Susan Corrock

Susan Corrock
Personal information
Born (1951-11-30) November 30, 1951 (age 73)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
OccupationAlpine skier
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, giant slalom, slalom, Combine
ClubSun Valley (ID) Ski Club
World Cup debut1970
Retired1973
Websitesusieluby.com
Olympics
Teams1 - (1972)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams1 - (1972 Olympics)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons4 - (197073)
Podiums0
Overall titles0 - (19th in 1972)
Discipline titles0 - (7th in DH, 1972)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Sapporo Downhill

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 [Crysral Mountain] 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][3][4][5] 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.

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.[6]

World Cup results

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Season standings

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Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Downhill
1970 18 30 21
1971 19 24 22 23 11
1972 20 19 17 7
1973 21 35 27 21

Points were only awarded for top ten finishes (see scoring system).

Top ten finishes

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  • 16 top tens (8 DH, 2 GS, 6 SL)
Season Date Location Race Place
1970 13 Jan 1970 Austria Bad Gastein, Austria Slalom 8th
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

Olympic results

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  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
1972 20 9 not run 3 not run

References

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  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. ^ "Idaho gal medals". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. February 5, 1972. p. 11.
  4. ^ "Idaho skier wins first U.S. Olympic medal". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. February 5, 1972. p. 6.
  5. ^ Johnson, William (February 14, 1972). "Games of the rainbow". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
  6. ^ Free, Cathy (February 18, 1994). "Olympic bronze a hidden memory for downhill skier". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B1.
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