Andrea Mead-Lawrence
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Andrea Mead-Lawrence (born April 19, 1932 is a former American alpine skier. She was the first American alpine skier to win two Olympic gold medals.
Andrea Mead was born in in Rutland County, Vermont into an alpine skiing family. At the age of 15, she competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and placed eighth in the slalom. Four years later at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway she came out on top in both the slalom and the giant slalom events. She succeeded Gretchen Fraser, who had won gold in the slalom in 1948, as the top American woman ski racer.
She married skier David Lawrence in 1951.
[edit] External Links
- U.S. Olympic Team.com - biography of Andrea Mead Lawrence
- Skiing History.org - Andrea Mead Lawrence
| Olympic champions in women's slalom |
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| 1948: Gretchen Fraser | 1952: Andrea Mead-Lawrence | 1956: Renée Colliard | 1960: Anne Heggtveit | 1964: Christine Goitschel | 1968: Marielle Goitschel | 1972: Barbara Cochran | 1976: Rosi Mittermaier | 1980: Hanni Wenzel | 1984: Paoletta Magoni | 1988: Vreni Schneider | 1992: Petra Kronberger | 1994: Vreni Schneider | 1998: Hilde Gerg | 2002: Janica Kostelić | 2006: Anja Pärson |
| World champions in women's slalom |
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| 1931: Esme MacKinnon |1933: Inge Wersin-Lantschner | 1934: Christl Cranz | 1936: Gerda Paumgarten | 1938: Christl Cranz | 1939: Christl Cranz | 1948: Gretchen Fraser | 1952: Andrea Mead-Lawrence | 1954: Trude Klecker | 1956: Renée Colliard | 1958: Inge Björnbakken | 1960: Anne Heggtveit | 1962: Marianne Jahn | 1964: Christine Goitschel | 1966: Annie Famose | 1968: Marielle Goitschel | 1972: Barbara Cochran | 1974: Hanni Wenzel | 1976: Rosi Mittermaier | 1978: Lea Solkner | 1980: Hanni Wenzel | 1982: Erika Hess | 1985: Perrine Pelen | 1987: Erika Hess | 1989: Mateja Svet | 1991: Vreni Schneider | 1993: Karin Buder | 1996: Pernilla Wiberg | 1997: Deborah Compagnoni | 1999: Zali Steggall | 2001: Anja Pärson | 2003: Janica Kostelić | 2005: Janica Kostelić |
| Olympic champions in women's giant slalom |
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| 1952: Andrea Mead-Lawrence | 1956: Ossi Reichert | 1960: Yvonne Rüegg | 1964: Marielle Goitschel | 1968: Nancy Greene | 1972: Marie-Theres Nadig | 1976: Kathy Kreiner | 1980: Hanni Wenzel | 1984: Debbie Armstrong | 1988: Vreni Schneider | 1992: Pernilla Wiberg | 1994: Deborah Compagnoni | 1998: Deborah Compagnoni | 2002: Janica Kostelić | 2006: Julia Mancuso |
| World Champions in Women's Giant Slalom |
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| 1950: Dagmar Rom | 1952: Andrea Mead-Lawrence | 1954: Lucienne Schmith | 1956: Ossi Reichert | 1958: Lucille Wheeler | 1960: Yvonne Rüegg | 1962: Marianne Jahn | 1964: Marielle Goitschel | 1966: Marielle Goitschel | 1968: Nancy Greene | 1972: Marie-Theres Nadig | 1974: Fabienne Serrat | 1976: Kathy Kreiner | 1978: Maria Epple | 1980: Hanni Wenzel | 1982: Erika Hess | 1985: Diann Roffe | 1987: Vreni Schneider | 1989: Vreni Schneider | 1991: Pernilla Wiberg | 1993: Carole Merle | 1996: Deborah Compagnoni | 1997: Deborah Compagnoni | 1999: Alexandra Meissnitzer | 2001: Sonja Nef | 2003: Anja Pärson | 2005: Anja Pärson |
