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Stephanie Berto (born March 13, 1953, in Vancouver) is a retired female track and field athlete, who represented Canada at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the women's 100 metres and 4 × 100 m relay, while becoming the youngest member of the Olympic team at age 15. Berto won a 100/200 metres sprint double at the Canadian Track and Field Championships in 1971. She also won both those events at the WAAA Championships that same year.
At 16, she captured a bronze medal in 100 meters and a silver medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1969 Pacific Conference Games in Tokyo, Japan. She won a bronze medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, as a member of the 4 x 100 meter relay team. She claimed the gold medal in the women's 200 metres event at the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia, and silver in the 100 metres.
National titles
- Canadian Track and Field Championships
- 100 m: 1971
- 200 m: 1971
See also
References
- Canadian Olympic Committee
- Canadian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- WAAA Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- Pacific Conference Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- Stephanie Berto. Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- Pan American Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
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