| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1950-02-07)February 7, 1950 (age 75) | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill,giant slalom,slalom,combined | ||||||||||||||
| Club | University of Vermont | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | March1968 (age 18) | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | March1974 (age 24) | ||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 – (1972) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 3 – (1970,1972,1974) includes Olympics | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 6 – (1969–74) | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 3 – (1GS, 2SL) | ||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 15 – (9GS, 6SL) | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 –(8th in1973) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 1 – (GS,1969) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marilyn Cochran Brown (born February 5, 1950) is a formerWorld Cupalpine ski racer from theUnited States.
The eldest of four siblings of the "Skiing Cochrans" family ofRichmond, Vermont, she became the first American to win a discipline championship in theWorld Cup, triumphing ingiant slalom at age 19 in1969.[1] The next year, she won a bronze medal in thecombined at theWorld Championships.[2]
Born inBurlington, Vermont, Cochran and her younger sisterBarbara (b. 1951) joined theU.S. Ski Team in 1967. She made her World Cup debut at age 18 in March1968, a month after theWinter Olympics, with a pair of top ten finishes at the season's final stop inAspen,Colorado. BrotherBob (b. 1951) joined the men's "A team" for the1970 season and the three siblings competed on the World Cup tour through the1974 season.
Marilyn was a three-time U.S. national champion during her career. In the1969 season, she finished runner-up in the final fivegiant slalom races and won the World Cupseason title.[1] Cochran was the only American alpine racer with a World Cup season title until1980, whenPhil Mahre won thecombined. She won the bronze medal in thecombined at the1970 World Championships inVal Gardena,Italy.[2] Sister Barbara was fourth in that competition, but won a silver in theslalom, where Marilyn was sixth.[3]
Cochran won three World Cup races, two in giant slalom and one in slalom, and had 15 podiums and fifty top ten finishes. The first victory came in February1971 close to home, inQuebec atMont Ste. Anne, with sister Barbara as runner-up.[4] She competed in all three events at theWinter Olympics in1972 in Japan, but with disappointing results: 28th in downhill, 20th in giant slalom, and a fall in the first run of the slalom, the race won by her sister. At the World Championships in1974 in Switzerland, Cochran finished eighth in giant slalom, and retired from international competition after the season.
After her racing career, Cochran attended theUniversity of Vermont in Burlington and graduated in 1979. She married Chris Brown, an All-American racer at the university and later a professor ofmechanical engineering atWPI. Their son Roger Brown, a 2004 graduate ofDartmouth, was also an All-American. He was the 2002NCAA slalom champion and competed on the U.S. Ski Team. Younger son Douglas Brown was captain of the ski team atSt. Lawrence University, and graduated in 2009.
Cochran was inducted into theNational Ski Hall of Fame in 1978. Sister Barbara (1976) and brother Bob (2010) are also members of the hall. Cochran also joined her siblings Barbara (2013) and Bob (2014) as members of theVermont Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.
| Season | Discipline |
|---|---|
| 1969 | Giant slalom |
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 18 | 42 | 35 | 18 | not run | — | not run |
| 1969 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 20 | ||
| 1970 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 15 | ||
| 1971 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 | ||
| 1972 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 23 | ||
| 1973 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 21 | ||
| 1974 | 24 | 23 | 11 | — | — |
Points were only awarded for top ten finishes (seescoring system).
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 4 Jan 1969 |  Oberstaufen,West Germany | Slalom | 3rd |
| 9 Feb 1969 |  Vipiteno,Italy | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 17 Feb 1969 |  Vysoké Tatry,Czechoslovakia | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 1 Mar 1969 |  Squaw Valley,CA,USA | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 14 Mar 1969 |  Mont St. Anne,QC,Canada | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 20 Mar 1969 | Waterville Valley,NH, USA | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 1970 | 6 Jan 1970 |  Grindelwald,Switzerland | Slalom | 3rd |
| 1971 | 13 Feb 1971 | Mont St. Anne, QC, Canada | Slalom | 1st |
| 14 Mar 1971 |  Åre,Sweden | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 1972 | 3 Jan 1972 | Oberstaufen, West Germany | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 3 Mar 1972 | Heavenly Valley, CA, USA | Slalom | 3rd | |
| 1973 | 21 Jan 1973 |  Les Contamines,France | Slalom | 3rd |
| 26 Jan 1973 | Chamonix, France | Slalom | 1st | |
| 15 Mar 1973 |  Naeba,Japan | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 1974 | 7 Dec 1973 | Val-d'Isère, France | Slalom | 3rd |
