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Picture of a skier competing in a downhill event in California in the 1950s
February 5, 2022

Star Skier

In this picture from the February 1959 issue, teenaged skiing phenom Starr Walton competes in a downhill event at California's Sugar Bowl. She would go on to compete in the women's downhill at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
Photograph by Kathleen Revis, Nat Geo Image Collection

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