Jill Kinmont Boothe
Alpine skiing, Athlete
1936 –
Who is Jill Kinmont Boothe?
Jill Kinmont Boothe
Born in Los Angeles, California, Kinmont grew up in Bishop and learned to ski race at Mammoth Mountain in the Sierra Nevada mountains. 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.
While competing, at the age of 18, in the giant slalom at the prestigious Snow Cup in Alta, Utah, on January 30, 1955. she suffered a near-fatal accident which resulted in paralysis from the neck down. That same week she had been featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, dated January 31, 1955.
After her rehabilitation, she went on to graduate from UCLA with a B.A. in German and earned a teaching credential from the University of Washington in Seattle. She 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 to 1996 in her hometown of Bishop. She was an accomplished painter who had many exhibitions of her artwork.
Kinmont was the subject of two movies: The Other Side of the Mountain in 1975, and The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 in 1978. Both films starred Marilyn Hassett as Kinmont.
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- Born
- Feb 16, 1936
Los Angeles - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of Washington
- Died
- May 6, 2024
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on July 23, 2013
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