Hilary Engish

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Hilary Engish Freestyle skiing
nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday 18th December 1957 (age 62)
place of birth Vermont , USA
size 152 cm
job Sports official, CEO
Career
discipline Moguls
society Mount Mansfield Ski Club
status resigned
End of career January 1987
Placements in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup January 7, 1980
 World Cup victories 22nd
 Overall World Cup 6. (1981/82)
 Mughal World Cup 1. ( 1980 , 1980/81, 1981/82,
1983/84)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Moguls 22nd 3 4th
 

Hilary Engisch-Klein (born December 18, 1957 in Vermont ), incorrectly Engish at the FIS , is a former American freestyle skier . She was on the moguls specializes -Disziplin Moguls. In the Freestyle Skiing World Cup , she dominated the first few years on the moguls and won the discipline rankings four times as well as 22 individual competitions.

biography

Childhood and youth

Moguls in Smugglers' Notch

Hilary Engisch was born in 1957 in Vermont to the doctor Robert Engisch (1929–2011) and the artist Joan (née Lloyd, 1931–1985) . Her father worked as a neurologist in various hospitals and his own practice on the family farm in Williston, acquired in 1964 . Hilary grew up with two sisters and three brothers and started skiing at an early age. In the Smugglers' Notch ski area in the Green Mountains , she practiced her turns with her own brothers and sisters and siblings Barbara Ann , Bob , Lindy and Marilyn Cochran , all of whom were successful ski racers. At the age of ten she competed in skiing, was active as a judoka and played soccer. She finally gave up alpine ski racing in favor of freestyle skiing.

Athletic career

Hilary Engisch graduated from the University of Vermont by 1980 and was highly successful as a footballer . Between 1977 and 1979 she scored a total of 35 goals in three seasons and set a new university record with 21 goals in her final season. In 1979 she led the Catamounts team as team captain to third place in the qualification for the NCAA final round.

Hilary Engisch took part in a professional freestyle competition for the first time in 1978 in Silver Star, British Columbia , and won on the moguls despite borrowing skis. She then celebrated a few more victories in high-value competitions and made her debut in January 1980 in the newly launched Freestyle Skiing World Cup . While she disappointed with eleventh place in the very first competition in the Pocono Mountains , she won her first competition the following day. With two more victories in Oberjoch and Whistler , she secured, as expected, the win of the Moguls discipline. In 1980/81 she won five of eight season competitions and was second on the podium again, but also made two slips. Nevertheless, she decided the discipline evaluation for herself again. The following winter, she cemented her number one position by winning eight of eleven competitions and taking two more podiums. In addition to her third victory in the discipline classification, she reached a career high with sixth place in the overall World Cup. After she had only contested four competitions in the 1982/83 season and thus failed to win the ranking for the first time, she returned to the top in 1984 with five wins. In the same year she tore a cruciate ligament as part of the national championships , but won the title anyway.

So Engisch had to sit out for the entire 1984/85 season and was only able to return to the World Cup in January 1986. With the ranks three and eight, she did not manage to build on earlier successes. At the first World Championships in Tignes , she had to be content with sixth place when her compatriot Mary Jo Tiampo won. In January 1987, on the sidelines of the World Cup at Mont Gabriel, she announced her retirement from competitive sports.

Further career

Even during her active career, Engisch was also involved in sports off-piste. For example, she was co-founder of the Vermont Ski Training Foundation for young freestylers and occasionally wrote for the specialist magazines Ski and Skiing on the subjects of mogul slopes and ski technique. In addition, she worked as a supervisor for girls and young women in the service of a crisis intervention program . During her injury break, she wrote the book Skiing Freestyle with Park Smalley and met her future husband, the Canadian Steven Klein, on the plane to the publisher. After their careers ended, they emigrated to California to make their own film. There Engisch obtained a UCLA degree in TV and film production as well as an acting diploma from the Stella Adler Acting Conservatory.

She later served on the board of directors of the United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) and worked with non-profit organizations such as the March of Dimes and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the Special Olympics . In 2009 she contracted breast cancer and, after recovering from illness, founded the non-profit project Kids on Top , which aims to support sick children in practicing outdoor sports .

