Barbara Ann Cochran

Barbara Ann Cochran
nation	United States
birthday	4th January 1951 (age 69)
place of birth	Claremont , United States
Career
discipline	Giant slalom , slalom , combination
status	resigned
End of career	1974
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × 0 × 0 × World championships 1 × 1 × 0 ×
winter Olympics gold Sapporo 1972 slalom  Alpine World Ski Championships silver Val Gardena 1970 slalom gold Sapporo 1972 slalom
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
Individual World Cup debut 1968  Individual world cup victories 3  Overall World Cup 5. ( 1969/70 )  Giant Slalom World Cup 4. (1969/70)  Slalom World Cup 2. (1969/70)
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Giant slalom 1 3 3  slalom 2 5 3

Barbara Ann Cochran (born January 4, 1951 in Claremont , New Hampshire ) is a former American ski racer . She is the sister of the equally successful ski racers Marilyn Cochran , Lindy Cochran and Bob Cochran .

biography

She celebrated the greatest success of her career at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo , when, in an extremely tight decision, with just 0.02 seconds ahead of Danièle Debernard , she became the Olympic champion in slalom on February 11th (0.03 seconds in the first run. before Debernard, in the second run by 0.01 sec. slower). She had previously won the silver medal in slalom at the Alpine World Ski Championships in 1970 in Val Gardena .

She won three races in the Ski World Cup , plus 9 second and 6 third places.

successes

Olympic games

• Sapporo 1972 : 1st slalom (also counted as World Cup)

World championships

• Val Gardena 1970 : 2nd slalom, 4th combination, 9th giant slalom
• St. Moritz 1974 : 6th giant slalom

World Cup ratings

season	total		Giant slalom		slalom
	space	Points	space	Points	space	Points
1968	36.	6th	-	-	22nd	6th
1968/69	18th	28	26th	1	9.	27
1969/70	5.	120	4th	55	2.	65
1970/71	8th.	90	12.	25th	3.	65
1971/72	12.	67	18th	10	6th	57
1972/73	21st	39	23.	6th	10.	33
1973/74	14th	46	11.	22nd	7th	26th

World Cup victories

Cochran achieved a total of 18 podium places, including 3 wins:

date	place	country	discipline
19th January 1970	Maribor	Yugoslavia	slalom
February 24, 1971	Heavenly Valley	United States	slalom
February 26, 1971	Heavenly Valley	United States	Giant slalom

Web links

• Barbara Ann Cochran in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Barbara Ann Cochran in the database of Ski-DB (English)
• Barbara Ann Cochran in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )