CANADA’S ALPINE SKIING

OLYMPIC MEDAL SNAPSHOT

Only nine Canadians have won Olympic Winter Games medals in alpine skiing, and only Nancy Greene (Grenoble 1968) and Karen Percy (Calgary 1988) captured two each. Here’s the full list:

1956

Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy – Lucille Wheeler, bronze, women’s downhill

1960

Squaw Valley, U.S. – Anne Heggtveit, gold, women’s slalom

1968

Grenoble, France – Nancy Greene, silver, women’s slalom; gold, women’s giant slalom

1976

Innsbruck, Austria – Kathy Kreiner, gold, women’s giant slalom

1980

Lake Placid, U.S. – Steve Podborski, bronze, men’s downhill

1988

Calgary – Karen Percy, bronze, women’s downhill; bronze, women’s Super-G

1992

Albertville, France – Kerrin Lee-Gartner, gold, women’s downhill

1994

Lillehammer, Norway – Edi Podivinsky, bronze, men’s downhill

2014

Sochi, Russia – Jan Hudec, bronze, men’s Super-G

Note:

Canada won only three medals in the 1968 Winter Olympics. Besides Nancy Greene’s gold and silver in women’s alpine skiing, there was a bronze in men’s hockey by a team captained by Marshall Johnston.

MONTREAL STAR FILE Canada’s Nancy Greene begins her run in the giant slalom to win Canada’s first gold of the 1968 Olympic Winter Games.