Peter Graves (born May 16, 1952 in Bennington, Vermont) is an American television sportscaster and public address announcer specializing in Olympic, lifestyle, and action sports. He is also a former cross-country skiing coach for Harvard University. Early career Graves was a collegiate skier at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, graduating in 1975 with a degree in physical education. He began his broadcast career as news director of KIUP Radio in Durango and a Colorado reporter for KOAT-TV in Albuquerque. He worked from 1976 to 1981 as marketing director for a Norwegian cross-country ski importer, NorTur, Inc. in Minneapolis. His career as a stadium sports announcer began at international cross-country ski races at Telemark Resort in northern Wisconsin in 1977. He went on to become the voice of Nordic skiing at U.S. World Cup events and the international American Birkebeiner cross-country ski race from 1977 to 1985. Graves gained notoriety as the stadium announcer for the Lumberjack World Championships in Hayward, Wisconsin, which was televised by ABC's Wide World of Sports. Television In 1980, he was the expert commentator with ABC's Bill Fleming for cross-country skiing, and biathlon at the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid. He began as one of ESPN's early skiing commentators in 1981 covering international ski events with Jim Simpson. He worked as an expert commentator for ESPN's SportsCenter for the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Winter Games. During the 1990s, he was a regular expert commentator and host for coverage of domestic and international mountain biking competition on ESPN, OLN, TSN (Canada), and EuroSport (Europe). He is a former VeloNews 'Announcer of the Year' award winner. He was the primary television announcer for the U.S. Ski Team from 1986 to 1990. Mountain biking Graves was one of the early stadium announcers for mountain biking beginning with the New England Mountain Bike Championships at Mount Snow, Vermont in 1988. He was one of the announcers for the first UCI World Mountain Championships in 1991 in Durango, Colorado. He has been the stadium announcer for nearly every World Mountain Bike Championship from 1991-2007. Olympics In addition to working with ABC Sports and ESPN for the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympic Winter Games, he worked as a stadium announcer and producer. He worked as the stadium announcer for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney for mountain biking. At the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, he was an associate