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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 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.
She now lives in Ottawa with her two daughters Kylie and Taylor Flynn and her husband, former Montreal Canadiens player Murray Wilson. A couple years ago she won her 9th American Ski Classic title in Vail, Colorado. Now she is retired from skiing and is raising horses.
She also has a niece named Kelly Graham, who is pretty cool.
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