Erica Skinger


Erica Adams "Rickey" Skinger 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 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 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

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
196818 Jan 1968 Bad Gastein, AustriaSlalom10th
196823 Feb 1968 Chamonix, FranceDownhill9th
196815 Mar 1968 Aspen, USADownhill10th
196828 Mar 1968 Rossland, CanadaSlalom6th
19686 Apr 1968 Heavenly Valley, USASlalom8th
196910 Jan 1969 Grindelwald, SwitzerlandDownhill9th
196915 Jan 1969 Schruns, AustriaDownhill5th
196923 Jan 1969 St. Gervais, FranceSlalom10th