Evelyn Pinching
 Evelyn "Evie" Pinching c.1939 | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| Women’s Alpine skiing | ||
Representing  United Kingdom
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| World Championships | ||
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1936 Innsbruck | Downhill |
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1936 Innsbruck | Combined |
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1936 Innsbruck | Slalom |
Evelyn Amie "Evie" Pinching (18 March 1915 – 24 December 1988) was a British alpine skier who won the 1936 women's downhill and combined events in the world championship in Innsbruck, and competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics, where she finished ninth in the alpine skiing combined. In 1937 Pinching won the Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbühel.[1] She was born in Norwich.
Evie Pinching Award
The Evie Pinching Award[2] is an annual prize organised by the Ski Club of Great Britain given to an athlete aged 24 or under considered 'one to watch' in their snowsports discipline.
The athletes are nominated by the sport’s UK national governing bodies, Snowsport England, Snowsport Scotland, Snowsport Wales, Disability Snowsport UK and British Ski and Snowboard - with a shortlist of then chosen by the Ski Club. This shortlist is then open to public vote. The winner receives a £1,000 bursary and training opportunities with elite athletes.
Past winners: Katie Ormerod - 2015, Menna Fitzpatrick - 2016, Thomas Gerken-Schofield - 2017.
References
- ^ Hahnenkamm - Chronik eines Mythos (in German) (1st ed.). Austria: Kitzbüheler Ski Club. 2003. p. 91. ASIN B003JR4W00.
- ^ "Ski Club Inspire Awards". www.skiclub.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
External links
- Alpine skiing 1936 (in Polish)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Evie Pinching". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011.
- FIS database record
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