Education
University of Vermont.
University of Vermont.
Born December 11, 1951) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. He had one World Cup victory, four podiums, and 21 top ten finishes. His best finish in the World Cup season standings was in 1973: eighth overall and ninth in slalom.
lieutenant was Cochran"s only top ten result in giant slalom, his other twenty were evenly split between downhill and slalom.
At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Japan, Cochran finished eighth in the downhill and 17th in the giant slalom, but fell in the slalom. At the World Championships, he placed 14th in the downhill in 1974 in Switzerland, but fell in both the giant slalom and slalom.
He was 26th in the downhill in 1970 in Italy. Cochran last competed in World Cup in 1974, raced the pro tour in North America for several years, then studied medicine at the University of Vermont in Burlington.
He graduated in 1981 and became a family practice physician in New Hampshire.
Cochran was inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame in 2010, joining older sisters Marilyn (1978) and Barbara (1976). Season standings
Points were only awarded for top ten finishes (see scoring system). Race podiums
4 podiums – (1 Dialectics and Humanism, 1 GS, 2 SL), and 21 top tens - (10 Dialectics and Humanism, 1 GS, 10 SL)
an official World Cup race until two years later.
Born in Claremont, New Hampshire, Cochran was a member of the Skiing Cochrans family of Richmond, Vermont.