# Susan Patterson

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Not to be confused with actress [Suzy Patterson](/source/Suzy_Patterson).

**Susan Patterson** (born October 11, 1955, in [Sun Valley, Idaho](/source/Sun_Valley,_Idaho)) is an [American](/source/United_States_Ski_Team) former [World Cup](/source/FIS_Alpine_Ski_World_Cup) [alpine ski racer](/source/Alpine_skiing) who competed in the [1976 Winter Olympics](/source/United_States_at_the_1976_Winter_Olympics#Alpine_skiing). She was fourteenth in the [downhill](/source/Alpine_skiing_at_the_1976_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_downhill), younger brother [Pete](/source/Pete_Patterson) (b.1957) was also on the U.S. Olympic team and was thirteenth in the [men's downhill](/source/Alpine_skiing_at_the_1976_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_downhill).

Two years earlier at the [U.S. Alpine Championships](/source/United_States_Alpine_Ski_Championships), she won the [slalom](/source/Slalom_skiing) event at [Pats Peak](/source/Pats_Peak) in [Henniker, New Hampshire](/source/Henniker,_New_Hampshire).[1]

In 1990, Patterson married explorer [Ned Gillette](/source/Ned_Gillette) in a ceremony at the Roundhouse on Sun Valley's [Bald Mountain](/source/Bald_Mountain_(Idaho)).[2] Eight years later, while they were trekking in the mountains of northern [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan), Gillette was shot and killed at their encampment; Patterson was hospitalized and recovered.[3][4]

## References

1. ["Idaho girl ski queen"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eHUtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VZgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1655%2C4703888). *Reading Eagle*. Associated Press. February 24, 1974. p. 58.

1. Sullivan, Robert (December 10, 1990). ["A big dreamer – and doer, too"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200929200521/https://vault.si.com/vault/1990/12/10/a-big-dreamerand-doer-too). *Sports Illustrated*. Archived from [the original](https://vault.si.com/vault/1990/12/10/a-big-dreamerand-doer-too) on September 29, 2020.

1. Scutro, Andrew M. (August 12, 1998). ["Adventurer slain in Pakistan"](https://archives.mtexpress.com/1998/08-12-98/patt.htm). *Idaho Mountain Express*. Retrieved January 19, 2021.

1. Frank, Michael (December 5, 2012). ["Climber, Skier, Adventurer Ned Gillette"](https://www.adventure-journal.com/2012/12/historical-badass-climber-skier-adventurer-ned-gillette/). *Adventure Journal*. Retrieved January 19, 2021.

- ["www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/susan-patterson-1.html"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200417193033/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/susan-patterson-1.html). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/susan-patterson-1.html) on 2020-04-17.

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