Evelyn Pinching

British alpine skier

Evelyn Pinching
Evelyn "Evie" Pinching c.1939

Medal record
Women's Alpine skiing
Representing  United Kingdom
World Championships
|  1936 Innsbruck | Downhill
|  1936 Innsbruck | Combined
|  1936 Innsbruck | Slalom

Evelyn Amie "Evie" Pinching (18 March 1915 - 24 December 1988) was a British alpine skier, born in Norwich, who won the 1936 women's downhill and combined events in the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Innsbruck, Austria.[1] She also competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics, where she finished ninth in the alpine skiing combined.[2] In 1937 Pinching won the Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbühel.[3]

## FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1936

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Pinching competed at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1936, colloquially referred to as Innsbruck for the location where it was held.[1] In the greatest showing of her sports career, Pinching became double gold medalist, winning both the downhill and combined; as well as taking him the silver medal in the slalom.[2]

## 1936 & 1948 Winter Olympics

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Evelyn Pinching, pictured fourth from the right, as the head coach of the British Ladies' Ski Team at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Representing Great Britain in the 1936 Winter Olympics, Pinching finished ninth place in the alpine skiing combined.[2]

Pinching served as the head coach for the British Ladies' Ski Team at the 1948 Winter Olympics which consisted of Miss Isobel Roe, Miss Xanthe Ryder, Miss Sheena Mackintosh, Miss Rosemarie Sparrow, Mrs. Bunty Greeland, and Mrs. Biddy Duke-Woolley.[4]

## Evie Pinching Award

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The Evie Pinching Award[5] is an annual prize organised by the Ski Club of Great Britain given to an athlete aged 24 or under considered 'one to watch' in their snowsports discipline.

The athletes are nominated by the sport's UK national governing bodies, Snowsport England, Snowsport Scotland, Snowsport Wales, Disability Snowsport UK and British Ski and Snowboard – with a shortlist of then chosen by the Ski Club. This shortlist is then open to public vote. The winner receives a £1,000 bursary and training opportunities with elite athletes.[5]

Past winners: Katie Ormerod (2015), Menna Fitzpatrick (2016), and Thomas Gerken-Schofield (2017).[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b FIS Ski. "PINCHING Evelyn - Athlete Information". www.fis-ski.com.
2. ^ a b c The Olympic Games. "Evelyn Pinching: Olympic Athlete Profile". olympics.com.
3. ^ Hahnenkamm - Chronik eines Mythos (in German) (1st ed.). Austria: Kitzbüheler Ski Club. 2003. p. 91\. ASIN B003JR4W00.
4. ^ Tatler (18 February 1948). "Scoreboard: British Ladies' Ski Team at 1948 Olympics". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk. London, England.
5. ^ a b "Ski Club Inspire Awards". www.skiclub.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
6. ^ Aspden-Kean, Lucy (6 June 2017). "Meet the future stars of British snow sports". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235.

## External links

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* Alpine skiing 1936 (in Polish)
* Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Evie Pinching". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011.
* FIS database record

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World champions in women's downhill

* 1931:  Esme Mackinnon
* 1932:  Paula Wiesinger
* 1933:  Inge Wersin-Lantschner
* 1934:  Anny Rüegg
* 1935:  Christl Cranz
* 1936:  Evelyn Pinching
* 1937:  Christl Cranz
* 1938:  Lisa Resch
* 1939:  Christl Cranz
* 1948:  Hedy Schlunegger
* 1950:  Trude Beiser
* 1952:  Trude Beiser
* 1954:  Ida Schöpfer
* 1956:  Madeleine Berthod
* 1958:  Lucile Wheeler
* 1960:  Heidi Biebl
* 1962:  Christl Haas
* 1964:  Christl Haas
* 1966:  Marielle Goitschel
* 1968:  Olga Pall
* 1970:  Annerösli Zryd
* 1972:  Marie-Theres Nadig
* 1974:  Annemarie Pröll
* 1976:  Rosi Mittermaier
* 1978:  Annemarie Moser-Pröll
* 1980:  Annemarie Moser-Pröll
* 1982:  Gerry Sorensen
* 1985:  Michela Figini
* 1987:  Maria Walliser
* 1989:  Maria Walliser
* 1991:  Petra Kronberger
* 1993:  Kate Pace
* 1996:  Picabo Street
* 1997:  Hilary Lindh
* 1999:  Renate Götschl
* 2001:  Michaela Dorfmeister
* 2003:  Mélanie Turgeon
* 2005:  Janica Kostelić
* 2007:  Anja Pärson
* 2009:  Lindsey Vonn
* 2011:  Elisabeth Görgl
* 2013:  Marion Rolland
* 2015:  Tina Maze
* 2017:  Ilka Štuhec
* 2019:  Ilka Štuhec
* 2021:  Corinne Suter
* 2023:  Jasmine Flury

Women's World Champions: Downhill • Super-G • Giant Slalom • Slalom • Combined • Parallel Giant Slalom • Mixed Team

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World champions in women's combined

* 1932:  Rösli Streiff
* 1933:  Inge Wersin-Lantschner
* 1934:  Christl Cranz
* 1935:  Christl Cranz
* 1936:  Evelyn Pinching
* 1937:  Christl Cranz
* 1938:  Christl Cranz
* 1939:  Christl Cranz
* 1948:  Trude Beiser
* 1954:  Ida Schöpfer
* 1956:  Madeleine Berthod
* 1958:  Frieda Dänzer
* 1960:  Anne Heggtveit
* 1962:  Marielle Goitschel
* 1964:  Marielle Goitschel
* 1966:  Marielle Goitschel
* 1968:  Nancy Greene
* 1970:  Michèle Jacot
* 1972:  Annemarie Pröll
* 1974:  Fabienne Serrat
* 1976:  Rosi Mittermaier
* 1978:  Annemarie Moser-Pröll
* 1980:  Hanni Wenzel
* 1982:  Erika Hess
* 1985:  Erika Hess
* 1987:  Erika Hess
* 1989:  Tamara McKinney
* 1991:  Chantal Bournissen
* 1993:  Miriam Vogt
* 1996:  Pernilla Wiberg
* 1997:  Renate Götschl
* 1999:  Pernilla Wiberg
* 2001:  Martina Ertl
* 2003:  Janica Kostelić
* 2005:  Janica Kostelić
* 2007:  Anja Pärson
* 2009:  Kathrin Zettel
* 2011:  Anna Fenninger
* 2013:  Maria Höfl-Riesch
* 2015:  Tina Maze
* 2017:  Wendy Holdener
* 2019:  Wendy Holdener
* 2021:  Mikaela Shiffrin
* 2023:  Federica Brignone

Women's World Champions: Downhill • Super-G • Giant Slalom • Slalom • Combined • Parallel Giant Slalom • Mixed Team
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