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For the author of the same name, see Laurie Graham (novelist).

Laurie Graham, CM (born March 30, 1960 in Orangeville, Ontario) is a Canadian downhill skier who 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 and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.

References

  1. ^ "Laurie Graham". Canadian Ski Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
  2. ^ "Laurie Graham". Canada Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
  3. "Order of Canada-Laurie J. Graham-Flynn, C.M." Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 2010-07-02.

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