[7] Three Canadians, Ken Read, Steve Podborski, and Todd Brooker, have won the race,[6] and American runners-up were A. J. Kitt (1992),[7] and Bode Miller (2008, 2011).

[9] He lost a ski and a pole and eventually crossed the finish line, but was fourteen seconds back in a distant 37th place, which knocked him down to seventh in the combined standings.

[15] At the 1964 Olympics at Innsbruck, Werner placed eighth in the slalom at Axamer Lizum, behind medalist teammates Billy Kidd (silver) and Jimmie Heuga (bronze), and seventeenth in the downhill at Patscherkofel.

Although Werner never won an Olympic or World Championship medal, he is considered the first world-class ski racer from the U.S. and excelled in all three alpine disciplines.

Following the Olympics, the 1964 racing season concluded March 22 at the U.S. Alpine Championships in Winter Park, Colorado,[18] and Werner retired from competition at age 28 and started a new career.

[16][19] Werner and German racer (and Olympic medalist) Barbi Henneberger, age 23, were caught in an avalanche on the Trais Fleur slope, near St. Moritz.

[26] Initially acquitted,[27] the prosecution later won a conviction on appeal, of manslaughter by negligence,[28] and Bogner received a two-month suspended sentence.

[29] After a memorial service in Denver, Werner's funeral in Steamboat Springs overflowed the United Methodist Church,[2] and he was buried at the city cemetery at the base of Howelson Hill.