Lindy Cochran

Linda Lorraine "Lindy" Cochran Kelley (born July 10, 1953) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.

Cochran is the youngest of four siblings of the "Skiing Cochrans" family of Richmond, Vermont, whose parents built and operated a ski hill in their back yard.[1][2][3] Named to the U.S. Ski Team in 1970, Cochran competed in the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and finished sixth in the slalom[4] and 12th in the giant slalom.[5] She finished 14th in slalom at the World Championships in 1974 at St. Moritz, Switzerland. Cochran competed on the World Cup circuit in the mid-1970s, then attended the University of Vermont in Burlington and raced for the Catamounts.

Cochran married Steve Kelley and two of their children, Jessica [6] (b. 1982) and Tim (b. 1986), raced on the U.S. Ski Team.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom 		Super G Downhill Combined
1974 20 20 8 — not
run 		— not
run
1975 21 39 25 — —
1976 22 20 14 11 — —

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

Race top tens

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
19748 Jan 1974France Les Gets, France Slalom 2nd
16 Jan 1974  Switzerland Les Diablerets, Switzerland Slalom 8th
197529 Jan 1975France St. Gervais, France Slalom 7th
19764 Dec 1975France Val-d'Isère, France Giant Slalom 4th
11 Dec 1975Italy Aprica, Italy Slalom 6th
12 Jan 1976 Switzerland  Les Diablerets, Switzerland Slalom 5th
5 Mar 1976United States Copper Mountain, CO, USA Giant Slalom 8th

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lloyd, Barbara (March 17, 1998). "Gordon Cochran, 74, ski coach and operator of a Vermont lift". New York Times. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  2. ↑ Essman Franz, Janet. "Higher Education". Business People - Vermont. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  3. ↑ Pennington, Bill (January 23, 2013). "Short hillside's long legacy". New York Times.
  4. ↑ Temple, Wick (February 11, 1976). "U.S. medal quest halts". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. p. 41.
  5. ↑ "Rosi misses 3-gold bid". Deseret News. UPI. February 13, 1976. p. 1D.
  6. ↑ Pugh, Pete (December 1, 2013). "Raised in Vermont by ski racing luminaries, Jessica Kelley was born to race". Ski Racing. Retrieved January 2, 2014.

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