Asthore Sheena Hilleary (née Mackintosh) (10 November 1928 – 13 December 2018) was a British alpine skier and the daughter of former British downhill champion Chris Mackintosh and Lady Jean Bell (née Douglas-Hamilton); daughter of daughter of the 14th Duke of Hamilton. She competed in three events at both the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...

and the

1952 Winter Olympics The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 6. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 6. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, was a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 195 ...

under the name Sheena Mackintosh.

British Ladies Ski Championship

Mackintosh captained the British Ladies' Team at the 1950 Lowlander’s Championship at Val-d’Isère and finished third behind her younger sister Vora Mackintosh at the 1951 Championship. After finishing runner-up in the British Ladies Combined Championship in 1950, Mackintosh won the Championship title in both 1951 and 1952.

1948 & 1952 Olympics

Representing Great Britain, Mackintosh competed in three alpine ski events – Downhill,

Combined Combined may refer to: * Alpine combined (skiing), the combination of slalom and downhill skiing as a single event ** Super combined (skiing) * Nordic combined (skiing), the combination of cross country skiing and ski jumping as a single event * T ...

and

Slalom To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to: Sports ;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding * Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Super-G ...

– at the

, where she finished 24th, 33rd, and 21st respectively. Members of the British Ladies' Ski Team who competed alongside Mackintosh included Miss Isobel Roe, Miss

Xanthe Ryder Xanthe Veronica Dalglish (née Ryder) (15 May 1926 – 1 January 1998), wife of Michael de Lauret Dalglish, was a British alpine skier who competed under the name Xanthe Ryder in two events at the 1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Ol ...

, Miss Evelyn Pinching, Miss Rosemarie Sparrow, Mrs. Bunty Greeland, and Mrs. Biddy Duke-Woolley. Once again representing Great Britain, Mackintosh competed in three alpine ski events –Downhill, Slalom and

Giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...

– at the

, where she finished 26th, 28th, and 28th respectively.

Family

Her siblings

Charlach Mackintosh Charlach Mackintosh (1 June 1935 – 8 August 2019) was a British alpine skier. He competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics and the 1960 Winter Olympics. He was from a family of Olympians, his parents were the multi-sport athlete Charles Erne ...

, Vora Mackintosh and

Douglas Mackintosh Douglas Mackintosh (born 7 March 1931) is a British alpine skier. He competed in the men's downhill at the 1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali ...

have all represented Great Britain in skiing events at various Winter Olympic Games. A series of photographic portraits of Sheena as a child with her family, taken by Bassano Ltd are held in the collection of the

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. In 1952 she married Ruaraidh Edward Hilleary.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mackintosh, Sheena 1928 births 2018 deaths British female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Great Britain Alpine skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from London