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Barbara Cochran

1951 - Today

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Barbara Ann Cochran (born January 4, 1951) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from the United States. Born in Claremont, New Hampshire, Cochran was the second of four siblings of the famous "Skiing Cochrans" family of Richmond, Vermont, which has operated a small ski area in their backyard since 1961. Her father, Gordon "Mickey" Cochran, was a longtime coach, coaching youngsters of the Smuggler's Notch Ski Club, the University of Vermont Ski Team, and the U.S. Ski Team. The family has placed several generations of athletes on the U.S. Ski Team: three-time national champion sister Marilyn, Barbara Ann, nine-time national champion brother Bob, and two-time national champion sister Lindy. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara Cochran is the 189th most popular skier (up from 247th in 2019), the 11,337th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,870th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Barbara Cochran ranks 189 out of 817. Before her are Reinhold Bachler, Larisa Lazutina, Finn Christian Jagge, Jiří Parma, Peter Prevc, and Ernst Vettori. After her are Dagmar Rom, Stein Eriksen, Perrine Pelen, Inger Helene Nybråten, Giorgio Di Centa, and Andreas Felder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Barbara Cochran ranks 596. Before her are Fița Lovin, Nobutaka Taguchi, Thomas Akers, Juan Carlos Oblitas, Terrence Mann, and Steven Lisberger. After her are Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov, José Vélez, Frits Goedgedrag, Jonathan Richman, Satymkul Dzhumanazarov, and Gerd Kische.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barbara Cochran ranks 11,339 out of 20,380. Before her are Lloyd Price (1933), Chuck Peddle (1937), Steven Lisberger (1951), Jeff Dunham (1962), Brandi Rhodes (1983), and Bob Burns (1950). After her are Hilary Hahn (1979), Juliet Landau (1965), George Henry Thomas (1816), Katie Cassidy (1986), Barbara Jordan (1936), and Jay Hernandez (1978).

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Among SKIERS In United States

Among skiers born in United States, Barbara Cochran ranks 5. Before her are Lindsey Vonn (1984), Phil Mahre (1957), Mikaela Shiffrin (1995), and Bode Miller (1977). After her are Bill Johnson (1960), Andrea Mead Lawrence (1932), Gretchen Fraser (1919), Ted Ligety (1984), Jessica Diggins (1991), Julia Mancuso (1984), and Tamara McKinney (1962).

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