Laurie Graham | |
Disciplines: | Speed events |
Birth Date: | 30 March 1960 |
Birth Place: | Inglewood, Ontario, Canada |
Worldsmedals: | 1 |
Wcwins: | 6 |
Wcpodiums: | 15 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Laurie Graham, (born March 30, 1960) is a former Canadian downhill skier.[1]
She represented Canada at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics.[2] She won six World Cup victories and three National Downhill titles in her eleven years on the National Ski Team.[2] 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 addition, Graham posted 34 top 10 FIS World Cup Downhill results.
In 1998, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.[2] [3] She was inducted to the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame in 1991,[4] the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.,[2] and the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.[5] She graduated from the University of Toronto Schools.