Betsy Clifford
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| Full name | Elizabeth Clifford | |||||||||||||||||
| 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
[edit]Overall
[edit]| Season | Discipline |
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| 1971 | Slalom |
Individual races
[edit]| 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
[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
- Betsy Clifford at Olympic.org (archived)
- Betsy Clifford at Olympedia
- 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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