Evelyn Pinching

Evelyn "Evie" Pinching c.1939
Medal record
Women’s Alpine skiing
Representing  United Kingdom
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1936 InnsbruckDownhill
Gold medal – first place 1936 InnsbruckCombined
Silver medal – second place 1936 InnsbruckSlalom

Evelyn Amie "Evie" Pinching (18 March 1915 – 24 December 1988) was a British alpine skier who won the 1936 women's downhill and combined events in the world championship in Innsbruck, and competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics, where she finished ninth in the alpine skiing combined. In 1937 Pinching won the Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbühel.[1] She was born in Norwich.

Evie Pinching Award

The Evie Pinching Award[2] 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.

Past winners: Katie Ormerod - 2015, Menna Fitzpatrick - 2016, Thomas Gerken-Schofield - 2017.

References

  1. ↑ Hahnenkamm - Chronik eines Mythos (in German) (1st ed.). Austria: Kitzbüheler Ski Club. 2003. p. 91. ASIN B003JR4W00.
  2. ↑ "Ski Club Inspire Awards". www.skiclub.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2017.


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