Debbie Armstrong
| — Alpine skier — | |||||||||||||
| Disciplines |
Downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, Slalom, Combined |
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| Born |
December 6, 1963 Salem, Oregon, U.S. |
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| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | ||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | December 8, 1982 (age 19) |
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| Retired | March 1988 (age 24) | ||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 - (1984, 1988) | ||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 - (1985, 1987) | ||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||
| Seasons | 6 - (1983-1988) | ||||||||||||
| Wins | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Podiums | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 - (20th in 1985) | ||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 - (12th in GS, 1984) | ||||||||||||
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Deborah Rae "Debbie" Armstrong (born December 6, 1963) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Seattle, Washington. She was the first gold medalist from the U.S. in women's alpine skiing in 12 years, winning the giant slalom at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
Born in Salem, Oregon, Armstrong grew up in Seattle and was a multi-sport athlete at Garfield High School; in addition to ski racing, she also played basketball and soccer. After being named to the U.S. Ski Team, she broke a leg and was unable to compete. She finished second in the combined at the 1983 U.S. Nationals, and placed third in a World Cup Super G in early January 1984, five weeks before the Olympics.
At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, she became the first American woman to win a gold medal in skiing since Barbara Cochran won gold 12 years earlier in 1972 at Sapporo. Taking the silver medal behind her at Jahorina was Sun Valley's Christin Cooper. Later in those games, Phil Mahre and Bill Johnson became the first American men to win Olympic gold in alpine skiing, and Steve Mahre took the silver in the men's slalom behind his twin brother. All five alpine medalists from the U.S. were from the Northwest.
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