Stacie Louttit
Appearance
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Nationality | Canada | ||||||||||||||
Citizenship | Canadian | ||||||||||||||
Born | Great Falls, Montana, United States[1] | 12 March 1961||||||||||||||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Sailing | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Stacie Louttit (born 12 March 1961) is a Canadian Paralympic sailor. She became the first female Canadian sailor to win a medal in the Olympics or Paralympics by winning a bronze medal in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing in the 2-person keelboat (SKUD18) and also competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
Personal life
She was born in the U.S. city of Great Falls, Montana. Louttit broke her back in a skiing accident in 1994. In 1998, she began walking with a cane in 1998 and joined the Disabled Sailing Association of British Columbia.[1]
Career
Louttit qualified for her second games, the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, with crew John Scott McRoberts by winning a silver medal at the qualifier.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Stacie Louttit". Canadian Paralympic Committee. paralympic.ca. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
Categories:
- American emigrants to Canada
- Sailors at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Sailors at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Sportspeople from Victoria, British Columbia
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Living people
- 1961 births
- Canadian female sailors (sport)
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in sailing
- Paralympic sailors of Canada