Jill Kinmont

Jill Kinmont Boothe (born February 16, 1936 in Los Angeles, California) is a former American ski racer who competed in the mid 1950s.

Jill Kinmont grew up in Bishop, California, skiing and racing at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area. In early 1955, she was the reigning national champion in the slalom, and a top prospect for a medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics, a year away. That was until her near-fatal downhill accident at the "Snow Cup" in Alta, Utah, which resulted in paralysis from the neck down. It occurred the same week that Kinmont, weeks shy of her 19th birthday, was featured on the cover of "Sports Illustrated" magazine. [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/7394/index.htm]

After her rehabilitation she went on to graduate from UCLA and earned a teaching credential from the University of Washington. She married in November 1976, and had a long career as an educator first in Washington and then in Beverly Hills, California. She taught special education at Bishop Union Elementary School from 1975-96 in her hometown of Bishop. She is an accomplished painter who has had many exhibitions of her artwork.

Kinmont was the subject of two movies: "The Other Side of the Mountain" in 1975, and " [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078044/ The Other Side of the Mountain Part II] " in 1978.

External Links

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* [http://skihall.com/current-members.asp National Ski Hall of Fame] - list of inducted members - Jill Kinmont - 1967
* [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/7394/index.htm "Sports Illustrated"] - cover - 31-Jan-1955
** [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1129263/index.htm Apple Pie in Sun Valley]
* [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1129994/index.htm "Sports Illustrated"] - six months after accident - 25-Jul-1955
* [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1009507/index.htm "Sports Illustrated"] - Jill Kinmont Boothe, 42 years later - 24-Feb-1997

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073496/ Internet Movie Database] - "The Other Side of the Mountain" - 1975
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078044/ Internet Movie Database] - "The Other Side of the Mountain Part II" - 1978