Hilary Engisch lives in Ottawa and Stowe and has three daughters with Steven Klein (1959–2019).

reception

After specializing in the individual freestyle disciplines, Hilary Engisch, who is only 1.52 meters tall, went down in the history of the sport as the first serial winner on the mogul slope. Skiing called her in 1982 the “best female mogul skier alive”. Although she no longer took part, like many other top athletes at the beginning of the World Cup era, she was ascribed an important role in bringing freestyle skiing to the Olympic Games . In 1984 she was voted athlete of the year by both the USSA ski association and domestic sports reporters. After the end of his career, Engisch was honored with admission to various halls of fame , including the UVM Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990 and the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2018. In 1999, Sports Illustrated voted her 16th of the 50 greatest athletes in her home state Vermont.

successes

World championships

World Cup ratings

season total Moguls
space Points space Points
1980 9. 29 1. 29
1980/81 7th 47 1. 47
1981/82 6th 48 1. 48
1982/83 14th 8th 4th 33
1983/84 9. 12 1. 70
1984/85 No results due to injury
1985/86 20th 7th 9. 28

World Cup victories

Engisch achieved 29 podium places in the World Cup, including 22 victories:

date place country discipline
January 8, 1980 Poconos United States Moguls
March 1, 1980 Oberjoch Germany Moguls
March 28, 1980 Whistler Canada Moguls
January 16, 1981 Livigno Italy Moguls
3rd February 1981 Laax Switzerland Moguls
4th February 1981 Laax Switzerland Moguls
March 18, 1981 Mount Norquay Canada Moguls
March 19, 1981 Mount Norquay Canada Moguls
2nd January 1982 Snoqualmie United States Moguls
January 8, 1982 Blackcomb Canada Moguls
January 29, 1982 Sugarbush United States Moguls
4th February 1982 Mont Sainte-Anne Canada Moguls
5th February 1982 Mont Sainte-Anne Canada Moguls
March 5, 1982 Adelboden Switzerland Moguls
March 14, 1982 Livigno Italy Moguls
March 24, 1982 Tignes France Moguls
March 16, 1983 Angel Fire United States Moguls
January 13, 1984 Stoneham Canada Moguls
March 8, 1984 Campitello Matese Italy Moguls
March 11, 1984 Campitello Matese Italy Moguls
March 21, 1984 Halls Sweden Moguls
March 28, 1984 Tignes France Moguls

More Achievements

  • At least one American championship title (Moguls 1984)
  • Multiple victories in the pre-World Cup era
  • Overall victory and five individual victories on the Pro Mogul Tour 1981

Awards

  • 1984: USSA Athlete of the Year
  • 1984: Sportswoman of the Year (US Sportscasters)
  • 1990: Induction into the University of Vermont Athletic Hall of Fame
  • 2009: Induced into the Mansfield Ski Club Hall of Fame
  • 2010: Induced into the Vermont Ski Museum Hall of Fame
  • 2018: Induction into the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame
  • 2018: Induced into the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c At 5ft Tall Hilary Engisch Is Considered a Big Mogul When It Comes to Skiing in Them. In: Skiing. January 1982, p. 122 (English).
  2. ↑ Dr. Robert Engisch, MD Legacy.com, July 12, 2011, accessed May 17, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Hilary Engisch-Klein - Hall of Fame Class of 2018. US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame, accessed on May 17, 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ a b Hilary Engisch Klein. Vermont Sports Hall of Fame, accessed May 17, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b c Hilary Engisch. UVM Athletics , accessed on May 17, 2020 .
  6. ^ People in Skiing - Good Woman in a Crisis. In: Skiing. September 1984, p. 50 (English).
  7. ↑ Hilary Engisch Klein. Kids on Top, accessed on May 17, 2020 (English).
  8. ↑ Steven Shawn Klein. Remembering.ca, December 18, 2019, accessed on May 17, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Hilary Engisch-Klein Tribute Video and Acceptance Speech - Class of 2018. USSSHOF / YouTube , April 18, 2019, accessed on May 17, 2020 .
  10. ^ The 50 Greatest Sports Figures from Vermont. Sports Illustrated , December 27, 1999, accessed May 17, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME English, Hilary
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Engish-Klein, Hilary
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American freestyle skier
DATE OF BIRTH 18th December 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Vermont