Jill Kinmont Boothe (February 16, 1936 – February 9, 2012) was an American alpine ski racer and schoolteacher. Her life story was turned into two major Hollywood movies The Other Side of the Mountain and its sequel The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2.

2012年2月17日 · Jill Kinmont Boothe, an Eastern Sierra icon, passed away on Feb. 9. She was a week shy of her 76th birthday. A national ski champion who had a Sports Illustrated cover on her resume, Jill’s career was cut short by a ski accident in the winter of 1955 which left her a quadriplegic, Kinmont Boothe rose above her physical limitations to become ...

2012年2月11日 · Jill Kinmont Boothe was the national women's slalom champion when she was paralyzed in 1955. She refused to let her injuries get in the way of becoming a teacher and a painter.

2012年2月11日 · Jill Kinmont Boothe, a champion ski racer whose struggle to recuperate from a paralyzing fall on an icy slope became the subject of the popular 1975 film “The Other Side of the Mountain,” died ...

2012年4月12日 · She was a promising young U.S. ski racer. In 1954 at the age of 18 she won the United States Junior and Senior Slalom titles. She was a bright hope for the U.S. looking forward to the 1956 Olympics. She was beautiful. She was romantically involved with Buddy Werner, the best U.S. male skier of the era.

2012年2月9日 · Jill Kinmont Boothe died Feb. 9, 2012 in Carson City, Nev. She was 75. Click here for the LA Times obituary. Kinmont was a knock-out beauty and very likely would have become America’s best woman ski racer in the late 1950s. Instead she broke her neck in a tragic fall during Alta’s 1955 Snow Cup race

2012年4月19日 · She was a promising young U.S. ski racer. In 1954, at age 18, she won the U.S. junior and senior slalom titles. She was a bright hope for the U.S. looking forward to the 1956 Olympics.

Jill Kinmont demonstrated the ability and determination to be a contender to earn a spot on the US Olympic Ski Team for the 1956 Olympic Games. However, despite a tragic accident which ended that dream, Jill Kinmont remains an inspiration to skiers and non-skiers alike.

2012年2月12日 · Jill Kinmont Boothe, the skiing champion who became a painter and a teacher after she was paralyzed during a race and was the subject of a book and two Hollywood films, has died.

2012年2月12日 · Jill Kinmont Boothe, the skiing champion who became a painter and a teacher after she was paralyzed during a race and was the subject of a book and two Hollywood films, has died. She was 75.