Susan Corrock

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Susan Corrock
Personal information
Born (1951-11-30) November 30, 1951 (age 72)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Occupation Alpine skier
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Skiing career
Disciplines Downhill, giant slalom, slalom, Combine
Club Sun Valley (ID) Ski Club
World Cup debut 1970
Retired 1973
Website susieluby.com
Olympics
Teams1 - (1972)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams1 - (1972 Olympics)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons4 - (1970 – 73)
Podiums0
Overall titles0 - (19th in 1972)
Discipline titles0 - (7th in DH, 1972)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing the Flag of the United States.svg United States
Olympic Games
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1972 Sapporo Downhill

Susan Corrock Luby (born November 30, 1951) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer, a member of the U.S. Ski Team in the early 1970s. Talented in all three disciplines, she had 16 top ten finishes in World Cup competition: 8 in downhill, 2 in giant slalom, and 6 in slalom.

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Born in Seattle, Washington, Corrock skied as a youth at [Crysral Mountain] and later trained in Ketchum, Idaho at Sun Valley. She made her World Cup debut in January 1970 at the age of 18. Two years later, she won the bronze medal in the downhill at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, the only podium of her international career. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] She later finished ninth in the slalom event, won by teammate Barbara Cochran; three Americans placed in the top ten. Corrock competed on the World Cup circuit for four seasons, retiring after the 1973 season at the age of 21.

In the real estate business, Corrock lived in Vail, Colorado, in the 1980s and later relocated to Spokane, Washington, with husband Bob Luby and their two children. [6]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom		Downhill
1970 183021——
1971 1924222311
1972 201917—7
1973 213527—21

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

Top ten finishes

SeasonDateLocationRacePlace
1970 13 Jan 1970 Flag of Austria.svg Bad Gastein, Austria Slalom 8th
1 Mar 1970 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vancouver, BC, Canada Slalom8th
1971 4 Jan 1971 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Maribor, Yugoslavia Slalom9th
13 Feb 1971 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mt. Ste. Anne, QC, CanadaSlalom9th
18 Feb 1971 Flag of the United States.svg Sugarloaf, ME, USA Downhill 6th
19 Feb 1971Downhill10th
26 Feb 1971 Flag of the United States.svg Heavenly Valley, CA, USA Giant slalom 9th
14 Mar 1971 Flag of Sweden.svg Åre, Sweden Giant slalom10th
1972 18 Dec 1971 Flag of Italy.svg Sestriere, Italy Slalom5th
12 Jan 1972 Flag of Austria.svg Bad Gastein, AustriaDownhill10th
18 Jan 1972  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Grindelwald, Switzerland Downhill8th
Flag of Japan.svg 1972 Winter Olympics
25 Feb 1972 Flag of the United States.svg Crystal Mtn, WA, USADownhill8th
26 Feb 1972Downhill5th
1973 16 Jan 1973  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Grindelwald, SwitzerlandDownhill9th
25 Jan 1973 Flag of France.svg Chamonix, France Downhill9th
2 Feb 1973 Flag of Austria.svg Schruns, AustriaSlalom10th

Olympic results Olympic rings.svg

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
1972 20 9 — not run 3 not run

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  2. ↑ "Photo: A Medalist". Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian. Associated Press. February 5, 1972. p. 4.
  3. ↑ "Idaho gal medals". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. February 5, 1972. p. 11.
  4. ↑ "Idaho skier wins first U.S. Olympic medal". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. February 5, 1972. p. 6.
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