William Clark (skier)
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Born | July 10, 1910 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Died | January 2, 1975 | (aged 64)
Sport | |
Sport | skiing |
William "Bill", "Bud" George Clark (July 10, 1910 – January 2, 1975) was a Canadian alpine, cross-country, and Nordic combined skier who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics and in the 1936 Winter Olympics.
Mr. Clark excelled in all styles of skiing, winning national championships in nordic, alpine and crosscountry classifications. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario.
Olympics
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Clark finished 38th in the shorter cross-country skiing competition at the 1932 Olympics.
In 1936, he finished 47th in the 18 kilometre cross-country skiing event and 39th in the Nordic combined skiing competition. He also participated in the alpine skiing combined event but was unplaced due to not finishing the second slalom heat.
He continued to promote the sport later in life, serving as President of the Canadian Ski Association.
Honours
He is a member of the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame.
He was inducted into the Lisgar Collegiate Institute Athletic Wall of Fame (LAWOF) in 2009. [1] He was uncle to Anne Heggtveit and brother-in-law of Halvor Heggtveit, both of whom are also LAWOF inductees for skiing.
External links
References
- ^ Alere Flammam, Lisgar Alumni Association Newsletter, Fall 2009
- 1910 births
- 1975 deaths
- Canadian male alpine skiers
- Canadian male cross-country skiers
- Canadian male Nordic combined skiers
- Olympic alpine skiers of Canada
- Olympic cross-country skiers of Canada
- Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Canada
- Alpine skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1932 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Nordic combined skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Ottawa
- Lisgar Collegiate Institute
- Canadian alpine skiing biography stubs
- Canadian cross-country skiing biography stubs