Erica Skinger

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Erica Skinger
Personal information
Born (1949-03-21) March 21, 1949 (age 75)
Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
Occupation Alpine skier
Skiing career
Disciplines Downhill, Slalom
Club Mt. Mansfield Ski Club [1]
World Cup debutJanuary 1968 (age 18)
Olympics
Teams0
World Championships
Teams0
World Cup
Podiums0 - (8 top tens)
Overall titles0 – (24th in 1968)
Discipline titles0 – (10th in DH, 1969)

Erica Adams "Rickey" Skinger (born March 21, 1949) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.

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Early years

Born in Burlington, Vermont, she was one of three daughters of Joseph and Constance Adams Skinger. [2] [3] The family moved from Alburg Springs on Lake Champlain to Stowe in 1957, where Skinger learned to ski and race on Mount Mansfield at the Stowe ski area. Her father Joe was a sculptor and jeweler and the family also operated a ski inn, the Tucker House Lodge on Mountain Road.

U.S. Ski Team

While in her late teens, Skinger was a member of the U.S. Ski Team. [4] She was one of three teenagers (with Kiki Cutter and Judy Nagel) that arrived in Europe a month before the 1968 Winter Olympics to gain experience and also challenge for spots on the U.S. Olympic team. [5] [6] Allowed four entrants for each of the three Olympic alpine events, the U.S. team was traditionally selected at the previous year's national championships in March, but head coach Bob Beattie was dissatisfied with the women's team's performance in late 1967. Skinger did not make the U.S. Olympic team (Cutter and Nagel did) but had eight top ten finishes in World Cup competition, four in downhill and four in slalom in just over a year, from January 1968 to January 1969.

World Cup results

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
1968 18 Jan 1968 Flag of Austria.svg Bad Gastein, Austria Slalom 10th
23 Feb 1968 Flag of France.svg Chamonix, France Downhill 9th
15 Mar 1968 Flag of the United States.svg Aspen, USA Downhill10th
28 Mar 1968 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rossland, Canada Slalom6th
6 Apr 1968 Flag of the United States.svg Heavenly Valley, USASlalom8th
1969 10 Jan 1969 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Grindelwald, Switzerland Downhill9th
15 Jan 1969 Flag of Austria.svg Schruns, AustriaDownhill5th
23 Jan 1969 Flag of France.svg St. Gervais, France Slalom10th

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References

  1. "History: 1960s". Mt. Mansfield Ski and Snowboard Club. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  2. Steade, Nancy Wolfe (January 11, 2007). "Skinger family's history at museum". Stowe Today.com. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  3. "Constance Adams Skinger". Stowe Today.com. December 1, 2005. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  4. "Lafferty wins holiday downhill". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. December 24, 1968. p. 2B.
  5. "U.S. girl skier scores surprise in giant slalom". (Meriden, CT) Morning Record. Associated Press. January 11, 1968. p. 9.
  6. Grimsley, Will (February 2, 1968). "Chewing gum kids skiing for Uncle Sam". Gettysburg (PA) Times. Associated Press. p. 7.