Laurie Graham, (born March 30, 1960)
[ is a former ]Canadian
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downhill skier
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.
Career
She represented Canada at the 1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
, 1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
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and 1988 Winter Olympics
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. She won six World Cup
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victories and three National Downhill titles in her eleven years on the National Ski Team.[ She was the first North American woman to win a World Cup ]Super Giant Slalom skiing
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. She was the first North American to win on home soil at Mont-Tremblant
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, Quebec
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. In addition, Graham posted 34 top 10 FIS World Cup Downhill results.[
In 1998, she was made a Member of the ]Order of Canada
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To coincide with the Canadian Centennial, ce ...
.[ She was inducted to the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame in 1991,] the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
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in 1993.,[ and the ]Ontario Sports Hall of Fame
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in 2015. She graduated from the University of Toronto Schools
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.
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1960 births
Alpine skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Canadian female alpine skiers
Living people
Members of the Order of Canada
Olympic alpine skiers for Canada
Sportspeople from Orangeville, Ontario
Skiing people from Ontario
20th-century Canadian sportswomen