Fiona Smith-Bell Explained

Birth Name:Fiona Lesley Smith
Birth Date:October 31, 1973
Birth Place:Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height Ft:5
Height In:2
Weight Lb:123
Position:Defence
Shoots:Left
Ntl Team:CAN
Career Start:1996
Career End:1999

Fiona Lesley Smith (born October 31, 1973, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and raised in Edam, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian women's Olympic ice hockey player. She was affiliated with Edmonton Chimos. In 1998 she helped Team Canada win the silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano.[1]

Career

Smith was originally a figure skater, as there were no opportunities for girls to play hockey.[2] She captained the boys youth hockey team in North Battleford before joining the first Saskatchewan women's hockey team to compete at the Canada Winter Games at the age of 14.[3] [4]

In 1999, she was nominated for the Saskatchewan Female Athlete of the Year award. In 2002, she would retire from international hockey. She was one of the torch bearers for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. In 2012, she was named to the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame.

Post-playing Career

As part of the IIHF Ambassador and Mentor Program, Smith was a Hockey Canada athlete ambassador that travelled to Bratislava, Slovakia to participate in the 2011 IIHF High Performance Women's Camp from July 4–12.[5] She would then work with the German national women's hockey team for two and a half years as an IIHF ambassador.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Fiona Smith . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417225110/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/fiona-smith-1.html . 2020-04-17 . dead.
  2. News: Fiona Smith-Bell among Saskatchewan's best . Battlefords News-Optimist . Trent . Cey . May 11, 2012 . April 30, 2020 . February 4, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230204212255/https://www.sasktoday.ca/north/local-sports/fiona-smith-bell-among-saskatchewans-best-4044313 . live .
  3. Web site: Fiona Smith-Bell . Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame . April 30, 2020 . February 4, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230204212256/https://sasksportshalloffame.com/inductees/fiona-smith-bell/ . live .
  4. News: An Olympic medalist's view on growing women's hockey in wake of skills competition . SaskNow . Brady . Lang . January 31, 2019 . April 30, 2020 . February 4, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230204212258/https://sasknow.com/2019/01/31/an-olympic-medalists-view-on-growing-womens-hockey-in-wake-of-skills-competition/ . live .
  5. Sixteen National Women's Program Candidates To Take Part In Iihf High Performance Women's Camp In Slovakia . Hockey Canada . June 23, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110806114903/http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/170789/la_id/1.htm . 2011-08-06.
  6. News: Edam hockey star ready to impact German hockey program . Battlefords News-Optimist . Trent . Cey . July 15, 2011 . April 30, 2020 . February 4, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230204212256/https://www.sasktoday.ca/north/local-sports/edam-hockey-star-ready-to-impact-german-hockey-program-4033882 . live .

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