Sandy Shellworth
— Alpine skier — | |||||||||||||
Disciplines | Downhill, Giant Slalom | ||||||||||||
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Club | Bogus Basin (ID) | ||||||||||||
Born |
Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. | June 22, 1944||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||
World Cup debut |
January 1967 (age 22) (inaugural season) | ||||||||||||
Retired | 1968 | ||||||||||||
Olympics | |||||||||||||
Teams | 1 – (1968) | ||||||||||||
Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||
World Championships | |||||||||||||
Teams | 1 – (1968 Olympics) | ||||||||||||
Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||
World Cup | |||||||||||||
Seasons | 2 – (1967–68) | ||||||||||||
Podiums | 0 | ||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 | ||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 0 | ||||||||||||
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Sandra "Sandy" Shellworth (born December 18, 1944) is a former alpine ski racer from the United States.
Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Shellworth was raised in Boise, Idaho, where her father, Eugene Shellworth was mayor (1961–66).[1] A 1962 graduate of Boise High,[2] she raced for Bogus Basin, the University of Colorado,[1][3][4] and the U.S. Ski Team.[5]
Shellworth won the Roch Cup downhill in Aspen in 1967,[6][7] and was the 1967 U.S. Champion in giant slalom at Missoula, but broke her leg hours later training for the downhill.[8] Shellworth was the first woman from CU to participate in the Olympics;[9] she competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics at Grenoble and finished 21st in the women's downhill at Chamrousse. Her best finish in a World Cup event was 12th in the downhill at Schruns, Austria, in January 1967.[10]
References
- 1 2 Terrell, Roy (April 15, 1963). "Cool skiing in sun-baked Alaska". Sports Illustrated. p. 60.
- ↑ "50th Reunion class list". Boise High School Class of 1962. 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
- ↑ Lay, Jennie (March 1, 2009). "Kidding around on the slopes". Coloradan (CU almuni). Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ↑ "University of Colorado in the Olympic Games". University of Colorado athletics. July 12, 2012.
- ↑ "Faces in the crowd". Sports Illustrated. January 17, 1966. p. 60.
- ↑ "Sandy wins Roch Cup trophy at Aspen". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. February 11, 1967. p. 9.
- ↑ Cooper, Christin (December 1, 2007). "The Roch Cup — a ski-town legacy". Aspen Times. (from SKI magazine). Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ↑ "Sandy wins (giant) slalom, then breaks leg". Spokesman-Review. February 27, 1967. p. 8.
- ↑ "Women's History Month Trivia And Answers". CU Heritage Center. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ↑ Jenkins, Dan (January 30, 1967). "A Sudden Streak For Nancy". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
External links
- Sports-Reference.com – Olympic results – Sandy Shellworth