Betsy Clifford
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Canadian alpine skier (born 1953)
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| Full name | Elizabeth Clifford | |||||||||||||||
| Born | (1953年10月15日) October 15, 1953 (age 71) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Alpine skiing | |||||||||||||||
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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
[edit ]Overall
[edit ]| Season | Discipline |
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| 1971 | Slalom |
Individual races
[edit ]| Date | Location | Race |
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| February 14, 1970 | Italy Val Gardena | Giant Slalom |
| December 16, 1970 | France Val-d'Isère | Slalom |
| January 21, 1971 | Austria Schruns | Slalom |
References
[edit ]- ^ "Elizabeth 'Betsy' Clifford". Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
- ^ 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 December 16, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
Full name: Elisabeth Anne Clifford (-Higgins)
External links
[edit ]- Betsy Clifford at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Betsy Clifford at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Betsy Clifford at Olympics.com Edit this at Wikidata
- Betsy Clifford at Olympic.org (archived) Edit this at Wikidata
- Betsy Clifford at Olympedia Edit this at Wikidata
- Betsy Clifford at Team Canada
- Elizabeth Clifford at Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
- Betsy Clifford at The Canadian Encyclopedia at the Wayback Machine (archived March 11, 2007)
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