Name	Steve Holcomb
Height	5 ft 10 in
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	14-April-1980
Place of Birth	Park City, Utah
Famous for	Bobsledder

Steve Holcomb is an American bobsledder who has competed since 1998. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, he won the 4-man bobsled event for the United States, its first gold medal in 4-man bobsled since 1948. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he finished sixth in the four-man event and 14th in the two-man event. Prior to joining bobsleigh, Holcomb was involved in alpine skiing for twelve years.

Subsequently, he served as a forerunner, a tester of the bobsled course prior to competition, at the Utah Olympic Park for the 2002 Winter Olympics. Though Holcomb was not a competing member at the 2002 Winter Olympics, the experience did allow him time on an Olympic course in front of partisan fans. After leaving the military with an honorable discharge in June 2006, Holcomb progressed into the top three American sleds, allowing him to compete on the World Cup circuit. Starting with the 2004-05 season, Holcomb consistently was driving the sled and was the second and third ranked American driver. In the 2007-2007 seasons Holcomb (with push athletes Jovanovic and Kreitzburg) won the overall two man World Cup Championship, while his four man team (with Jovanovic, Kreitzburg, and Mesler) finished second. As Holcomb rose through the ranks of American bobsledders, however, a degenerative eye condition, initially diagnosed in 2002, began to affect both his daily life and competitive skills. A non-invasive surgical procedure, C3-R, provided a measure of correction during the 2007-08 seasons, allowing him to capture three gold, three silver, and one bronze medal.

Yet as Holcomb found greater success on the track, he soon discovered that contact lenses and glasses could no longer adequately address his vision problems. Consequently, he often navigated the courses by feel rather than sight. Before the start of 2008-09, Holcomb was diagnosed with keratoconus, a degenerative thinning of the cornea that distorts vision. In the past the only answer would have been surgery—a corneal transplant. Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler told Holcomb he had another choice; a quick painless procedure called C3-R in which a vitamin solution is combined with light. "By itself, the vitamin, riboflavin, a B vitamin, does nothing. But when activated by light of a certain wavelength, it has a major impact on the cornea," NBC’s Dr. Bruce Hensel said.

To achieve clear vision, three months later, according to Wachler "We did these revolutionary contact lens implants called the VisianICL, and that's what really restored his vision so that he does not have to wear any lenses at all now." Holcomb’s entire procedure took only 20 minutes. “It’s amazing to live life with 20/20 vision, it’s like life in high definition,” Holcomb said.