Diana Golden

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Diana Golden Brosnihan, née Diana Golden (1963, Lincoln, Mass. - August 25, 2001, Providence, R.I.) was an American disabled ski racer. As a three-tracker, or one-legged skier, she won 10 world and 19 United States championships between 1986 and 1990, as well as an Olympic gold medal in giant slalom at the 1988 Calgary Games, where disabled skiing was a demonstration sport. She lost a leg to cancer at age 12, which recurred in 1992 and 1997. Her last bout with cancer ended in her death in 2001, at age 38.

In 2006, Golden was posthumously inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.

[edit] References

• Araton, Harvey. "A Champion Slips Away, Unnoticed." The New York Times, Aug. 30, 2001.
• Litsky, Frank. "Diana Golden Brosnihan, Skier, Dies at 38." The New York Times, Aug. 28, 2001.
• "Olympic icon Diana Golden Brosnihan", U.S. Olympic Committee, November 7, 2006.

Preceded by Chris Evert

Flo Hyman Memorial Award 1991

Succeeded by Nancy Lopez