What is Janelle Kirtley?
[[File:Janelle Kirtley.jpg|thumb|Janelle Kirtley Skiing at Cypress Gardens 1960]] '''Janelle (Jane Ellen) Kirtley Godfrey''' (December 8, 1943 - April 28, 2017) was an American former [[World water skiing champions|World Champion water skier]]. She was born in [[Birmingham, Alabama]]. In 2001 she was recognized with the Award of Distinction from the Water Ski Hall of Fame,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usawaterskifoundation.org/#!janelle-kirtley/c1rg8|title=2001 Award of Distinction Recipient|last=Kirtley|first=Janelle|date=|website=USA Water Ski Foundation|publisher=USA Water Ski Foundation|access-date=|archive-date=2021-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308044859/http://www.usawaterskifoundation.org/#!janelle-kirtley/c1rg8|url-status=dead}}</ref> and she was inducted into the [[Alabama Sports Hall of Fame]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ashof.org/index.php?src=directory&view=company&srctype=detail&refno=465&category=Water+Skiing|title=Homepage|website=Alabama Sports Hall of Fame}}</ref> ==Tournaments== * 1956 Overall, Slalom, and Tricks National Champion ([[La Porte, Indiana]]), Girls Division * 1957 Slalom National Champion ([[San Diego]], CA), Girls Division * 1959 Slalom and Tricks National Champion ([[Laconia, New Hampshire]]), Girls Division * 1960 Overall and Slalom National Champion ([[Minneapolis]], MN), Girls Division * 1960 Overall [[Masters Water Ski Tournament]] Women Division * 1961 Overall and Tricks National Champion ([[Austin, Texas]]), Women Division * 1961 [[World Water Skiing Champions]] Women Slalom and Women Overall * 1963 Slalom and Tricks National Champion ([[Long Beach, California]]), Women Division * 1964 Slalom National Champion ([[Webster, Massachusetts]]), Women Division * 1964 Slalom [[Masters Water Ski Tournament]] Women Division ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirtley, Janelle}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Birmingham, Alabama]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}