Evelyn Amie "Evie" Pinching (18 March 1915 – 24 December 1988) was a British alpine skier, born in Norwich, who won the 1936 women's downhill and combined events in the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Innsbruck, Austria.[1] She also competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics, where she finished ninth in the alpine skiing combined.[2] In 1937 Pinching won the Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbühel.[3]
 Evelyn "Evie" Pinching c.1939 | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's Alpine skiing | ||
Representing  United Kingdom
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| World Championships | ||
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1936 Innsbruck | Downhill |
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1936 Innsbruck | Combined |
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1936 Innsbruck | Slalom |
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1936
editPinching competed at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1936, colloquially referred to as Innsbruck for the location where it was held.[1] In the greatest showing of her sports career, Pinching became double gold medalist, winning both the downhill and combined; as well as taking him the silver medal in the slalom.[2]
1936 & 1948 Winter Olympics
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Representing Great Britain in the 1936 Winter Olympics, Pinching finished ninth place in the alpine skiing combined.[2]
Pinching served as the head coach for the British Ladies' Ski Team at the 1948 Winter Olympics which consisted of Miss Isobel Roe, Miss Xanthe Ryder, Miss Sheena Mackintosh, Miss Rosemarie Sparrow, Mrs. Bunty Greeland, and Mrs. Biddy Duke-Woolley.[4]
Evie Pinching Award
editThe Evie Pinching Award[5] is an annual prize organised by the Ski Club of Great Britain given to an athlete aged 24 or under considered 'one to watch' in their snowsports discipline.
The athletes are nominated by the sport's UK national governing bodies, Snowsport England, Snowsport Scotland, Snowsport Wales, Disability Snowsport UK and British Ski and Snowboard – with a shortlist of then chosen by the Ski Club. This shortlist is then open to public vote. The winner receives a £1,000 bursary and training opportunities with elite athletes.[5]
Past winners: Katie Ormerod (2015), Menna Fitzpatrick (2016), and Thomas Gerken-Schofield (2017).[6]
References
edit- ^ a b FIS Ski. "PINCHING Evelyn - Athlete Information". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ a b c The Olympic Games. "Evelyn Pinching: Olympic Athlete Profile". olympics.com.
- ^ Hahnenkamm - Chronik eines Mythos (in German) (1st ed.). Austria: Kitzbüheler Ski Club. 2003. p. 91. ASIN B003JR4W00.
- ^ Tatler (18 February 1948). "Scoreboard: British Ladies' Ski Team at 1948 Olympics". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk. London, England.
- ^ a b "Ski Club Inspire Awards". www.skiclub.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ Aspden-Kean, Lucy (6 June 2017). "Meet the future stars of British snow sports". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235.
External links
edit- Alpine skiing 1936 (in Polish)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Evie Pinching". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011.
- FIS database record