Hilary Lindh is a former alpine ski racer

Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...

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Born in Juneau

Juneau, Alaska

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, Alaska

Alaska

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, Lindh was just 14 when she was named to the U.S. Ski Team

United States Ski Team

The United States Ski Team, operated under the auspices of the United States Ski and Snowboard Association , develops and supports men's and women's athletes in the sports of alpine skiing, adaptive alpine, freestyle skiing, cross country, adaptive cross country, ski jumping, and nordic combined....

. By 16, she had become the first American to win a World Junior Championships downhill title. All this was done while with Kathy Miklossy and Alex Mitkus in Utah, away from her parents. She represented the U.S. in three Olympics

Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936, when a combined event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. From 1948–80, the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships in Olympic years...

 and won the silver medal in the downhill

Downhill

Downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. The rules for the Downhill were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships....

 at the 1992 Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events at three venues, held near Albertville, France. Val-d'Isère hosted the men's events, except the slalom, held at Les Menuires; all five of the women's alpine events were held at Méribel...

 in Albertville, France

France

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. In 1994, she won the 100th World Cup

Alpine skiing World Cup

The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France and the USA...

 race by an American skier, one of three World Cup victories during her career. She was the only American to win a medal at the 1997 World Championships

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1997

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1997 were held in Sestriere, northwestern Italy, from February 3-15, 1997.Nine years later, the area would later host the alpine events for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino.-Medals table:...

, capturing the gold medal in the women’s downhill in Sestriere

Sestriere

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, Italy

Italy

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During her 11 years in World Cup racing, Lindh had three victories, five podiums, and 27 top ten finishes.
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Lindh, who retired after the 1997 World Cup

1997 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 31st World Cup season began in October 1996 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 1997 at the World Cup finals in Vail, Colorado, U.S.A. The overall winners were Luc Alphand of France and Pernilla Wiberg of Sweden....

 season, resides in Whitehorse, British Columbia, Canada

Canada

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World Cup victories

Date	Location	Race
February 4, 1994	Sierra Nevada	Downhill
December 2, 1994	Vail Vail, Colorado The Town of Vail is a Home Rule Municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The population of the town was 4,589 in 2005. The town was established and built as the base village to Vail Ski Resort, with which it was originally conceived...	Downhill
December 10, 1994	Lake Louise Lake Louise Mountain Resort The Lake Louise Ski Area is a ski resort located in Banff National Park, near the village of Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. It can be reached from Banff, from where it is a 35 to 45 minute drive west on Trans-Canada Highway, or Calgary, a 2-hour drive...	Downhill

Other results

• 1986 U.S. National Champion and World Junior Champion in Downhill
  Downhill
  Downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. The rules for the Downhill were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships....
  
   at age 16 in a three week span.
• Four U.S. National Championships titles.
• Inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame
  National Ski Hall of Fame
  The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame and Museum is located in the City of Ishpeming in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the birthplace of organized skiing in the United States...
  
  in 2005.

External links

• FIS-ski.com - results - Hilary Lindh
• FIS-ski.com - World Cup season standings - Hilary Lindh - 1986-97
• Ski-db.com - results - Hilary Lindh