Erica Skinger

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Erica Skinger
Alpine skier
DisciplinesDownhill, Slalom
ClubMt. Mansfield Ski Club[1]
Born (1949-03-21) March 21, 1949 (age 72)
Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
World Cup debutJanuary 1968 (age 18)
Olympics
Teams0
World Championships
Teams0
World Cup
Podiums0 - (8 top tens)
Overall titles0 – (24th in 1968)
Discipline titles0 – (10th in DH, 1969)

Erica Adams "Rickey" Skinger (born March 21, 1949) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.

Early years[]

Born in Burlington, Vermont, she was one of three daughters of Joseph and Constance Adams Skinger.[2][3] The family moved from Alburg Springs on Lake Champlain to Stowe in 1957, where Skinger learned to ski and race on Mount Mansfield at the Stowe ski area. Her father Joe was a sculptor and jeweler and the family also operated a ski inn, the Tucker House Lodge on Mountain Road.

U.S. Ski Team[]

While in her late teens, Skinger was a member of the U.S. Ski Team.[4] She was one of three teenagers (with Kiki Cutter and Judy Nagel) that arrived in Europe a month before the 1968 Winter Olympics to gain experience and also challenge for spots on the U.S. Olympic team.[5][6] Allowed four entrants for each of the three Olympic alpine events, the U.S. team was traditionally selected at the previous year's national championships in March, but head coach Bob Beattie was dissatisfied with the women's team's performance in late 1967. Skinger did not make the U.S. Olympic team (Cutter and Nagel did) but had eight top ten finishes in World Cup competition, four in downhill and four in slalom in just over a year, from January 1968 to January 1969.

World Cup results[]

  • 8 top tens – (4 DH, 4 SL)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
1968 18 Jan 1968 Austria Bad Gastein, Austria Slalom 10th
23 Feb 1968 France Chamonix, France Downhill 9th
15 Mar 1968 United States Aspen, USA Downhill 10th
28 Mar 1968 Canada Rossland, Canada Slalom 6th
6 Apr 1968 United States Heavenly Valley, USA Slalom 8th
1969 10 Jan 1969 Switzerland Grindelwald, Switzerland Downhill 9th
15 Jan 1969 Austria Schruns, Austria Downhill 5th
23 Jan 1969 France St. Gervais, France Slalom 10th

References[]

  1. ^ "History: 1960s". Mt. Mansfield Ski and Snowboard Club. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  2. ^ Steade, Nancy Wolfe (January 11, 2007). "Skinger family's history at museum". Stowe Today.com. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  3. ^ "Constance Adams Skinger". Stowe Today.com. December 1, 2005. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  4. ^ "Lafferty wins holiday downhill". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. December 24, 1968. p. 2B.
  5. ^ "U.S. girl skier scores surprise in giant slalom". (Meriden, CT) Morning Record. Associated Press. January 11, 1968. p. 9.
  6. ^ Grimsley, Will (February 2, 1968). "Chewing gum kids skiing for Uncle Sam". Gettysburg (PA) Times. Associated Press. p. 7.

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