Jill Kinmont

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Jill Kinmont (current name: Jill Kinmont Boothe) (born February 16, 1936 in Los Angeles, California) is a former top skier.

Jill Kinmont was a shoo-in for the 1956 Winter Olympics until her downhill accident during the tryouts in Alta, Utah in 1955 resulted in paralysis from the neck down. The accident occurred the same week that Kinmont was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine.

After her rehabilitation she went on to graduate from UCLA and earned a teaching credential from the University of Washington. She married in November 1976. Ms. Kinmont had a long career as an educator first in Washington and then in Beverly Hills, California. She taught special education at Bishop Union Elementary School from 1975 to 1996. She is an accomplished painter who has had many exhibitions of her artwork.

Kinmont was the subject of two movies: The Other Side of the Mountain, and The Other Side of the Mountain 2.