12 Facts About Billy Kidd

William Winston Kidd was born on April 13,1943 and is a former World Cup alpine ski racer, a member of the US Ski Team from 1962 to 1970.

Six years later, Billy Kidd won a gold medal in the combined and a bronze in the slalom at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy.

Billy Kidd promptly switched circuits and enjoyed a successful pro ski racing career from 1970 to 1972, winning the World Pro Ski Tour World Championships in 1970, becoming the only racer in history to win FIS and Pro titles the same year.

Since 1970, Billy Kidd has enjoyed enduring "Legend" status in the sport, and has remained in the public eye in his job as Director of Skiing at Steamboat Ski Resort in Colorado.

Billy Kidd made a name for himself that first season at age 18 with an eighth place in the slalom and a 15th place in the giant slalom at the 1962 World Championships in Chamonix, France.

Billy Kidd finished seventh in the giant slalom and 16th in the downhill.

Billy Kidd took 15th in the downhill but did not finish the first run of the slalom, which was held in thick fog.

At the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy, Billy Kidd won the gold medal in the combined and the bronze in the slalom.

Billy Kidd won the pro championship the same year, the only racer to hold world titles in the two circuits at once.

At the invitation of Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Billy Kidd served on the Board of Directors of Special Olympics International.

Billy Kidd served on the President's Council on Physical Fitness and on the board of the Jimmie Heuga Center in Vail.

Billy Kidd has regularly hosted Native American teens at Steamboat for annual "Future Olympians" weekends of skiing and snowboard instruction.