NANCY GREENE RAINE: RESUMÉ OF A CHAMPION
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.