Inductees

Christine Freeman was born in Springfield, Missouri and grew up in Thayer, MO. Christie learned to water ski at the age of five and began her competitive skiing career in 1964 at the age of 12. She was a strong three event skier, slalom, tricks and jump, but she excelled at slalom.

Her skiing accomplishments include eight Midwest Regional Overall Titles and fifteen medals won in sevent National Championships. She was the first woman skier from the Midwest Region to be invited to the prestigious Masters Tournament in Calloway Gardens and competed in five Masters before she retired. She competed in two California World Cup Internationals and was invited to the Moomba Masters in Australia. Christie was the only female member of the North American Team that competed in the 1969 Wills International in London, England, where she won the Women’s Overall Title.

Freeman retired from competition in 1973, graduated Summa Cum Laude from William Jewell College with a BS degree in Nursing and earned her Masters degree in Nursing from UCLA in 1979. While in California, Freeman did the stunt work in two feature films, Walt Disney’s “Freaky Friday” and “Jaws 2”. She was the skier devoured by the giant shark in the latter film.