Alpine Skiing At The 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's Slalom
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The Women's slalom competition of the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley was held on Friday, February 26, and was the final alpine event of the games. The defending
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was
Inger Bjørnbakken Inger Bjørnbakken (28 December 1933 – 13 February 2021) was a Norwegian alpine skier. Career She was born in Bærum and represented the club Bærums SK. She finished tied for sixth place (with fellow Norwegian Astrid Sandvik) in the women's ...
of
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, who finished 14th. Anne Heggtveit of
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won by over three seconds after gaining a large lead after the first run. She also won the combined, a
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title.


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