2 Responses for "Who is the first and only American to win two gold medals in Alpine Ski events in the same Olympics?"

1. kasiuleczek December 19th, 2008 at 1:15 pm 1

   Andrea Mead-Lawrence was the first American alpine skier to win two Olympic gold medals.

   At the age of 15, she competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and placed eighth in the slalom. Four years later at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway she came out on top in both the slalom and the giant slalom events. She succeeded Gretchen Fraser, who had won gold in the slalom in 1948, as the top American woman ski racer.
   References :
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Mead-Lawrence

2. Keno December 19th, 2008 at 1:30 pm 2

   Andrea Mead-Lawrence was first American Alpine skier and first woman in the world to win two gold medals in Alpine events in one Winter Olympics.

   She won the two gold medals from giant slalom Women and slalom Women in 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics.

   Her Olympic victories, coupled with her U.S. championship titles in the downhill, slalom, and Alpine combined in 1950, 1952, and 1955 and the giant slalom in 1953, earned her a place in the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame.
   References :
   http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp