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Jannette Burr

Career
Jannette Burr began water skiing in the early 1940s, but had not learned how to alpine ski until a few years before she actually started competing professionally. Even then, she was still very inexperienced and had no formal training. Just a year before her first downhill race, Jannette went to Sun Valley Ski Resort on a "Learn-to-Ski Week" package. It was from here where Jannette found her true passion for alpine skiing and began to attract spectators. She became known as 'Next', the girl who went super fast downhill without any turning or slowing down, although, this was simply because she didn't actually know how to do those things. A year later in 1950, Jannette's friend from Sun Valley, Sally Neidlinger, noticed her raw talent and asked Jannette if she wanted to tryout for the FIS Team along with her. Jannette, still new and inexperienced to skiing, responded with "Whats the FIS Team?" After explaining and persuading her to come to the tryouts, Jannette and Sally both surprisingly made the team. After this, Jannette's skiing career took off, as she went on to win races on the national and international competition level, eventually making it into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. She also became an instructor at Sun Valley Ski School and worked there for 37 years. During that time she was an actress for the television series "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" for the episode "Lucy Goes to Sun Valley"

Harriman Cup

 * The annual Harriman Cup is held in Sun Valley, Idaho
 * Jannette won the Women's Downhill fives times throughout her career here.

1952 Winter Olympics

 * The 1952 Winter Olympics took place in Oslo, Norway.
 * Burr competed in Women's Downhill, Giant Slalom, and Slalom, but did not place in any.

FIS Championships

 * The 1954 FIS Championships happened in Falun, Sweden.
 * Jannette won a bronze medal in the Giant Slalom and was America's only medal winner.

Internationals

 * The 1955