Penny McCoy

{{Short description|American alpine skier (born 1949)}}

{{Infobox alpine ski racer

|name = Penny McCoy

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|disciplines = Giant slalom, slalom

|club = Mammoth Mountain (CA)

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|10|9}}

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|wcdebut = January 1967 (age 17)
(inaugural season)

|retired = 1969{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2v1XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CfcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1347,349832|newspaper=Bend Bulletin|agency=United Press International|title=Schranz, Gabl stay on top|date=March 3, 1969|page=9}} (age 19)

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|olympicteams = 0 – (alternate in 1968){{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9CgsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zsYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4494,3627959|newspaper=Times Tri-Citie (AL) Daily|agency=United Press International|title=Billy Kidd gives U.S. Ski Olympics hope|date=January 28, 1968|page=10}}

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|worldsteams = 1 – (1966)

|worldsmedals = 1

|worldsgolds = 0

|wcseasons = 3 – (1967–69)

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|wcpodiums = 0

|wcoveralls = 0 - (13th in 1967)

|wctitles = 0 - (9th in SL, 1967)

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{{MedalSport | Women's alpine skiing}}

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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|1966 Portillo | Slalom}}

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Penny McCoy (born October 9, 1949) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.

At age 16, McCoy won the bronze medal in the women's slalom at the 1966 World Championships in Portillo, Chile.{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1078869/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417133544/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1078869/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2010|magazine=Sports Illustrated|title=Found: A Pretty Penny|last=Ottum|first=Bob|date=August 15, 1966|page=12}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=he4gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RXIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4599,902304|newspaper=The Day (New London, CT)|agency=Associated Press|title=Penny McCoy takes third in slalom|date=August 5, 1966|page=15}} She had six top ten finishes in World Cup competition.

Shortly before the 1968 Winter Olympics, McCoy and Sandy Shellworth{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qKlVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5818,4993935|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|agency=Associated Press|title=Cutter name to team by Olympic ski coach|date=January 28, 1968|page=4B}} were left off the U.S. team by head coach Bob Beattie,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gztWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e-kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5491,275701|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|agency=Associated Press|title=Beattie ducks controversy; explains dropping McCoy|page=13|date=February 1, 1968}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uxtdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bVoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4500,2337129|newspaper=St Joseph (MO) Gazette|agency=Associated Press|title=U.S. skiing castoff Penny McCoy dejected at missing big chance|date=February 14, 1968 |page=2B}} displaced by new arrivals Kiki Cutter and Judy Nagel. Shellworth did get to compete, as an injury replacement in the downhill, but McCoy did not.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7kc0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=2GUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5109,3954101|newspaper=Sarasota Herald|agency=Associated Press|title=Slalom committee refuses U.S. bid for substitution|date=February 15, 1968|page=37}}