fullname death_date death_place birth_place birth_date article_title name
gladys maxine werner -lrb- - walker -rrb- 20 july 2001 steamboat springs , colorado steamboat springs , colorado , u.s. 22 december 1933 skeeter werner walker
 skeeter werner walker
skeeter werner walker

gladys maxine `` skeeter '' werner walker -lrb- december 22 , 1933 -- july 20 , 2001 -rrb- was an alpine ski racer and olympian from the united states .
born and raised in steamboat springs , colorado , `` skeeter '' werner learned to ski and race at howelsen hill .
an alternate for the 1952 olympic team , she was youngest member of the u.s. ski team at the 1954 world championships and the u.s. olympic team in 1956 .
werner retired from competition in 1958 , and modeled and designed fashions in new york .
she returned to steamboat springs in 1962 and opened a ski shop with her younger brothers wallace -lrb- `` buddy '' 1936 -- 64 -rrb- and loris -lrb- `` bugs '' b. 1941 -rrb- , also olympians .
she later founded the steamboat ski school .
in 1966 , one of her ski school students was doak walker , a famous nfl running back -lrb- and winner of the heisman trophy in 1948 -rrb- .
they eloped in 1969 to las vegas and lived together in steamboat springs for the rest of their lives .
he died in 1998 at age 71 , eight months after a ski accident left him paralyzed .
she died of cancer in july 2001 , at age 67 .
