Sandy Shellworth
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | June 22, 1944 Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | January 10, 2019 (aged 74) | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, giant slalom | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Bogus Basin (ID) | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sandra "Sandy" Shellworth (December 18, 1944 – January 10, 2019)[1] was an 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).[2] A 1962 graduate of Boise High,[3] she raced for Bogus Basin, the University of Colorado,[2][4][5] and the U.S. Ski Team.[6]
Shellworth won the Roch Cup downhill in Aspen in 1967,[7][8] and was the 1967 U.S. Champion in giant slalom at Missoula, but broke her leg hours later training for the downhill.[9] Shellworth was the first woman from CU to participate in the Olympics;[10] 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.[11]
Olympic results[edit]
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 23 | — | — | not run | 21 | not run |
- From 1948 through 1980, the alpine skiing events at the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships, held every two years.
References[edit]
- ^ "Sandra Shellworth Hildner". Legacy.com. March 13, 2019. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ^ a b Terrell, Roy (April 15, 1963). "Cool skiing in sun-baked Alaska". Sports Illustrated. p. 60.
- ^ "50th Reunion class list". (Boise, Idaho): Boise High School Class of 1962. 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
- ^ Lay, Jennie (March 1, 2009). "Kidding around on the slopes". Coloradan (CU alumni). Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. 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. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 11, 1967. p. 9.
- ^ Cooper, Christin (December 1, 2007). "The Roch Cup — a ski-town legacy". Aspen Times. (Colorado). (from SKI magazine). Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ "Sandy wins (giant) slalom, then breaks leg". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). February 27, 1967. p. 8.
- ^ "Women's History Month Trivia And Answers". CU Heritage Center. Archived from the original on May 7, 2012. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ Jenkins, Dan (January 30, 1967). "A sudden streak for Nancy". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
External links[edit]
- Sports-Reference.com – Olympic results – Sandy Shellworth
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