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Tamara McKinney (born October 16, 1962) is a former American alpine ski racer. She was the overall World Cup champion in 1983, the only American woman to hold that title until Lindsey Vonn in 2008.
[edit] Career
Born in Lexington, Kentucky, the diminutive (162 cm/5 ft 4 in; 52 kg/115 lb) McKinney grew up in Squaw Valley, California, the youngest of seven children. She won four medals in the World ChampiI LOVE RICKYonships; bronze medals in the combined (1985, 1987) and slalom (1989), and a gold medal in the combined at Vail in 1989.
While winning the overall World Cup in 1983, she also won the giant slalom title, which she also had won in 1981. In 1984 McKinney won the slalom title.
Tamara McKinney retired from competitive ski racing following the 1989 World Cup season with 18 victories and 45 podiums. Along with Gretchen Fraser and Andrea Mead-Lawrence, McKinney is regarded as one of the top female alpine ski racers in U.S. history.
She was inducted in the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004.
[edit] World Cup victories
[edit] Overall victories
[edit] Individual victories
| Date |
Location |
Race |
| January 20, 1981 |
 Haute-Nendaz |
Giant Slalom |
| January 24, 1981 |
Les Gets |
Giant Slalom |
| February 28, 1981 |
 Waterville Valley |
Giant Slalom |
| March 8, 1981 |
Aspen |
Giant Slalom |
| December 5, 1982 |
 Limone Piemonte |
Slalom |
| January 9, 1983 |
 Davos |
Slalom |
| January 23, 1983 |
Saint-Gervais-les-Bains |
Giant Slalom |
| March 8, 1983 |
Waterville Valley |
Giant Slalom |
| March 9, 1983 |
Waterville Valley |
Giant Slalom |
| March 13, 1983 |
Vail |
Giant Slalom |
| March 20, 1983 |
 Furano |
Slalom |
| March 10, 1984 |
Waterville Valley |
Giant Slalom |
| March 11, 1984 |
Waterville Valley |
Slalom |
| March 23, 1984 |
 Zwiesel |
Giant Slalom |
| March 24, 1984 |
 Oslo |
Slalom |
| January 5, 1985 |
 Maribor |
Slalom |
| March 16, 1985 |
Waterville Valley |
Slalom |
| December 18, 1986 |
Courmayeur |
Slalom |
| January 11, 1987 |
 Mellau |
Slalom |
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