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Barbara Cochran

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Barbara Cochran
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Country wey e be citizenUnited States Edit
Name wey dem give amBarbara Edit
Family nameCochran Edit
Ein date of birth4 January 1951 Edit
Place dem born amClaremont Edit
SiblingBob Cochran, Lindy Cochran, Marilyn Cochran Edit
KiddieRyan Cochran-Siegle Edit
Ein occupationalpine skier Edit
Educate forUniversity of Vermont Edit
Sportalpine skiing Edit
Participant insydalpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – women's slalom Edit
Dema official websitehttp://www.sportssuccesscoaching.com Edit

Barbara Ann Cochran (born January 4, 1951) be former World Cup alpine ski racer den Olympic gold medalist wey komot de United States.[1]

Dem born insyd Claremont, New Hampshire, na Cochran be de second of four siblings of de famous "Skiing Cochrans" family of Richmond, Vermont, wich na dem operate small ski area for dena backyard insyd since 1961. Ein poppie, Gordon "Mickey" Cochran, na he be longtime coach, wey dey coach youngsters of de Smuggler's Notch Ski Club, de University of Vermont Ski Team, den de U.S. Ski Team. Na de family place several generations of athletes for de U.S Ski Team top: three-time national champion sisto Marilyn, Barbara Ann, nine-time national champion bro Bob, den two-time national champion sisto Lindy. De family ein next generation dey include niece Jessica Kelley, nephews Jimmy Cochran, Roger Brown, Tim Kelley, Robby Kelley, den son, Ryan Cochran-Siegle, wey win de Silver Medal insyd Men's Super-G insyd de 2022 Olympics.

After she retire from competitions, Cochran graduate from college insyd Vermont, she marry Ron Williams, wey she publish ein book Skiing for Women. She eventually cam turn writer give The Washington Post.[1]

Cochran now dey lives insyd ein home insyd Starksboro, dey work hard for ein own business, Golden Opportunities in Sports, Business, and Life, wich dey teach people how make dem handle de pressures of competition, work, academics, den any oda obstacles dat life go throw at you. She sanso dey work for book top wey dem go soon publish am. She sanso dey work for Cochran's Ski Area insyd Richmond, wich dey situate insyd de "back yard" of ein kiddie time home. Na dem induct Cochran into de National Ski Hall of Fame insyd 1976, later ein siblings Marilyn (1978) den Bob (2010) join am. Insyd 1979, na dem produce den distribute de Supersisters trading card set; one of de cards feature Cochran ein name den picture.[2] Na dem sanso induct Cochran into de then-recently Vermont Sports Hall of Fame dem establish insyd 2013.

Career highlights

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Cochran for stamp of Ajman top
  • Gold medal insyd slalom for de 1972 Winter Olympics insyd Sapporo, Japan
    • she win by 0.02 seconds, de smallest winning margin insyd Olympic history.
  • Silver medal insyd slalom for de 1970 World Championships insyd Val Gardena, Italy
  • Three World Cup victories, 18 podiums, 45 top tens[3][4]
  • Two-time U.S. national champion.

World Cup results

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Season standings

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Season Age Overall Slalom Giant

slalom

Super G Downhill Combined
1968 17 36 22 not

run

not

run

1969 18 18 9 26
1970 19 5 2 4
1971 20 8 3 12
1972 21 12 6 18
1973 22 21 10 23
1974 23 14 7 11
Na dem award points give top ten finishes per (spy scoring system).

Race podiums

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  • 3 wins – (2 SL, 1 GS)
  • 18 podiums – (11 SL, 7 GS)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
1970 10 Dec 1969 Val d'Isere, France Giant slalom 2nd
12 Dec 1969 Slalom 2nd
19 Dec 1969 Lienz, Austria Giant slalom 3rd
4 Jan 1970 Oberstaufen, West Germany Giant slalom 3rd
17 Jan 1970 Maribor, Yugoslavia Giant slalom 3rd
18 Jan 1970 Slalom 1st
13 Feb 1970 Val Gardena, Italy – (W.Ch.) Slalom 2nd
22 Feb 1970 Jackson Hole, WY, USA Slalom 2nd
27 Feb 1970 Vancouver, BC, Canada Giant slalom 2nd
1971 4 Jan 1971 Maribor, Yugoslavia Slalom 3rd
29 Jan 1971 St. Gervais, France Slalom 2nd
13 Feb 1971 Mt. Ste. Anne, QC, Canada Slalom 2nd
24 Feb 1971 Heavenly Valley, CA, USA Slalom 1st
26 Feb 1971 Giant slalom 1st
1972 19 Jan 1972 Grindelwald, Switzerland Slalom 3rd
1972 Winter Olympics
18 Feb 1972 Banff, AB, Canada Slalom 2nd
1973 13 Mar 1973 Naeba, Japan Slalom 3rd
1974 9 Jan 1974 Les Gets, France Giant slalom 2nd

World Championship results (Val Gardena, Italy) na dem include am insyd de World Cup standings insyd 1970.

Olympic results

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  Year   Age Slalom Giant

slalom

Super-G Downhill Combined
1972 21 1 11 she no boot she no boot
  • From 1948 thru 1980, na Winter Olympics sanso be de World Championships give alpine skiing.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Barbara Cochran". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. Wulf, Steve (2015-03-23). "Supersisters: Original Roster". Espn.go.com. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
  3. Ski-db.com – results – Barbara Cochran – accessed 2010-03-11
  4. FIS-ski.com – top ten results – Barbara Cochran – accessed 2010-03-11
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