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Maggie M. Connor (American Skier - born Sept 1, 1963) was a member of the first Olympic Freestyle Ski Team and competed in the first Olympic mogul competitions in freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. Maggie grew up in Danvers, Massachusetts and as a young girl skied Mt. Whittier, Center Ossippee, NH. Maggie first sport was ski racing. She was fast and won often showing promise in her young career yet her family couldn't afford the expense of academies, coaching and multiple equipment changes for varying alpine disciplines. Her parents divorce and mother's move to Texas (age 16) seemingly dashed all Olympic dreams. Yet a year later she became the youngest instructor (age 17) ever hired by Killington Mountain in Vermont and began their progressive moguls programs still in affect today. While coaching skiing in Europe at summer ski camps another world mogul champion, Hilary Engish encouraged Connor to go for the U.S. Freestyle Team. Unable to afford coaching fees, Maggie was primarily self-taught. Within three years of beginning her competitive career she earned a spot on the U.S. National Freestyle Ski Team (age 23) despite having no coach. She was World Pro Champion in 1993 and 94. Connor was born in Salem, MA and attended Danvers High School, Arlington High School in TX, Salem State College in Salem, Massachusetts. Maggie was married to Olympian and Silver Medalist Bill Koch (8 years) and helped in raising his two daughters (Leah, Elizabeth) from his previous marriage. Maggie was later married to Michael Joseph Kilchenstein (of Rossignol Ski Co.) in 2002. Together they helped in raising his 3 children (Kristen Nadine, Peter, John Fore) from his previous marriage. The couple divorced in 2008. She credits her father, Malcolm W. Connor, DDS (first Captain of Boston College Ski Team) for putting her on skis at age 3 and also watching Jean Claude Killy win Gold in the men's downhill in the '68 Grenoble Olympics at (age 5) for fueling her olympic dreams.

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