U.S. biathlon team from 1973-1976 and also coached the team for the 1976 Games in Innsbruck, Austria. (Information copied from http://www.alumni.utah.edu/continuum/winter01/tty.html)
The Pete Karns collection contains images of Karns and other skiers training for, and competing in, the biathlon during the 1972 Olympic Winter Games. Photographs of Karns and others playing soccer, biking, and images of the 1964-1967 University of Utah ski teams are also included. The collection consists entirely of digital scans.
The original images were loaned to the library and were scanned and then returned to the donor. These images are available online. The image files can be requested, but the library no longer has the original images.
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
See also the Peter Karns papers (ACCN 1958) located in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.
Processed by Jamie Colton and Mary Ann Curtis in 2002.
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This collection forms part of the Utah Ski and Snowboard Archive, which is part of the S.J. Quinney Outdoor Recreation Archive
University of Utah--Skiing--Photographs
Biathlon--Photographs
Olympic Athletes--Photographs
Skiers--Photographs
Sports and Recreation
Photographs
Digital photographs
General images
Biathlon Training
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- 1-7: Pete Karns and other skiers participating in a biathlon (P0935n01_01_05 is duplicate of P0935n01_02_07)
- 8: Olympic opening or closing ceremonies
- 9-11: Pete Karns and other skiers participating in a biathlon
Biathlon Training
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- 1: Biathlete shooting
- 2: Cyclist
- 3: Soccer players
- 4-7: Biathlete at target practice
- 8: Pete Karns in soccer uniform
- 9: Ski racer
- 10: Portrait of Pete Karns (?)
- 11-12: Pete Karns hiking
- 13: Pete Karns running
- 14: Biathlete
Olympic Training
1972
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- 1: 1972 Olympic opening ceremonies in Sapporo, Japan
- 2-3: Photo of members of a United States Olympic biathlon team, with signatures of the members. The photograph dates from the 1970s and may depict the 1976 Olympic team.
- 4: United States Olympian biathlete
- 5-14: Biathletes training
- 15: Glass bottle
- 16-20: Soccer game
- 21: Unidentified man
- 22-25: Pete Karns (?) and unidentified woman
- 26-28: Soccer game
- 29-30: Men and women eating and talking
- 31-42: Soccer game
- 43-44: Unidentified man
- 45-46: Unidentified woman
- 47: Unidentified man
- 48-51: Soccer game
- 52-54: Unidentified man
- 55-79: Foot race and awards
- 80-81: Helicopter
- 82: Biathlon target
- 83-102: Biathlon (P0935n01_03_087 is a duplicate of P0935n01_03_085; P0935n01_03_089 and P0935n01_03_090 are duplicates of P0935n01_02_06; P0935n01_03_100 is a duplicate of P0935n01_02_07)
- 103: Woman climbing into a car
- 104-106: Parachuting
- 107-109: Unidentified
- 110-111: Fish in a stream (duplicates)
- 112: Biathlete at target practice
- 113-116: Men resting during training camp
- 117-142: Biathletes at target practice
- 143-162: Biathletes cross training (P0935n01_03_145 is a duplicate of P0935n01_02_02)
- 163-170: Biathletes competing
- 171-196: Biathletes at target practice and cross training (P0935n01_03_175 is a duplicate of P0935n01_02_05; P0935n01_03_177 is a duplicate of P0935n01_02_01)
- 197-207: Soccer game (P0935n01_03_203 is duplicate of P0935n01_03_35; P0935n01_03_205 is duplicate of P0935n01_03_33; P0935n01_03_206 is duplicate of P0935n01_03_32; P0935n01_03_207 is duplicate of P0935n01_03_31)
- 208-216: Biathletes at target practice and cross training (P0935n01_03_216 is duplicate of P0935n01_03_12
- 217-218: Biathletes at target practice and cross training (duplicates)
- 219-229: Biathletes at target practice and cross training
- 230-231: Biathletes at target practice and cross training (duplicates)
- 232-235: Biathletes at target practice and cross training
General images
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- 1: University of Utah Men's ski team holding a plaque
- 2: University of Utah ski team practicing on grass
- 3: Ski racer
- 4: Ski racer, duplicate of P0935n01_01_02.
- 5: 1963 U of U Ski Team. Top Row, Left to Right: Matz Jensen (1964 Norwegian Olympic Team), Hadd Christensen, Fritjof Prydz (1970 World Ski Flying Champion), Fox Goddard, Pete Karns (1968 U.S. Olympic Team), Bjorn Loken (World Champion of Sailing, circa 1975), Marvin Melville, David Engen, Rich Groth, and John Miller.
- 6: University of Utah Men's ski team at the football stadium
- 7: 1965 University of Utah ski. Top row, Left to Right: Rich Groth, Ladd Christensen, John Miller, Howard Collins, Matz Jensen, and Marvin Melville (coach). Bottom row, Left to Right: Steve Clegg, Peter Karns, Karen Korfanta, Jean Saubert, Maria Witherall, Bjorn Loken, and David Engen.
- 8: University of Utah Men's ski team at the football stadium
- 9: University of Utah ski team practicing on grass
- 10: University of Utah ski team practicing
- 11: Portrait of Pete Karns