Christin Cooper
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| Disciplines |
Downhill, Super-G, Giant slalom, Slalom, Combined |
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| Born |
October 8, 1959 Los Angeles, CA, U.S. |
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| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | January 19, 1977 (age 17) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | March 1984 (age 24) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 – (1980, 1984) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 3 – (1978, 1980, 1982) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 3 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 8 – (1977-1984) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 5 – (1 GS, 2 SL, 2 K) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 26 – (1 SG, 10 GS, 9 SL, 6 K) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (3rd in 1982) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (2nd GS '84, SL '81) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christin Elizabeth Cooper (born October 10, 1959) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist from the United States.
Born in Los Angeles, California, she was raised in Ketchum, Idaho, and learned to ski and race at neighboring Sun Valley. Cooper's stepfather was William C. "Bill" Janss (1918–96), owner of the Sun Valley Resort until 1977.
After her father William died of cancer in Los Angeles, her mother Glenn moved the family of five children to Ketchum in the late 1960s. At the request of longtime friends Bill and Anne Janss, owners of Sun Valley, Mrs. Cooper founded the arts center for the resort in 1969. Anne Janss died in an avalanche accident near the resort in early 1973; later that year Glenn Cooper and Bill Janss were married, with a combined family of eight children.
As a member of the U.S. Ski Team, Cooper raced on the World Cup circuit from 1977-84. Starting the 1977 season on the "C" team, she made her World Cup debut at age 17 on January 19 and finished 14th in a slalom at Schruns, Austria; a week later she had a tenth-place finish in the slalom at Crans-Montana, Switzerland. Best in the technical events, she raced in all five disciplines, with World Cup podiums in four. She broke her ankle during training in August, prior to the 1978 season. She competed in the slalom at the 1978 World Championships in Garmisch, West Germany, but did not finish.
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