Tom Corcoran (skier)
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Thomas Corcoran, better known as Tom Corcoran, is a four-time United States
United States
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 national champion in alpine skiing
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...

 and a two-time Olympian
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. In addition to seven years of international ski racing, Corcoran also raced competitively for Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
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.

After his alpine racing career, Corcoran opened the Waterville Valley Resort
Waterville Valley Resort
Waterville Valley is a ski resort in the White Mountain National Forest of New Hampshire. The resort's motto is "Altitude without the Attitude". Built on Mount Tecumseh, with a summit elevation of above sea level, the ski trails extend to a high point on the south ridge of the mountain at ,...

 in New Hampshire
New Hampshire
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. He served as an executive at the ski area until 1990.

Corcoran was inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame
National Ski Hall of Fame
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 in 1978 and was presented with the first New England Ski Museum
New England Ski Museum
The New England Ski Museum is a non-profit operation in Franconia, New Hampshire designed to preserve the history of commercial and recreational skiing, both alpine and cross-country, in the northeastern United States....

Spirit of Skiing award in 2006.

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