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Linda Lorraine "Lindy" Cochran Kelley (born July 10, 1953) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.

Cochran is the youngest of four siblings of the "Skiing Cochrans" family of Richmond, Vermont, whose parents built and operated a ski hill in their back yard.^[1]^[2]^[3] Named to the U.S. Ski Team in 1970, Cochran competed in the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and finished sixth in the slalom^[4] and 12th in the giant slalom.^[5] She finished 14th in slalom at the World Championships in 1974 at St. Moritz, Switzerland. Cochran competed on the World Cup circuit in the mid-1970s, then attended the University of Vermont in Burlington and raced for the Catamounts. In 1979, the Supersisters trading card set was produced and distributed; one of the cards featured Cochran's name and picture.^[6]

Cochran married Steve Kelley and all three of their children, Jessica ^[7] (b. 1982) Tim (b. 1986), and Robby (b. 1990), raced on the U.S. Ski Team.

World Cup results

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
1974	20	20	8	—	not run	—	not run
1975	21	39	25	—		—	not run
1976	22	20	14	11		—	—

Points were only awarded for top ten finishes (see scoring system).

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
1974	8 Jan 1974	Les Gets, France	Slalom	2nd
1974	16 Jan 1974	Les Diablerets, Switzerland	Slalom	8th
1975	29 Jan 1975	St. Gervais, France	Slalom	7th
1976	4 Dec 1975	Val-d'Isère, France	Giant slalom	4th
	11 Dec 1975	Aprica, Italy	Slalom	6th
	12 Jan 1976	Les Diablerets, Switzerland	Slalom	5th
	5 Mar 1976	Copper Mountain, CO, USA	Giant slalom	8th

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^ Temple, Wick (February 11, 1976). "U.S. medal quest halts". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. p. 41.
^ "Rosi misses 3-gold bid". Deseret News. UPI. February 13, 1976. p. 1D.
^ Wulf, Steve (2015-03-23). "Supersisters: Original Roster". Espn.go.com. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
^ Pugh, Pete (December 1, 2013). "Raised in Vermont by ski racing luminaries, Jessica Kelley was born to race". Ski Racing. Retrieved January 2, 2014.

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