Champion disabled skier dies of cancer

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."

cass · 08-26-2001, 10:28 PM

i am so sorry to hear this. i just don't understand this world.

Curt Leatherbee · 08-27-2001, 01:16 PM

In Bristol, that is the path I ride my Handcycle on a few times a week. Life can be so unfair sometimes, she was five years younger than me.

08-26-2001, 09:39 PM	#1
Wise Young Administrator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: New Brunswick, NJ, USA Posts: 37,975	Champion disabled skier dies of cancer http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Living/ap20010826_1012.html 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."

08-27-2001, 01:16 PM	#3
Curt Leatherbee Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 9,320	I just seen her not too long ago on the bike path In Bristol, that is the path I ride my Handcycle on a few times a week. Life can be so unfair sometimes, she was five years younger than me.

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08-26-2001, 10:28 PM	#2
cass Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: WA Posts: 5,710	i am so sorry to hear this. i just don't understand this world.