Fiona Smith-Bell
Fiona Smith-Bell | |||
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Born |
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | October 31, 1973||
Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) | ||
Weight | 123 lb (56 kg; 8 st 11 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shot | Left | ||
National team | Canada | ||
Playing career | 1996–1999 |
Medal record | ||
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Representing Canada | ||
Winter Olympics | ||
1998 Nagano | Tournament | |
IIHF World Women's Championships | ||
1997 Canada | Tournament | |
1999 Finland | Tournament |
Fiona Lesley Smith (born October 31, 1973 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and raised in Edam, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian women's Olympic ice hockey player. She was affiliated with Edmonton Chimos. In 1998 she helped Team Canada win the silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano.[1]
Career
Smith was originally a figure skater, as there were no opportunities for girls to play hockey.[2] She captained the boys youth hockey team in North Battleford before joining the first Saskatchewan women’s hockey team to compete at the Canada Winter Games at the age of 14.[3][4]
In 1999, she was nominated for the Saskatchewan Female Athlete of the Year award. In 2002, she would retire from international hockey. She was one of the torch bearers for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. In 2012, she was named to the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame.
Post-playing Career
As part of the IIHF Ambassador and Mentor Program, Brisson was a Hockey Canada athlete ambassador that travelled to Bratislava, Slovakia to participate in the 2011 IIHF High Performance Women's Camp from July 4–12.[5] She would then work with the German national women's hockey team for two and a half years as an IIHF ambassador.[6]
References
- ^ Fiona Smith profile
- ^ https://www.newsoptimist.ca/sports/local-sports/fiona-smith-bell-among-saskatchewan-s-best-1.1580901
- ^ http://sasksportshalloffame.com/inductees/fiona-smith-bell/
- ^ https://sasknow.com/2019/01/31/an-olympic-medalists-view-on-growing-womens-hockey-in-wake-of-skills-competition/
- ^ "The Official Website of Hockey Canada | Minor Hockey, Team Canada, National Championships and more".
- ^ https://www.newsoptimist.ca/sports/local-sports/edam-hockey-star-ready-to-impact-german-hockey-program-1.1558394
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Canadian women's ice hockey defencemen
- Edmonton Chimos players
- Sportspeople from Saskatoon
- Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ice hockey players of Canada
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Olympic silver medalists for Canada
- Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan
- Canadian ice hockey defenceman, 1970s births stubs
- Canadian Winter Olympic medalist stubs