Doreen McCannell Botterill (born July 29, 1947) is a Canadian speed skater. She competed for Canada in speed skating at the

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and

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. The 1968 Winter Games marked the first time ...

. She had won the 1966 North American Senior Ladies Championship. In 1995, she was inducted into the

Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame The Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum is a Canadian museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, dedicated to honoring the history and achievements of sports in Manitoba. The organization began in 1980, and then opened a museum in The Forks in 1993. Afte ...

Personal life

McCannell-Botterill was born in

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. It is centred on the confluence of the Red River of the North, Red and Assiniboine River, Assiniboine rivers. , Winnipeg h ...

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. She is married to Cal Botterill, a sports psychologist who worked with the Canadian men's national hockey team. Her children are

Jennifer Botterill Jennifer Botterill (born May 1, 1979) is a Canadian former women's hockey player and current hockey broadcast television analyst who played for Harvard University, the Canadian national team, the Mississauga Chiefs, and the Toronto Aeros. She ...

and

Jason Botterill Jason Drandon Botterill (born May 19, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger and executive who is the general manager of the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). Botterill was the former associate GM of the ...

. Jennifer participated in ice hockey at the Winter Olympics on four separate occasions. Jason was drafted by the Dallas Stars at the 1994 NHL Draft.

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* 1947 births Canadian female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Canada Speed skaters from Winnipeg Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame inductees Living people 20th-century Canadian sportswomen {{Canada-speed-skating-bio-stub