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.[1]
 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 | November 14, 1949 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 |
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.[1][2]
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.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ a b 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
edit- 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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