Christina "Kiki" Cutter (born July 24, 1949 in Bend , Oregon ) is a former American ski racer. In 1968, Cutter was the first alpine skier from the USA to win a World Cup race . With a total of five wins, she was the most successful American driver for more than two decades.
biography
Cutter's international career began in 1967. After winning the US Downhill Championship at the age of 17 , she was appointed to the US national ski team. Between 1968 and 1970 she took part in the World Cup. In these three years she won five races, seven more times she reached a podium. The 1968 season she finished ninth in the overall World Cup ranking, in the 1968/69 season she was fourth in the overall World Cup and second in the Slalom World Cup.
However, she was denied success at the Olympic Games. In Grenoble in 1968 she was 17th best American woman in the downhill and 21st in giant slalom. In her strongest discipline, slalom, she was eliminated.
After the 1969/70 season, Cutter ended her amateur career and joined the professional Women's Pro Tour . She then worked as a promoter for the ski manufacturer Rossignol and as an advertising medium for the ski resort in Beaver Creek .
United States