Sandy Shellworth

Sandy Shellworth was US slalom champion in 1963, winning at Mt. Alyeska in Alaska. In 1966 and 1967 her career stalled when she broke a leg in both seasons. But in 1967 she won the Roche Cup downhill and the US title in the giant slalom, prior to her injury. Because of her injuries she was not originally named to the 1968 Winter Olympic team, but was moved up to the team when Robin Morning broke her leg a week before the Grenoble Olympics.

Shellworth graduated from the University of Colorado in 1967 with a degree in arts and sciences. After her marriage she worked for Lange Ski Boat Company in Colorado, and also coached the Winter Park Ski Team from 1974-77. She and her family moved to Huntsville, Alabama for her husband’s job, but severe mold allergies forced them to leave and return to Boulder. She continued to ski later in life, settling in Copper Mountain, Colorado, where she helped form the Over the Hill Gang. Active all her life, she and her husband visited every continent except Antarctica and she hiked, skied, swam, and climbed mountains on all of them.