- Billy Kidd
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MSP and Councillor seeBill Kidd "William Winston "Billy" Kidd (born
April 13 ,1943 inBurlington, Vermont ) is a former American alpine ski racer originally from Stowe,Vermont , now living in Steamboat Springs,Colorado .A silver medalist in the slalom at the 1964 Winter Olympics in
Innsbruck , Kidd was the first American man (along with Jimmy Heuga, who took bronze in the same race) to earn an Olympic medal in alpine skiing. Both Kidd and Heuga were just 20 years old at the time.Kidd won the gold medal in the Combined and the bronze in the slalom at the 1970 World Championships in
Val Gardena ,Italy .He retired from the World Cup circuit after the 1970 World Championships in February, and won the pro world championship the same year, the only racer to hold both titles at once. [http://www.usskiteam.com/public/news.php?&dId=6&aId=2346] Kidd retired from pro racing in the early 1970s and has since been identified with the
Steamboat Ski Resort , where he still serves as director of skiing. He graduated from the University of Colorado in 1969 with a degree ineconomics . [http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761589704/Billy_Kidd.html]World Cup victories
Two (2) World Cup victories, 4 podiums, and 19 top-ten finishes.
External Links
* [http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=AL&competitorid=30276&type=result FIS-Ski.com] - Billy Kidd - World Cup top ten finishes
* [http://www.usskiteam.com/public/news.php?&dId=6&aId=2346 U.S. Ski Team] - Kidd inducted into Vermont Ski Hall of Fame - 2006
* [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/7912/index.htm "Sports Illustrated"] - cover - 08-March-1965 - Billy Kidd
** [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1076972/index.htm A Bullet in the Rockies]
* [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/8061/index.htm "Sports Illustrated"] - cover - 05-Feb-1968 - 1968 Olympics preview - Billy Kidd & Jimmy Heuga
** [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1080808/index.htm A Fight on the Slopes, a Cinch on the Ice]
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