| Holly Flanders | |
| Disciplines: | Downhill, super-G, combined, giant slalom |
| Full Name: | Holly Beth Flanders |
| Birth Date: | 26 December 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Arlington, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Wcdebut: | January 26, 1979 (age 21) first top ten |
| Retired: | March 1986 (age 28) |
| Website: | hollyflanders.com |
| Olympicteams: | 2 - (1980, 1984) |
| Olympicmedals: | 0 |
| Worldsteams: | 3 - (1980, 1982, 1985) includes 1980 Olympics |
| Worldsmedals: | 0 |
| Wcseasons: | 8 - (1979 - 86) |
| Wcwins: | 3 - (1 DH) |
| Wcpodiums: | 6 - (6 DH) |
| Wcoveralls: | 0 - (12th in 1982) |
| Wctitles: | 0 - (2nd in DH, 1982) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Holly Beth Flanders (born December 26, 1957) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.
Born in Arlington, Massachusetts, and raised in Candia NH, Flanders specialized in downhill and finished second in the World Cup downhill season standings in 1982. She gained her first World Cup victory that season in Bad Gastein, Austria,[1] and followed it up with another podium the next day.[2] Flanders represented the U.S. in the Winter Olympics in 1980 and 1984, and in the World Championships in 1982 and 1985. During her career, she tallied three World Cup wins, six podiums, and 27 top ten finishes.
Flanders retired from international competition following the 1986 season and became director of skiing at the Park City ski resort in Utah.[3] Her son, Alex Schlopy, is a freestyle skier.[4]
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 8 Jan 1981 | Downhill | 3rd | |
| 1982 | 18 Jan 1982 | Downhill | 1st | |
| 19 Jan 1982 | Downhill | 3rd | ||
| 13 Feb 1982 | Downhill | 1st | ||
| 1984 | 21 Jan 1984 | Verbier, Switzerland | Downhill | 2nd |
| 3 Mar 1984 | Downhill | 1st |
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 28 | — | — | not run | 15 | — | ||
| 22 | 23 | — | — | 12 | 15 | |||
| 23 | 19 | — | — | 7 | 25 | |||
| 24 | 12 | — | — | 2 | 20 | |||
| 25 | 54 | — | — | not awarded (w/ GS) | 26 | — | ||
| 26 | 20 | — | — | 6 | — | |||
| 27 | 38 | — | 44 | 13 | — | |||
| 28 | 46 | — | — | 34 | 19 | 34 |
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | not run | |||||
| 24 | — | |||||
| 27 | — | — | — |
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | not run | not run | ||||
| 26 |