Comments on: Who is the first and only American to win two gold medals in Alpine Ski events in the same Olympics? http://skiingchampion.com/alpine-ski/who-is-the-first-and-only-american-to-win-two-gold-medals-in-alpine-ski-events-in-the-same-olympics Best Skiing News and Resources Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:50:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Keno http://skiingchampion.com/alpine-ski/who-is-the-first-and-only-american-to-win-two-gold-medals-in-alpine-ski-events-in-the-same-olympics#comment-1518 Keno Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:30:59 +0000 http://skiingchampion.com/alpine-ski/who-is-the-first-and-only-american-to-win-two-gold-medals-in-alpine-ski-events-in-the-same-olympics#comment-1518 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.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp 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

]]> By: kasiuleczek http://skiingchampion.com/alpine-ski/who-is-the-first-and-only-american-to-win-two-gold-medals-in-alpine-ski-events-in-the-same-olympics#comment-1517 kasiuleczek Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:15:59 +0000 http://skiingchampion.com/alpine-ski/who-is-the-first-and-only-american-to-win-two-gold-medals-in-alpine-ski-events-in-the-same-olympics#comment-1517 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.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Mead-Lawrence 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

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