Tamara McKinney

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Tamara McKinney (born October 16, 1962) is a former American alpine ski racer. She was the overall World Cup champion in 1983, the only American woman to ever hold that title.

Phil Mahre won the overall title for the third straight year in 1983, marking the only year that both overall titles were won by Americans.

Born in Lexington, Kentucky, the diminutive (5'4", 115 lb.) McKinney grew up in Squaw Valley, California, the youngest of seven children. She won four medals in the World Championships; bronze medals in the combined (1985, 1987) and slalom (1989), and a gold medal in the combined at Vail in 1989.

While winning the overall World Cup in 1983, she also won the giant slalom title, which she also had won in 1981. In 1984 McKinney won the slalom title.

Tamara McKinney retired from competitive ski racing following the 1989 World Cup season with 18 victories and 45 podiums. Along with Gretchen Fraser and Andrea Mead-Lawrence, McKinney is is regarded as one of the top female alpine ski racers in U.S. history.

She was inducted in the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004.

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