[DOC] [TLE] Gretchen Fraser - Wikipedia [PAR] Gretchen Kunigk Fraser (February 11, 1919  February 17, 1994) was an alpine ski racer. She was the first American to win an Olympic gold medal in skiing. [DOC] [TLE] Gretchen FRASER - Olympic Alpine Skiing | United States of America [PAR] Alpine Skiing at St. Moritz 1948 Olympics. ... Sport Alpine Skiing ... Next to her 
sportive exploits Gretchen Fraser acted as a skiing double for Sonja Henie in the
... [DOC] [TLE] Gretchen Fraser... - RareNewspapers.com [PAR] wikipedia notes: Gretchen Kunigk Fraser (February 11, 1919, Tacoma, 
Washington ... She was the first American to win an Olympic gold medal for skiing
. ... Under the tutelage of Otto Lang she became a proficient ski racer and later 
competed on ... slalom and a silver medal in the women's combined event at the 
1948 Winter... [DOC] [TLE] Gretchen Fraser Goes Gold | Legacy.com [PAR] 5, 1948, and Gretchen Fraser is experiencing one of the longest moments of her 
life. ... the silver medal in the women's combined race, becoming the first 
American ... a film contract at 20th Century Fox and would be making a winter 
sports movie. ... 15-year-old Andrea Mead (Mead would go on to win two gold 
medals in the... [DOC] [TLE] Who Were The First U.S. Women To Win Olympic Gold In Each Sport? [PAR] Mar 24, 2016 ... Alpine Skiing: Gretchen Fraser (1948). A week before Fraser competed in slalom 
at the St. Moritz 1948 Olympic Winter Games, ... When she earned slalom gold, it 
was the first Olympic gold medal won by any American in alpine skiing. ... 
Flowers became the first black athlete ever to win a gold medal at a... [DOC] [TLE] 1948 Olympics - Fact Monster [PAR] The Winter Games originally scheduled for Sapporo, Japan (1940) and ... N.J., 
became the first American to win a figure skating gold medal, ... Alpine skier 
Gretchen Fraser won a gold medal in the slalom and a silver in the ... No, Sport, 
G-S-B. [DOC] [TLE] Skiing - Fact Monster [PAR] Many would like to see women's ski jumping become an official sport, as it is for 
men, ... The first American woman to win an Olympic skiing gold medal was 
Gretchen Fraser, who won the gold in the slalom in 1948. ... In the 2010 Winter 
Olympic Games, American Lindsey Vonn won her first career gold medal in 
alpine skiing. [DOC] [TLE] Gretchen Fraser Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports ... [PAR] Medals: 1 Gold, 1 Silver (2 Total); Sport: Alpine Skiing; Country: United ... 
Gretchen Fraser first became known as a top skier years before the 1948 
Olympics. She won the first revival of the Silver Belt trophy in 1940, won the 1941 
... 1948 Winter, 28, Sankt Moritz, Alpine Skiing  Women's Slalom, United States, 
USA, 1, Gold. [DOC] [TLE] Gretchen's Gold | RetroSki [PAR] Jan 16, 2014 ... In 1932 when Gretchen was 13 she received her first skis as a Christmas ... Her 
mother, Clara, had learned to ski in Norway and wanted her children to learn the 
sport. ... The 1948 Winter Olympics were held in St Moritz and included 932 ... 
Gretchen Fraser as the first American alpine skier to win a medal. [DOC] [TLE] Timeline of Important Ski History Dates | International Skiing History ... [PAR] He also won the bronze medal in jumping; Norwegians took home 11 of the 12 
gold medals. ... 1928Second Winter Olympics at St. Moritz held without alpine 
events, but ... In 1931, Sig Buchmayr joined him and became school director the 
following .... 1948Gretchen Fraser becomes the first American to win Olympic 
ski... [DOC] [TLE] An Olympic / Paralympic Training Site! - SVSEF [PAR] 2014 Olympic Gold Medalist, women's snowboard halfpipe competition at Sochi, 
... took up every sport including soccer and baseball with enthusiasm and aplomb
. ... 2014: Paralympic Winter Games, 6th 20km, 7th 10km, 8th 1km sprint, 14th 7.5
km ... In doing so, he

Question: In 1948 Gretchen Fraser became the first American to win a gold medal in this winter sport
Answer: Skiing