Betsy Clifford
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| Born | October 15, 1953 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Alpine skiing | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Elizabeth Clifford[1] (born October 15, 1953)[2] is a Canadian retired alpine skier.
At the 1968 Winter Olympics, she was the youngest Canadian skier ever to compete. She finished 7th at the 1970 Alpine Skiing World Cup and 10th at the 1971 Alpine Skiing World Cup. In 1971, she won the Alpine skiing World Cup in slalom skiing.
In 1970, she was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. In 1971, she was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame.
World Cup victories
Overall
| Season | Discipline |
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| 1971 | Slalom |
Individual races
| Date | Location | Race |
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| February 14, 1970 |  Val Gardena |
Giant Slalom |
| December 16, 1970 |  Val-d'Isère |
Slalom |
| January 21, 1971 |  Schruns |
Slalom |
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Betsy Clifford". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
External links
- Betsy Clifford at The Canadian Encyclopedia at the Wayback Machine (archived March 11, 2007)
- Betsy Clifford at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Betsy Clifford at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Betsy Clifford at Team Canada
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