Tamara McKinney
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| Disciplines | Giant Slalom, Slalom, Combined | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
October 16, 1962 Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. |
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| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | December 10, 1978 (age 16) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | November 27, 1990 (age 28) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | tamaramckinney.com | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 3 - (1980, 1984, 1988) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 5 - (1980–89) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 4 (1 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 11 - (1979–89) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 18 - (9 GS, 9 SL) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 45 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 1 - (1983) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 3 - (2 GS, 1 SL) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Tamara McKinney (born October 16, 1962) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. She won four World Cup season titles, most notably the 1983 overall, the only American woman to hold that title for a quarter century, until Lindsey Vonn in 2008. McKinney's other three season titles were in giant slalom (1981, 1983) and slalom (1984). She was a world champion in the combined event in 1989, her final year of competition. Her half-brother Steve McKinney was a record holding speed skier.
Born in Lexington, Kentucky, the diminutive McKinney (5 ft 4 in (1.63 m), 115 lb (52 kg)) grew up in Squaw Valley, California, the youngest of seven children.
She made her World Cup debut in December 1978 at age 16 with a podium finish in a slalom in Italy. Her first World Cup victory came at age 18 in January 1981, the first of four wins in giant slalom that breakthrough season. McKinney raced on the World Cup circuit for 11 seasons, and competed in three Olympics and five world championships. She won four medals in the world championships; bronze medals in the combined (1985, 1987) and slalom (1989), and a gold medal in the combined at Vail in 1989.
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