Fiona Smith-Bell

Fiona Smith-Bell
Born	(1973-10-31) October 31, 1973 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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 Women's ice hockey Representing Canada Olympic Games 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.

Career

Smith was originally a figure skater, as there were no opportunities for girls to play hockey. 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.

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, Smith 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. She would then work with the German national women's hockey team for two and a half years as an IIHF ambassador.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
• Fiona Smith at Olympedia (archive)
• Fiona Smith at Team Canada
• Fiona Smith at Olympics.com