Sandy Shellworth

{{Short description|American alpine skier (1944–2019)}}

{{Infobox alpine ski racer

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|disciplines = Downhill, giant slalom

|club = Bogus Basin (ID)

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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|6|22}}

|birth_place = Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|2019|1|10|1944|6|22}}

|height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}

|wcdebut = January 1967 (age 22)
(inaugural season)

|retired = 1968

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|olympicteams = 1 – (1968)

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|worldsteams = 1 – (1968 Olympics)

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|wcseasons = 2 – (1967–68)

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{{MedalSport | Women's alpine skiing}}

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{{MedalCompetition|U.S. Alpine Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1967 Missoula | Giant slalom}}

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Sandra "Sandy" Shellworth (December 18, 1944 – January 10, 2019){{cite web|url = https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailycamera/obituary.aspx?n=sandra-shellworth-hildner&pid=191805122&|title = Sandra Shellworth Hildner|date = March 13, 2019|publisher = Legacy.com|access-date = March 28, 2019}} was an alpine ski racer from the United States.

Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Shellworth was raised in Boise, Idaho, where her father, Eugene Shellworth was mayor (1961–66).{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1963/04/15/618757/cool-skiing-in-sunbaked-alaska|magazine=Sports Illustrated|title=Cool skiing in sun-baked Alaska |last=Terrell |first=Roy |date=April 15, 1963|page=60}} A 1962 graduate of Boise High,{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/boisehigh1962classreunion/home/classmates|publisher=Boise High School Class of 1962|location=(Boise, Idaho)|title=50th Reunion class list|date=2012|accessdate=December 22, 2012}} she raced for Bogus Basin, the University of Colorado,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.coloradanmagazine.org/2009/03/01/kidding-around-on-the-slopes/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124070859/http://www.coloradanmagazine.org/2009/03/01/kidding-around-on-the-slopes/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 24, 2009|magazine=Coloradan (CU alumni)|title=Kidding around on the slopes|last=Lay|first=Jennie|date=March 1, 2009|accessdate=January 9, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=205530775&SPID=274&SPSID=4460|publisher=University of Colorado athletics|title=University of Colorado in the Olympic Games|date=July 12, 2012}} and the U.S. Ski Team.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1966/01/17/607814/faces-in-the-crowd|magazine=Sports Illustrated|title=Faces in the crowd |date=January 17, 1966|page=60}}

Shellworth won the Roch Cup downhill in Aspen in 1967,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8tszAAAAIBAJ&pg=3489%2C3126070|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=(Spokane, Washington)|title=Sandy wins Roch Cup trophy at Aspen|agency=Associated Press|date=February 11, 1967|page=9}}{{cite news|url=http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20071201/ASPENWEEKLY/71130037|title=The Roch Cup — a ski-town legacy |last=Cooper |first=Christin |author-link=Christin Cooper |newspaper=Aspen Times|location=(Colorado)|agency=(from SKI magazine)|date=December 1, 2007|accessdate=January 9, 2013}} and was the 1967 U.S. Champion in giant slalom at Missoula, but broke her leg hours later training for the downhill.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2QAzAAAAIBAJ&pg=6909%2C3745347|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|location=(Spokane, Washington)|title=Sandy wins (giant) slalom, then breaks leg|date=February 27, 1967|page=8}} Shellworth was the first woman from CU to participate in the Olympics;{{cite web|url=http://cuheritage.org/womens-history-month-trivia-and-answers/|publisher=CU Heritage Center|title=Women's History Month Trivia And Answers|accessdate=January 9, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507165211/http://cuheritage.org/womens-history-month-trivia-and-answers/|archive-date=May 7, 2012}} she competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics at Grenoble and finished 21st in the women's downhill at Chamrousse. Her best finish in a World Cup event was 12th in the downhill at Schruns, Austria, in January 1967.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1967/01/30/670198/a-sudden-streak-for-nancy|magazine=Sports Illustrated|last=Jenkins|first=Dan |author-link=Dan Jenkins |title=A sudden streak for Nancy |date=January 30, 1967|page=12}}