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Erica Adams "Rickey" Skinger (born March 21, 1949) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.

Early years

Born in Burlington, Vermont, she was one of three daughters of Joseph and Constance Adams Skinger. The family moved from Alburg Springs on Lake Champlain to Stowe in 1957, where Skinger learned to ski and race on Mount Mansfield at the Stowe ski area. Her father Joe was a sculptor and jeweler and the family also operated a ski inn, the Tucker House Lodge on Mountain Road.

U.S. Ski Team

While in her late teens, Skinger was a member of the U.S. Ski Team. She was one of three teenagers (with Kiki Cutter and Judy Nagel) that arrived in Europe a month before the 1968 Winter Olympics to gain experience and also challenge for spots on the U.S. Olympic team. Allowed four entrants for each of the three Olympic alpine events, the U.S. team was traditionally selected at the previous year's national championships in March, but head coach Bob Beattie was dissatisfied with the women's team's performance in late 1967. Skinger did not make the U.S. Olympic team (Cutter and Nagel did) but had eight top ten finishes in World Cup competition, four in downhill and four in slalom in just over a year, from January 1968 to January 1969.

World Cup results

• 8 top tens – (4 DH, 4 SL)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
1968	18 Jan 1968	Bad Gastein, Austria	Slalom	10th
	23 Feb 1968	Chamonix, France	Downhill	9th
	15 Mar 1968	Aspen, USA	Downhill	10th
	28 Mar 1968	Rossland, Canada	Slalom	6th
	6 Apr 1968	Heavenly Valley, USA	Slalom	8th
1969	10 Jan 1969	Grindelwald, Switzerland	Downhill	9th
	15 Jan 1969	Schruns, Austria	Downhill	5th
	23 Jan 1969	St. Gervais, France	Slalom	10th

References

1. "History: 1960s". Mt. Mansfield Ski and Snowboard Club. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
2. Steade, Nancy Wolfe (January 11, 2007). "Skinger family's history at museum". Stowe Today.com. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
3. "Constance Adams Skinger". Stowe Today.com. December 1, 2005. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
4. "Lafferty wins holiday downhill". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. December 24, 1968. p. 2B.
5. "U.S. girl skier scores surprise in giant slalom". (Meriden, CT) Morning Record. Associated Press. January 11, 1968. p. 9.
6. Grimsley, Will (February 2, 1968). "Chewing gum kids skiing for Uncle Sam". Gettysburg (PA) Times. Associated Press. p. 7.

External links

• Erica Skinger at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Erica Skinger World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
• Erica Skinger at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database

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