Wendy Irene Allen (born November 16, 1944) is an American former alpine skier who competed in the

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...

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Life

Allen was born in Los Angeles in 1944. She competed in the slalom event at the 1967 US Championships and she was second. She also took second place at the Vail Alpine Holiday slalom in 1967. Allen took part in the

1968 Alpine Skiing World Cup The 2nd World Cup season began in January in West Germany and concluded in April in the US Jean-Claude Killy of France repeated as the overall champion, and announced his retirement from World Cup competition. Nancy Greene of Canada repeated as ...

which that year included the Olympics. She obtained a number of places including the bronze position at that event in Oslo in February 1968.

References

1944 births Living people American female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for the United States Alpine skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics 20th-century American women {{US-alpine-skiing-bio-stub