Susan Corrock

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.

Susan Corrock

Alpine skier
Disciplines	Downhill, Giant Slalom, Slalom, Combine
Club	Sun Valley (ID) Ski Club
Born	(1951-11-30) November 30, 1951 Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Height	5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
World Cup debut	1970
Retired	1973
Website	susieluby.com
Olympics
Teams	1 - (1972)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	1 - (1972 Olympics)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	4 - (1970–73)
Podiums	0
Overall titles	0 - (19th in 1972)
Discipline titles	0 - (7th in DH, 1972)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing the  United States Olympic Games World Championships 1972 Sapporo Downhill

Born in Seattle, Washington, Corrock skied as a youth at Snoqualmie Pass 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

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Downhill
1970	18	30	21	—	—
1971	19	24	22	23	11
1972	20	19	17	—	7
1973	21	35	27	—	21

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
1970	13 Jan 1970	Bad Gastein, Austria	Slalom	8th
	1 Mar 1970	Vancouver, BC, Canada	Slalom	8th
1971	4 Jan 1971	Maribor, Yugoslavia	Slalom	9th
	13 Feb 1971	Mt. Ste. Anne, QC, Canada	Slalom	9th
	18 Feb 1971	Sugarloaf, ME, USA	Downhill	6th
	19 Feb 1971		Downhill	10th
	26 Feb 1971	Heavenly Valley, CA, USA	Giant Slalom	9th
	14 Mar 1971	Åre, Sweden	Giant Slalom	10th
1972	18 Dec 1971	Sestriere, Italy	Slalom	5th
	12 Jan 1972	Bad Gastein, Austria	Downhill	10th
	18 Jan 1972	Grindelwald, Switzerland	Downhill	8th
	1972 Winter Olympics
	25 Feb 1972	Crystal Mtn, WA, USA	Downhill	8th
	26 Feb 1972		Downhill	5th
1973	16 Jan 1973	Grindelwald, Switzerland	Downhill	9th
	25 Jan 1973	Chamonix, France	Downhill	9th
	2 Feb 1973	Schruns, Austria	Slalom	10th

Olympic results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant  Slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
1972	20	9	—	not run	3	not run

• From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.

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.

External links

• Susan Corrock at the International Ski Federation
• Susan Corrock World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
• Susan Corrock at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Susie Corrock at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's Downhill medalists' runs – from Japanese television – 1972-02-05 on YouTube