Pam Fletcher

Pam Fletcher
Personal information
Born (1963-01-30) January 30, 1963 (age 61)
Acton, Massachusetts, U.S.
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 - (1987–89)[2][3]
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons7 - (1983–89)
Wins1 - (1 DH)
Podiums3 - (2 DH, 1 SG)
Overall titles0 - (23rd in 1986)
Discipline titles0 - (8th in DH, 1986)

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

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
1986 2 Mar 1986 Japan Furano, Japan Super-G 3rd
15 Mar 1986 United States Vail, USA Downhill 1st
1987 13 Mar 1987 United States Vail, USA Downhill 3rd

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom		 Super-G Downhill Combined
1983 20 58 — — not
awarded		 30 —
1984 21 82 — — — 33
1985 22
1986 23 23 — — 18 8 32
1987 24 43 — — — 18 —
1988 25 44 — — — 21 15
1989 26 72 — — — 32 —

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 		 Super-G Downhill Combined
1987 24 — — 23 19 —
1989 26 — — — 24 —

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 		 Super-G Downhill Combined
1988 25 — — — DNS —

References

  1. ^ a b 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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