Janelle Kirtley

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Janelle (Jane Ellen) Kirtley Godfrey (December 8, 1943 - April 28, 2017) was an American former

Biography

Janelle was born on December 8, 1943, in

In 1965, Janelle married Roland LeGrand Godfrey, of Adamsville Alabama, and raised three sons in Forestdale and Adamsville Alabama. Janelle has eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Her family continued the water skiing tradition and continue to ski in the waters she practiced in on the Black Warrior River in Alabama. One of her most famous sayings to her family of water skiers is "If you ain't falling you ain't trying". And she would put this saying into practice in her daily life as viewed in this footage of Janelle trick skiing in Cypress Gardens, FL between the years 1958 and 1960 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlE0D0Q6G0Q

Tournament results

• 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 and Second Overall (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

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  Janelle (Daughter) and Leona Kirtley (Mother) Doubles Front to Back Facing (1962)
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  Janelle Kirtley Cypress Gardens (1960)
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  Janelle Kirtley receives a sportsmanship award at 12 years old. (1955)
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  Janelle Kirtley Skiing at Cypress Gardens (August, 1960)
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  Judy Rosch, Barbara Cooper Clack, Janelle Kirtley (1961)
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  Janelle (Daughter) and Leona Kirtley (Mother) Doubles Both Front Facing (1962)
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  Janelle Kirtley Masters Water Ski Tournament ABC Wide World of Sports (1962)
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  Janelle Kirtley ToeHold Janelle Kirtley Practicing Toehold at 13 Years old (1956)

References