Suzy Harris Rytting

Suzy Harris Rytting, born in 1930, cut an incredible swath in the regional and national competitive ski scenes in the 1940s. That swath started on a pair of borrowed boots and a last-place finish in her first major race. It reached its zenith when she was named a member of the U.S. Olympic Ski Team in 1952, competing in Oslo, Norway.

Her skiing triumphs during the late 1940s established her as one of the finest female skiers in the country. Some of her many local victories include the Snow Cup and Rustler Cup at Alta, the Knudsen Cup and Millicent Cup at Brighton, the Timpanogos Glacier race, and the Harriman Cup at Sun Valley.

From 1947 through 1952, she was national slalom, downhill, and giant slalom champion, and an eight-time national medalist. She won the Mary Cornelia National Collegiate Trophy in 1947, was named an alternate on the 1948 U.S. Olympic Alpine Team, and was a member of the 1950s U.S. Women’s FIS World Cup Team (which was recognized as the first USA Ski Team). 

Suzy was inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame in 1988, and in 1999 she was named one of Utah’s “50 Greatest Athletes of the Century” by The Salt Lake Tribune.