Wise Young
08-26-2001, 09:39 PM
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Champion disabled skier dies of cancer
The Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Diana Golden Brosnihan, the first disabled skier inducted into the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame, died Saturday night of cancer. She was 38.
Brosnihan died at Women's and Infant's Hospital in Providence, R.I., the U.S. Ski team said.
Growing up in suburban Boston, she lost her right leg to cancer at 12 but continued skiing and joined the U.S. Disabled Ski Team. She graduated from Dartmouth College in 1984.
She led the field when disabled slalom skiing was an exhibition event at the 1988 Calgary Games and collected 19 U.S. disabled championships before retiring after the 1990 season.
Golden, who lived in Bristol, R.I., with her husband Steve, spent much of the past decade as a motivational speaker and was inducted in 1997 into the National Ski Hall of Fame and the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame. She is survived by her husband, her mother, brother and sister.
"She had incredible athletic ability. That, along with her competitive nature, made her a great champion," U.S. Ski Team President Bill Marolt said Sunday.
Kirk Bauer, executive director of Disabled Sports USA and one of her first ski instructors, said Golden "defined disabled sports better than anyone who came before."
Champion disabled skier dies of cancer
The Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Diana Golden Brosnihan, the first disabled skier inducted into the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame, died Saturday night of cancer. She was 38.
Brosnihan died at Women's and Infant's Hospital in Providence, R.I., the U.S. Ski team said.
Growing up in suburban Boston, she lost her right leg to cancer at 12 but continued skiing and joined the U.S. Disabled Ski Team. She graduated from Dartmouth College in 1984.
She led the field when disabled slalom skiing was an exhibition event at the 1988 Calgary Games and collected 19 U.S. disabled championships before retiring after the 1990 season.
Golden, who lived in Bristol, R.I., with her husband Steve, spent much of the past decade as a motivational speaker and was inducted in 1997 into the National Ski Hall of Fame and the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame. She is survived by her husband, her mother, brother and sister.
"She had incredible athletic ability. That, along with her competitive nature, made her a great champion," U.S. Ski Team President Bill Marolt said Sunday.
Kirk Bauer, executive director of Disabled Sports USA and one of her first ski instructors, said Golden "defined disabled sports better than anyone who came before."