 Budge hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder at the 1968 Winter Olympics, reading a Charlie Brown book by Charles M. Schulz | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Karen Annette Budge |
| Born | (1949-11-14) November 14, 1949 (age 75) Jackson, Wyoming, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
| Spouse | Gordi Eaton |
| Sport | |
| Country |  United States |
| Sport | Alpine skiing |
| Club | Jackson Hole Ski Club |
| Retired | 1972 |
Karen Annette Budge (born November 14, 1949) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. She had three podium finishes and 30 top ten results in World Cup competitions between 1967 and 1972; overall her best result was 15th place in the 1969–70 season. At the 1972 Winter Olympics she placed 14th in the downhill and 23rd in the giant slalom events.
Born and raised in Jackson, Wyoming, Budge married Gordi Eaton, a former alpine ski racer and coach. They reside in Middlebury, Vermont and co-own a restaurant in Lincoln, New Hampshire, in the White Mountains near Loon Mountain and Cannon Mountain ski areas.
At the 1968 Winter Olympics in France, eighteen-year-old Budge was testing her wax on a practice course an hour before the women's downhill at Chamrousse, and narrowly avoided a full collision with a member of the Moroccan men's team, Said Housni, who had been warned once before to stay off the hill. She fell, suffered a dislocated shoulder, and did not start.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karen Budge". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
- "About us". Gordi's Fish & Steak House. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- "Finn skater is speediest". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. February 10, 1968. p. 10.
- Jenkins, Dan (February 19, 1968). "Breakneck time in France: over the scattered bones came Jean-Claude". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
External links
- Karen Budge at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Karen Budge World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Karen Budge at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Karen Budge at Olympics.com
- Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame – inducted 2012 – Karen Budge-Eaton
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