Jimmy Cochran
{{Short description|American alpine skier (born 1981)}}
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James Michael Cochran (born May 29, 1981) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. He specialized in the technical events and his best World Cup finish was seventh in a Giant slalom in December 2005.
Born in Burlington, Vermont, Cochran is the son of Bob Cochran, one of the "Skiing Cochrans" family of Richmond, Vermont. He represented the U.S. in the Winter Olympics in 2006 and 2010 and the World Championships in 2005, 2007, and 2009.
Cochran's best Olympic finish was 12th in the slalom in 2006, and his best result at the world championships was tenth in the slalom at Val d'Isère in 2009. He won U.S. national titles in the giant slalom and slalom on successive days in 2004 at Alyeska in Alaska.{{cite magazine|url=http://skiracing.com/jimmy-cochran-takes-national-slalom-title-vermont-podium-sweep/ |magazine=Ski Racing |title=Jimmy Cochran takes national slalom title in Vermont podium sweep |date=March 21, 2004 |accessdate=January 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103231002/http://skiracing.com/jimmy-cochran-takes-national-slalom-title-vermont-podium-sweep/ |archivedate=January 3, 2014 }}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1914&dat=20040323&id=R9hGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2652,3792550|newspaper=Sun Journal |location=Lewiston, ME |agency=Associated Press |title=Miller slips, Cochran wins U.S. alpine title|date=March 23, 2004 |page=C3}}
After racing
Cochran retired from international competition after the 2012 season and became an assistant alpine ski coach at the University of Vermont in Burlington.{{cite web |url=http://www.uvmathletics.com/news/2012/9/12/SKI_0912123222.aspx?path=ski |publisher=University of Vermont athletics |title=Jimmy Cochran joins UVM ski team as assistant coach |last=Champagne |first=Lisa |date=September 12, 2012 |accessdate=January 2, 2014 |archive-date=January 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103131513/http://www.uvmathletics.com/news/2012/9/12/SKI_0912123222.aspx?path=ski |url-status=dead }} He raced for the Catamounts in 2003, after transferring from Middlebury College, then was named to the U.S. Ski Team.{{cite web|url=http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=News&storyID=3865 |publisher=University of Vermont |title=Skiing: Jimmy Cochran named to US Ski Team |last=Woodworth |first=Gordon |agency=university communications |date=May 29, 2003 |accessdate=January 2, 2014}} He is currently managing his family's non-profit ski area in Richmond, Vermont.
World Cup results
=Season standings=
=Race top tens=
- 5 top tens (3 SL, 2 GS)
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!Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
| 2006 | align=right|Dec 21, 2005 | align=left|Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 7th |
| rowspan=3|2008 | align=right|Dec 16, 2007 | align=left rowspan=2|Alta Badia, Italy | Giant slalom | 10th |
| align=right|Dec 17, 2007 | Slalom | 8th | ||
| align=right|Jan 6, 2008 | align=left| Adelboden, Switzerland | Slalom | 8th | |
| 2010 | align=right|Dec 21, 2009 | align=left|Alta Badia, Italy | Slalom | 9th |
See also
References
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External links
- {{FIS alpine skier|10612}}
- [https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=AL&competitorid=10612&type=cups Jimmy Cochran] World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- {{Ski-DB|jimmy_cochran_usa_534040}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140103131210/http://www.uvmathletics.com/staff.aspx?staff=148 Jimmy Cochran – assistant alpine ski coach – University of Vermont athletics]
- {{Team USA|new_id=jimmy-cochran|old_id=CO/Jimmy-Cochran|archive=20200814044729}}
- {{Olympics.com|jimmy-cochran}}
- {{Olympedia}}
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Category:Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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