Pam Fletcher

Pam Ann Fletcher (born January 30, 1963) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.

Pam Fletcher
Born (1963-01-30) January 30, 1963
OccupationAlpine skier
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G,
Combined
World Cup debutMarch 5, 1983 (age 20)
RetiredMarch 1989 (age 26)
Olympics
Teams1 - (1988) - injured[1]
Medals0
World Championships
Teams2 - (198789)[2][3]
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons7 - (198389)
Wins1 - (1 DH)
Podiums3 - (2 DH, 1 SG)
Overall titles0 - (23rd in 1986)
Discipline titles0 - (8th in DH, 1986)

Her career was marked by injuries, and the most publicized occurred at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Canada. Just an hour prior to the scheduled start of the women's downhill, Fletcher collided with a course volunteer at the bottom of a warm-up slope at Nakiska and broke her right fibula.[1][4][5]

She retired from international competition following the 1989 season with one World Cup victory and two additional podiums.

World Cup results

Race podiums

  • 1 win - (1 DH)
  • 3 podiums - (2 DH, 1 SG)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
19862 Mar 1986Japan Furano, JapanSuper-G3rd
15 Mar 1986United States Vail, USADownhill1st
198713 Mar 1987United States Vail, USADownhill3rd

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super-GDownhillCombined
19832058not
awarded
30
1984218233
198522
1986232318832
1987244318
198825442115
1989267232

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
1987242319
19892624

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
198825DNS

References

  1. Alfano, Peter (February 19, 1988). "'88 Winter Olympics; American skier injured in practice". New York Times. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
  2. "Swiss win fifth gold in world skiing". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. February 4, 1987. p. D4.
  3. Lochner, Bob (February 1, 1989). "World Alpine Ski Championships: American Pam Fletcher Figures as Threat in Downhill". Los Angeles Times.
  4. "U.S. skiers getting all the breaks". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire reports. February 19, 1988. p. 5B.
  5. Rice, Bill (September 12, 1988). "Injury opened doors for spirited Fletcher". Schenectedy Gazette. (New York). p. 35.


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