With the Olympics going on, I was inspired to do a little research on my Grandma Becky. She competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics!
1948 Winter Olympics
St. Moritz, Switzerland
After a 12-year break, the Olympic Winter games took place
for the first time since World War II. They chose St. Moritz because the sites
they had used for the 1928 Olympics were still available, meaning they could
quickly organize the games. Germany was
the host to the 1936 Olympics, but was not even considered, because of the war.
Japan was not invited to these Olympics. The 1948 Olympics had 730
participants. Only 80 of them being
women.
My grandmother, Rebecca Ann Cremer, participated in these
Olympics. She was a member and captain
of the Middlebury College Women’s Ski team. She participated in two events.
Both events were debut events. The Alpine combine had been in the 1936
Olympics, but this time there were three events for both men and women. First
they competed in a downhill race (which was also its own competition) followed
by 2 slalom heats. Thirty-seven skiers from 11 different nations competed in
the downhill event. Twenty-eight skiers from 10 different nations competed in
the Alpine Combined event. While grandma didn’t medal, Gretchen Fraser was the
first American skier to win gold!
Women’s Alpine Combined
17th Place
First Run: 69.4
Second Run: 72.5
Time: 141.9
Difference (from Gold): +23.8
Points: 11.9
First Run: 69.4
Second Run: 72.5
Time: 141.9
Difference (from Gold): +23.8
Points: 11.9
They used the downhill time to
calculate the points.
Downhill Points: 10.11
Slalom Points: 11.90
Total Points: 22.01
Women’s Downhill
22nd Place
Time: 2:44.2
Difference (From Gold) +15.9
olympics.org
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