Betsy Clifford

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Betsy Clifford
Personal information
Full nameElizabeth Clifford
Born (1953-10-15) October 15, 1953 (age 70)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Sport
Sport Alpine skiing
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1970 Val Gardena Giant Slalom
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1974 St. Moritz Downhill
Updated on April 26, 2012.

Elizabeth Clifford [1] (born October 15, 1953) [2] is a Canadian retired alpine skier.

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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

Overall

SeasonDiscipline
1971 Slalom

Individual races

DateLocationRace
February 14, 1970 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena Giant Slalom
December 16, 1970 Flag of France.svg Val-d'Isère Slalom
January 21, 1971 Flag of Austria.svg Schruns Slalom

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References

  1. "Elizabeth 'Betsy' Clifford". Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  2. 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)