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Canadian alpine skier (born 1960) This article is about the skier. For other uses, see Laurie Graham (disambiguation).
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| Born | (1960-03-30) March 30, 1960 (age 64) Inglewood, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disciplines | Speed events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Wins | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Laurie Graham, CM (born March 30, 1960) is a former Canadian downhill skier.
Career
She represented Canada at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics. She won six World Cup victories and three National Downhill titles in her eleven years on the National Ski Team. 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.
In 1998, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada. She was inducted to the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame in 1991, the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1993., and the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2015. She graduated from the University of Toronto Schools.
References
- ^ "Laurie Graham". Canadian Ski Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
- "Laurie Graham profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "Laurie Graham". Canada Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
- "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
- Laurie Graham at FIS (alpine)
- Laurie Graham at Team Canada
- Laurie Graham at Olympedia
- 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
- Sportspeople from Orangeville, Ontario
- Skiing people from Ontario
- 20th-century Canadian sportswomen