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Born | Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. | June 22, 1944||||||||||||||
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]
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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1968 | 23 | — | — | not run | 21 | not run |
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. | June 22, 1944||||||||||||||
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]
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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1968 | 23 | — | — | not run | 21 | not run |