Marion Elizabeth "Betty" Craig (later Eaton, born September 26, 1957, in
Brockville
Brockville, formerly Elizabethtown, is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the Thousand Islands region. Although it is the seat of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, it is politically independent of the county. It is included with Le ...
,
Ontario
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) is a
Canadian
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rower
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. She won a silver medal in the
coxless pair event with
Patricia Smith at the
1984 Summer Olympics. She also finished fifth in the same event at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
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1957 births
Living people
Rowers from Ontario
Canadian female rowers
Olympic medalists in rowing
Olympic rowers for Canada
Olympic silver medalists for Canada
Sportspeople from Brockville
Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
World Rowing Championships medalists for Canada
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
20th-century Canadian women
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