Susan Corrock
Personal information
Born (1951-11-30) November 30, 1951
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
OccupationAlpine skier
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, giant slalom, slalom, Combine
ClubSun Valley (ID) Ski Club
World Cup debut1970
Retired1973
Websitesusieluby.com
Olympics
Teams1 - (1972)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams1 - (1972 Olympics)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons4 - (197073)
Podiums0
Overall titles0 - (19th in 1972)
Discipline titles0 - (7th in DH, 1972)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Sapporo Downhill

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.

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

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom
Downhill
1970183021
19711924222311
19722019177
197321352721

Points were only awarded for top ten finishes (see scoring system).

Top ten finishes

  • 16 top tens (8 DH, 2 GS, 6 SL)
Season Date Location Race Place
197013 Jan 1970Austria Bad Gastein, AustriaSlalom8th
1 Mar 1970Canada Vancouver, BC, CanadaSlalom8th
19714 Jan 1971Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Maribor, YugoslaviaSlalom9th
13 Feb 1971Canada Mt. Ste. Anne, QC, CanadaSlalom9th
18 Feb 1971United States Sugarloaf, ME, USADownhill6th
19 Feb 1971Downhill10th
26 Feb 1971United States Heavenly Valley, CA, USAGiant slalom9th
14 Mar 1971Sweden Åre, SwedenGiant slalom10th
197218 Dec 1971Italy Sestriere, ItalySlalom5th
12 Jan 1972Austria Bad Gastein, AustriaDownhill10th
18 Jan 1972 Switzerland  Grindelwald, SwitzerlandDownhill8th
Japan 1972 Winter Olympics
25 Feb 1972United States Crystal Mtn, WA, USADownhill8th
26 Feb 1972Downhill5th
197316 Jan 1973 Switzerland  Grindelwald, SwitzerlandDownhill9th
25 Jan 1973France Chamonix, FranceDownhill9th
2 Feb 1973Austria Schruns, AustriaSlalom10th

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
1972209not run3not run

References

  1. "U.S. takes a bronze in Olympics". Rochester Sentinel. Associated Press. February 5, 1972. p. 6.
  2. "Photo: A Medalist". Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian. Associated Press. February 5, 1972. p. 4.
  3. "Idaho gal medals". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. February 5, 1972. p. 11.
  4. "Idaho skier wins first U.S. Olympic medal". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. February 5, 1972. p. 6.
  5. Johnson, William (February 14, 1972). "Games of the rainbow". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
  6. Free, Cathy (February 18, 1994). "Olympic bronze a hidden memory for downhill skier". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B1.
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