Tamara McKinney

Tamara McKinney

Personal information
Born	(1962-10-16) October 16, 1962 (age 61) Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Giant slalom, slalom, combined
World Cup debut	December 1978 (age 16)
Retired	November 1990 (age 28)[1]
Website	tamaramckinney.com
Olympics
Teams	3 – (1980, 1984, 1988)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	5 – (1980–1989)
Medals	4 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	11 – (1979–1989)
Wins	18 – (9 GS, 9 SL)
Podiums	45
Overall titles	1 – (1983)
Discipline titles	3 – (2 GS, 1 SL)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing the  United States World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Slalom 9 8 8 Giant slalom 9 3 4 Super-G 0 0 1 Combined 0 2 1 Total 18 13 14 World Championships 1989 Vail Combined 1989 Vail Slalom 1987 Crans-Montana Combined 1985 Bormio Combined

Tamara McKinney (born October 16, 1962) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. She won four World Cup season titles, most notably the 1983 overall, the first American woman title holder for a quarter century. McKinney's other three season titles were in giant slalom (1981, 1983) and slalom (1984). She was a world champion in the combined event in 1989, her final year of competition.^[2]

Her half-brother Steve McKinney was a world-record holding speed skier, setting seven world records and breaking his own record twice.