Lindy Cochran

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Lindy Cochran
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Born (1953-07-10) July 10, 1953 (age 71)
Occupation Alpine skier
Skiing career
Disciplines Alpine skiing

Linda Lorraine "Lindy" Cochran Kelley (born July 10, 1953) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.

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Cochran is the youngest of four siblings of the "Skiing Cochrans" family of Richmond, Vermont, whose parents built and operated a ski hill in their back yard. [1] [2] [3] Named to the U.S. Ski Team in 1970, Cochran competed in the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and finished sixth in the slalom [4] and 12th in the giant slalom. [5] She finished 14th in slalom at the World Championships in 1974 at St. Moritz, Switzerland. Cochran competed on the World Cup circuit in the mid-1970s, then attended the University of Vermont in Burlington and raced for the Catamounts. In 1979, the Supersisters trading card set was produced and distributed; one of the cards featured Cochran's name and picture. [6]

Cochran married Steve Kelley and all three of their children, Jessica [7] (b. 1982) Tim (b. 1986), and Robby (b. 1990), raced on the U.S. Ski Team.

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom		Super GDownhillCombined
1974 20208—not
run		—not
run
1975 213925——
1976 22201411——

Points were only awarded for top ten finishes (see scoring system).

Race top tens

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
1974 8 Jan 1974 Flag of France.svg Les Gets, France Slalom 2nd
16 Jan 1974  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Les Diablerets, Switzerland Slalom8th
1975 29 Jan 1975 Flag of France.svg St. Gervais, FranceSlalom7th
1976 4 Dec 1975 Flag of France.svg Val-d'Isère, France Giant slalom 4th
11 Dec 1975 Flag of Italy.svg Aprica, Italy Slalom6th
12 Jan 1976  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Les Diablerets, SwitzerlandSlalom5th
5 Mar 1976 Flag of the United States.svg Copper Mountain, CO, USA Giant slalom8th

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References

  1. ↑ Lloyd, Barbara (March 17, 1998). "Gordon Cochran, 74, ski coach and operator of a Vermont lift". New York Times. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  2. ↑ Essman Franz, Janet. "Higher Education". Business People - Vermont. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  3. ↑ Pennington, Bill (January 23, 2013). "Short hillside's long legacy". New York Times.
  4. ↑ Temple, Wick (February 11, 1976). "U.S. medal quest halts". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. p. 41.
  5. ↑ "Rosi misses 3-gold bid". Deseret News. UPI. February 13, 1976. p. 1D.
  6. ↑ Wulf, Steve (2015-03-23). "Supersisters: Original Roster". Espn.go.com. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
  7. ↑ Pugh, Pete (December 1, 2013). "Raised in Vermont by ski racing luminaries, Jessica Kelley was born to race". Ski Racing. Retrieved January 2, 2014.


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