Richard Dick Henry Durrance (October 23 1914 – June 13 2004) was a 17-time national championship alpine ski racer and one of the first Americans to compete successfully against Europeans. Durrance was born in Tarpon Springs Florida and moved with his family at age 13 in 1928 to Munich Germany where he learned to ski at nearby Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Durrance raced competitively in Germany and won the German Junior Alpine Championship in 1932 at age 17.
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