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| Born | February 7, 1950 Burlington, Vermont, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, giant slalom, slalom, combined | ||||||||||||||
| Club | University of Vermont | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | March 1968 (age 18) | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | March 1974 (age 24) | ||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 – (1972) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 3 – (1970, 1972, 1974) includes Olympics | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 6 – (1969–74) | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 3 – (1 GS, 2 SL) | ||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 15 – (9 GS, 6 SL) | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (8th in 1973) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 1 – (GS, 1969) | ||||||||||||||
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Marilyn Cochran Brown (born February 5, 1950) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.
The eldest of four siblings of the "Skiing Cochrans" family of Richmond, Vermont, she became the first American to win a discipline championship in the World Cup, triumphing in giant slalom at age 19 in 1969.[1] The next year, she won a bronze medal in the combined at the World Championships.[2]
- ^ "Austrian skier tops U.S. gals". Schenectady Gazette. Associated Press. March 21, 1969. p. 27.
- ^ "Sports scoreboard: skiing". Eugene Register-Guard. February 15, 1970. p. 4B.