Susan Corrock

Susan Corrock
 Alpine skier 
Disciplines Downhill, Giant Slalom, Slalom, Combine
Club Sun Valley (ID) Ski Club
Born (1951-11-30) November 30, 1951
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
World Cup debut 1970
Retired 1973
Website susieluby.com
Olympics
Teams 1 - (1972)
Medals 1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams 1 - (1972 Olympics)
Medals 1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 4 - (197073)
Podiums 0
Overall titles 0 - (19th in 1972)
Discipline titles 0 - (7th in DH, 1972)

Susan Corrock Luby (born November 30, 1951) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer, a member of the U.S. Ski Team in the early 1970s. Talented in all three disciplines, she had 16 top ten finishes in World Cup competition: 8 in downhill, 2 in giant slalom, and 6 in slalom.

Born in Seattle, Washington, Corrock skied as a youth at Snoqualmie Pass and later trained in Ketchum, Idaho at Sun Valley. She made her World Cup debut in January 1970 at the age of 18. Two years later, she won the bronze medal in the downhill at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, the only podium of her international career.[1][2] She later finished ninth in the slalom event, won by teammate Barbara Cochran; three Americans placed in the top ten. Corrock competed on the World Cup circuit for four seasons, retiring after the 1973 season at the age of 21.

From 194880 the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships for alpine skiing.

In the real estate business, Corrock lived in Vail, Colorado in the 1980s and later relocated to Spokane, Washington with husband Bob Luby and their two children.[3]

World Cup results

Season Date Location Race Place
1970 13 Jan 1970 Austria Bad Gastein, Austria Slalom8th
1 Mar 1970 Canada Vancouver, BC, Canada Slalom 8th
1971 4 Jan 1971 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Maribor, Yugoslavia Slalom 9th
13 Feb 1971 Canada Mt. Ste. Anne, QC, Canada Slalom 9th
18 Feb 1971 United States Sugarloaf, ME, USA Downhill 6th
19 Feb 1971 Downhill 10th
26 Feb 1971 United States Heavenly Valley, CA, USA Giant Slalom 9th
14 Mar 1971 Sweden Åre, Sweden Giant Slalom 10th
1972 18 Dec 1971 Italy Sestriere, Italy Slalom 5th
12 Jan 1972 Austria Bad Gastein, Austria Downhill 10th
18 Jan 1972 Switzerland Grindelwald, Switzerland Downhill 8th
Japan 1972 Winter Olympics
25 Feb 1972 United States Crystal Mtn, WA, USA Downhill 8th
26 Feb 1972 Downhill 5th
1973 16 Jan 1973 Switzerland Grindelwald, Switzerland Downhill 9th
25 Jan 1973 France Chamonix, France Downhill 9th
2 Feb 1973 Austria Schruns, Austria Slalom 10th

References

  1. "U.S. takes a bronze in Olympics". Rochester Sentinel. Associated Press. February 5, 1972. p. 6.
  2. "Photo: A Medalist". Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian. Associated Press. February 5, 1972. p. 4.
  3. Free, Cathy (February 18, 1994). "Olympic bronze a hidden memory for downhill skier". Spokesman-Review. p. B1.

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