Penny McCoy


Penny McCoy is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.
At age 16, McCoy won the bronze medal in the women's slalom at the 1966 World Championships in Portillo, Chile, held in August. She had six top ten finishes in World Cup competition.
Shortly before the 1968 Olympics, McCoy and Sandy Shellworth were left off the U.S. team by head coach Bob Beattie, displaced by new arrivals Kiki Cutter and Judy Nagel. Shellworth did get to compete, as an injury replacement in the downhill, but McCoy did not.

World Cup results

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
196710 Jan 1967 Grindelwald, SwitzerlandSlalom5th
196726 Feb 1967 St. Gervais, FranceSlalom6th
196728 Feb 1967 St. Gervais, FranceGiant Slalom8th
196712 Mar 1967 Franconia, USASlalom5th
196825 Jan 1968 St. Gervais, FranceSlalom9th
196824 Feb 1968 Oslo, NorwayGiant Slalom10th

Personal

McCoy is the daughter of Dave McCoy, the founder of Mammoth Mountain Ski Area in California in 1953. She and her five siblings were raised in nearby Bishop. McCoy is the sister of Dennis McCoy, who was also a World Cup racer. He finished 21st in the downhill at the 1968 Olympics. She was formerly married to stuntman Stan Barrett, stuntmen David Barrett and Stanton Barrett are their sons.