KAYE THURLOW-FAULKNER

Kaye Thurlow-Faulkner has one distinction that none of the
others being honored tonight can claim: she is the only one to
have skied in a World Championship in Canada.  And it was 1967 in
Sherbrook and not 1979 in Toronto.  Kaye may well have thought
she had been irretrievably overlooked, since so many of the fine
women skiers she competed with had already been inducted: Liz
Allen, Maria Victoria Carrasco, Sylvie Maurial and Jeanette
Stewart-Wood.

Kaye skied as an overall skier on the Australian team for
the World Championships five times from 1967 to 1975 picking up
eight medals in the process: a bronze and silver in 1969, two
silvers and a bronze in 1971, and two bronzes and a silver in
1975.  In the five World Championships she placed third in
overall twice.  When Kaye won medals, the Australian team also
prospered, coming in a strong second to the United States team in
each of those three years.

One of the distinctions of which Kaye is most proud is her
selection to ski in the Olympic demonstration in 1972 where she
placed second in tricks, jumping and overall.  She was a
consistent winner at the Moomba Masters, raking in a total of 24
gold medals, including eight overall titles.

Kaye and her husband, Colin Faulkner, authored a book on
water skiing which has influenced a generation of skiers in
Australia.  

I am pleased to announce the induction into the
International Hall of Fame of one of the finest women overall
skiers of her time: Kay Thurlow-Faulkner.