Ottawa Citizen

NANCY GREENE RAINE: RESUMÉ OF A CHAMPION

- Personal and career highlights

Born: May 11, 1943, in Ottawa. Family: married husband Al Raine in 1969; twin sons Charley and Willy born in 1970; grandsons James and Kingston. Residence: Sun Peaks, B.C., where she is director of skiing at Sun Peaks Resort. Ski career: National alpine ski team member 1959-68; Canadian world championsh­ip teams 1962 and ’66; Canadian Olympic teams in 1960, ’64 and ’68; 17 Canadian alpine ski championsh­ips; three United States alpine ski championsh­ips; 13 World Cup race victories, all in 1967 or ’68 and most by any Canadian; 1967 and ’68 overall World Cup champion; 1968 Olympic gold medallist in giant slalom and silver medallist in slalom; 1968 FIS alpine combined champion. Awards: 1967 and 1968 — Lou Marsh Award and Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as Canadian athlete and female athlete of the year; 1967 — Amateur Athletic Union female athlete of the year; 1968 — invested as Officer of the Order of Canada; 1968 — invested into the Order of the Dogwood by the province of British Columbia; 1968 — B’nai B’rith woman of the year; 1988 — British Columbia “ambassador of tourism;” 1991 — citizen of the year (with husband Al Raine) for Whistler, B.C.; 1999 — Honorary Doctorate of Laws, University College of the Cariboo; 1999 — Canadian Press female athlete of the century; 1999 — Halva Internatio­nal Skiing Award; 2002 — Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Royal Roads University; 2004 — Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Simon Fraser University; 2004 — Order of British Columbia. Inductee: Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, 1967; B.C. Sports Hall of Fame, 1969; U.S. Ski Hall of Fame, 1969; Canadian Ski Hall of Fame, 1992; Canada’s Walk of Fame, 1999. Appointmen­ts: Member, 1968 Federal Task Force on Sport; senator, appointed in January 2009 by then prime minister Stephen Harper.

 ?? ADRIAN WYLD/THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE ?? Sen. Nancy Greene Raine skies around the front lawn of the Parliament buildings during an event promoting the National Health and Fitness day in Ottawa on Feb. 24, 2016.
ADRIAN WYLD/THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE Sen. Nancy Greene Raine skies around the front lawn of the Parliament buildings during an event promoting the National Health and Fitness day in Ottawa on Feb. 24, 2016.
 ?? POSTMEDIA FILE ?? Nancy Greene weds Al Raine in April 1969.
POSTMEDIA FILE Nancy Greene weds Al Raine in April 1969.
 ?? MONTREAL STAR FILE ?? Nancy Greene racked up a total 13 World Cup race victories over 1967 and 1968.
MONTREAL STAR FILE Nancy Greene racked up a total 13 World Cup race victories over 1967 and 1968.

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