Billy Kidd
Alpine skiing, Olympic athlete
1943 –
Who is Billy Kidd?
William Winston "Billy" Kidd is a former World Cup alpine ski racer, a member of the U.S. Ski Team from 1962 to 1970. At the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Kidd and teammate Jimmie Heuga became the first American men to win Olympic medals in alpine skiing, winning silver and bronze in the slalom. Six years later, Kidd won a gold medal in the combined and a bronze in the slalom at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy. He promptly switched circuits and enjoyed a successful pro ski racing career from 1970 to 1972. Since 1970, Kidd has enjoyed enduring "legend" status in the sport, and he has remained in the public eye in his job as Director of Skiing at Steamboat Ski Resort in Colorado.
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- Born
- Apr 13, 1943
Burlington - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- University of Colorado Boulder
- University of Vermont
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on July 23, 2013
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