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.
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| Born | November 30, 1951 Seattle, Washington, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, giant slalom, slalom, Combine | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sun Valley (ID) Ski Club | |||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 1970 | |||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1973 | |||||||||||||||||
| Website | susieluby.com | |||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 - (1972) | |||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | |||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 - (1972 Olympics) | |||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | |||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 4 - (1970–73) | |||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 - (19th in 1972) | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 - (7th in DH, 1972) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
editSeason standings
edit| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Downhill |
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| 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
edit- 16 top tens (8 DH, 2 GS, 6 SL)
| Season | Date | Location | Race | Place |
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| 1970 | 13 Jan 1970 |  Bad Gastein, Austria |
Slalom | 8th |
| 1 Mar 1970 |  Vancouver, BC, Canada |
Slalom | 8th | |
| 1971 | 4 Jan 1971 |  Maribor, Yugoslavia |
Slalom | 9th |
| 13 Feb 1971 | Mt. Ste. Anne, QC, Canada |
Slalom | 9th | |
| 18 Feb 1971 |  Sugarloaf, ME, USA |
Downhill | 6th | |
| 19 Feb 1971 | Downhill | 10th | ||
| 26 Feb 1971 | Heavenly Valley, CA, USA |
Giant slalom | 9th | |
| 14 Mar 1971 |  Åre, Sweden |
Giant slalom | 10th | |
| 1972 | 18 Dec 1971 |  Sestriere, Italy |
Slalom | 5th |
| 12 Jan 1972 | Bad Gastein, Austria |
Downhill | 10th | |
| 18 Jan 1972 |  Grindelwald, Switzerland |
Downhill | 8th | |
 1972 Winter Olympics
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| 25 Feb 1972 | Crystal Mtn, WA, USA |
Downhill | 8th | |
| 26 Feb 1972 | Downhill | 5th | ||
| 1973 | 16 Jan 1973 | Grindelwald, Switzerland |
Downhill | 9th |
| 25 Jan 1973 |  Chamonix, France |
Downhill | 9th | |
| 2 Feb 1973 | Schruns, Austria |
Slalom | 10th | |
Olympic results 
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| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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| 1972 | 20 | 9 | — | not run | 3 | not run |
- From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.
References
edit- ^ "U.S. takes a bronze in Olympics". Rochester Sentinel. Associated Press. February 5, 1972. p. 6.
- ^ "Photo: A Medalist". Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian. Associated Press. February 5, 1972. p. 4.
- ^ "Idaho gal medals". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. February 5, 1972. p. 11.
- ^ "Idaho skier wins first U.S. Olympic medal". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. February 5, 1972. p. 6.
- ^ Johnson, William (February 14, 1972). "Games of the rainbow". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
- ^ Free, Cathy (February 18, 1994). "Olympic bronze a hidden memory for downhill skier". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B1.
External links
edit- Susan Corrock at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Susan Corrock World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Susan Corrock at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Susie Corrock at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's Downhill medalists' runs – from Japanese television – 1972-02-05 on YouTube