Gretchen Kunigk Fraser (February 11 1919 - February 17 1994) was an American alpine skier. She was the first American to win an Olympic gold medal for skiing. The daughter of German and Norwegian immigrants, Gretchen Kunigk was born in Tacoma, Washington in 1919. Her Norwegian mother was a skier and Gretchen first skied at age 13, at Paradise on the south slopes of Mount Rainier in December 1932. Wikipedia
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