| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1949-10-09) October 9, 1949 (age 74) | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Giant slalom, slalom | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Mammoth Mountain (CA) | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | January 1967 (age 17) (inaugural season) | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1969[1] (age 19) | ||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 0 – (alternate in 1968)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 – (1966) | ||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 3 – (1967–69) | ||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 - (13th in 1967) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 - (9th in SL, 1967) | ||||||||||||||
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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 ChampionshipsinPortillo, Chile, held in August.[3][4] She had six top ten finishes in World Cup competition.
Shortly before the 1968 Olympics, McCoy and Sandy Shellworth[2][5] were left off the U.S. team by head coach Bob Beattie,[6][7] 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.[8]
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 10 Jan 1967 |  Grindelwald, Switzerland |
Slalom | 5th |
| 26 Feb 1967 |  St. Gervais, France |
Slalom | 6th | |
| 28 Feb 1967 | Giant slalom | 8th | ||
| 12 Mar 1967 |  Franconia, USA |
Slalom | 5th | |
| 1968 | 25 Jan 1968 | St. Gervais, France |
Slalom | 9th |
| 24 Feb 1968 |  Oslo, Norway |
Giant slalom | 10th |
McCoy is the daughter of Dave McCoy (b. 1915), the founder of Mammoth Mountain Ski AreainCalifornia in 1953. She and her five siblings were raised in nearby Bishop. McCoy is the sister of Dennis McCoy (b. 1945), who was also a World Cup racer. He finished 21st in the downhill at the 1968 Olympics. She was formerly married to stuntman Stan Barrett (b. 1943), stuntmen David Barrett and Stanton Barrett (b. 1972) are their sons.
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