Laurie Graham
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| Born | March 30, 1960 Inglewood, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disciplines | Speed events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Medals | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Wins | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Laurie Graham, CM (born March 30, 1960)[1] is a former Canadian downhill skier.[2]
Career
[edit]She represented Canada at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics.[3] She won six World Cup victories and three National Downhill titles in her eleven years on the National Ski Team.[3] She was the first North American woman to win a World Cup Super Giant Slalom skiing. She was the first North American to win on home soil at Mont-Tremblant, Quebec. In addition, Graham posted 34 top 10 FIS World Cup Downhill results.[1]
In 1998, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.[3][4] She was inducted to the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame in 1991,[1] the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.,[3] and the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.[5] She graduated from the University of Toronto Schools.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Laurie Graham". Canadian Ski Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
- ^ "Laurie Graham profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Laurie Graham". Canada Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2 July 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Order of Canada-Laurie J. Graham-Flynn, C.M." Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
- ^ "Laurie Graham". oshof.ca. Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
External links
[edit]- Laurie Graham at FIS (alpine)
- Laurie Graham at Olympedia
- Laurie Graham at Team Canada
- Laurie Graham at the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame (archived)
- Laurie Graham at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- 1960 births
- Alpine skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Canadian female alpine skiers
- Living people
- Members of the Order of Canada
- Olympic alpine skiers for Canada
- People from Orangeville, Ontario
- Skiing people from Ontario
- 20th-century Canadian sportswomen