11 Facts About Kathy Kreiner

Kathy Kreiner won the giant slalom at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Kathy Kreiner was the team doctor for the Canadian alpine ski team for the 1966 World Championships in Portillo, Chile, and the Canadian Olympic team for the winter games in 1968 in Grenoble, France.

Kathy Kreiner made the national 'B' team at age 13 for a year, and was promoted to the 'A' team in the summer of 1971.

Kathy Kreiner had her first World Cup top ten result in mid-January 1972, a sixth place in a downhill at Grindelwald, Switzerland.

Three weeks later, Kathy Kreiner placed 14th in the slalom at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Kathy Kreiner made her first World Cup podium in 1973 at Alyeska in Alaska in giant slalom, and gained her first and only World Cup victory at age 16 in 1974 at Pfronten, West Germany.

Kathy Kreiner raced ten seasons on the World Cup circuit and finished with one victory, seven podiums, and 47 top tens.

Kathy Kreiner was immediately inducted into the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame at age 18, and was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.

Kathy Kreiner's older sister Laurie was a World Cup racer and two-time Olympian; she had the 28th starting position and had tears of joy for Kathy while still in the starting gate and finished 27th.

At the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, Kathy Kreiner finished fifth in the downhill and ninth in the giant slalom, held at Whiteface Mountain.

Kathy Kreiner married Dave Phillips, a former freestyle skier with the Canadian national team.