Olympic Medal Record
Women’s Alpine Skiing
Gold	1972	Slalom

Barbara Ann Cochran (born January 4, 1951) is an American alpine skier from Richmond, Vermont. She is a member of the famous family of "Skiing Cochrans" which has operated a small ski area in Vermont since 1961 and has placed several generations of athletes on the US Ski Team (including Barbara Ann, nine time national champion brother Bob Cochran, three time national champion sister Marilyn Cochran, sister Lindy Cochran, nephew Jimmy Cochran, niece Jessica Kelley and nephew Roger Brown). Her father Mickey Cochrane was a long time coach of the US Ski Team. Image File history File links Olympic_rings_white. ... Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since the 1936 Winter Games in Garmisch and Partenkirchen, Germany. ... The XI Olympic Winter Games were held in 1972 in Sapporo, Japan. ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Alpine skiing (or downhill skiing) is a recreational activity and sport involving sliding down snow-covered hills with long, thin skis attached to each foot. ...

Career Highlights

• Earned a Silver Medal in Slalom at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy.
• 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan: Gold Medal in Slalom by a mere 0.02 seconds, the smallest winning margin in Olympic history.
• Three (3) World Cup victories.
• Two time U.S. National Champion.