Katy Rodolph
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Catherine Louise "Katy" Rodolph (November 1, 1930 – September 17, 1994) was an alpine ski racer from the United States. She was a member of four world championship and Olympic teams in the 1950s.[2]
Personal information | |
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Full name | Catherine Louise Rodolph |
Born | (1930-11-01)November 1, 1930 Denver, Colorado, U.S.[1] |
Died | September 17, 1994(1994-09-17) (aged 63) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
Occupation | Alpine skier |
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Skiing career | |
Disciplines | Downhill, giant slalom, slalom, combined |
Retired | January 1956 (age 25) |
Olympics | |
Teams | 2 – (1952, 1956 (injured)) |
Medals | 0 |
World Championships | |
Teams | 4 – (1950, 1952, 1954, 1956) includes Olympics |
Medals | 0 |
At age 19, Rodolph was the top North American in two of the three races at the 1950 World Championships in Aspen, with a fifth in the downhill[3] and eighth in the giant slalom.[4] She also finished fifth in the giant slalom at the 1952 Olympics in Oslo, Norway,[5] and fifth in the combined at the 1954 World Championships in Åre, Sweden. Named to the 1956 Olympic team,[6][7] she incurred neck and knee fractures in downhill training at Kitzbühel on January 14, less than two weeks before the games began at Cortina d'Ampezzo.[8][9]
Born in Denver, Colorado, Rodolph grew up in Hayden and learned to ski and race at nearby Howelsen Hill in Steamboat Springs.[10] She won nine national titles[11] and was later a race official. While on the U.S. Ski Team in the early 1950s, she resided in Sun Valley, Idaho, and worked as a waitress.[12]
Rodolph was featured on the cover of Newsweek magazine in January 1952,[10][13] and was inducted into the U.S. Ski Hall of Fame in 1966.