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WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH 2002
WHM 2002 Games Answers
ANSWERS to WHAT'S OUR SPORT? (Scramble Game)
1. diving
2. swimming
3. hockey
4. downhill skiing
5. basketball
6. figure skating
7. wheelchair racing
8. speed skating
9. synchronized swimming
10. track-and-field
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ANSWERS to WHAT DO WE HAVE IN COMMON? (Secret Code Game)
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They are all Aboriginal athletes.  In 1972, along with team-mate Roseann Allen, cross-country skiers Sharon and Shirley Firth became the first Canadian aboriginal women to ever compete at the Olympics. In 1984, they also became the first Canadian women to compete in four straight Winter Olympics (1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984). In 1990, runner Angela Chalmers was the first woman in Commonwealth Games history to win the 1500m and 3000m races. She won two consecutive Commonwealth gold medals in 1990 and 1994 at 3000m. In 1994, she became the Canadian record holder in 3000m. One of Canada's top water polo players, Waneek Horn-Miller was part of the All-Star Canadian water polo teams for both Junior and Senior Women from 1991 to 1999. She was the first Mohawk woman from Canada to take part in the Olympics when she participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. |
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They have all been Canadian Flag-bearers for the opening ceremonies at the Olympics. Starting with Nancy Greene who carried the Canadian flag for the opening ceremonies at the 1968 Winter Olympic Games in Grenoble, France; followed by Karen Magnussen at the 1972 Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo, Japan; Abby Hoffman at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada; Carolyn Waldo at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea; Sylvie Daigle at the 1992 Winter Olympic Games in Albertville, France; Charmaine Crooks at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, USA; Caroline Brunet at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia; and Catriona Le May Doan at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, USA. Kayaker Sue Holloway was also selected to be the Canadian flag-bearer during the opening ceremonies at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow but Canada boycotted those games. |
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They were/are all coaches. Former captain of the Canadian Olympic volleyball team in 1976, Betty Baxter was the first female Head coach of the national volleyball program, from 1979 until 1982. Ellen Burka coached figure skating. Since her debut in the 1950s, she has produced 26 Canadian Olympic and World Champions and medallists - including Elvis Stojko. Debbie Muir was the Head coach of the National synchronized swimming team from 1981 to 1991 and was a major reason that Canada dominated the world in synchronized swimming during the 1980s. Former Olympian Molly Killingbeck started up as a university assistant coach in 1989 and went to the coveted post of coach of Canada's 1996 men's sprint relay team. Bev Smith became Head coach of the Canadian women's basketball team in 1997. She made her third Olympic appearance at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, coaching the team to a 10th-place finish. Danièle Sauvageau was Head coach of Canada's National Women's Hockey Team, leading the team to a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. |
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They were/are all sports journalists. In 1928, pioneer women's sports leader Alexandrine Gibb began writing a daily sports column for the Toronto Star, the first of its kind in Canada. Her column was entitled "No Man's Land of Sports" and ran until 1940. Phyllis Griffiths was a pioneer female sportswriter. She had her column "The Girl and the Game" from May 1928 until 1942. Former athlete Myrtle Cook became a sportswriter with the Montreal Strar in 1929 and had her column "In the Women's Sportlight" for over 40 years. Terry Lebeil became the first woman to host a national sports program, when she was named host of TSN's Sportsdesk, in 1984. She also broke new ground in sports journalism, when she became the first woman to do play-by-play for the Olympics, covering cycling, equestrian and white-water events for NBC during the Summer Games in Barcelona in 1992. She also became the first female to co-host CBC Sports' Olympic coverage, at the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta. Nancy Lee joined CBC Radio's national news department in 1987, moving into sports soon after as a reporter and then as the producer of "The Inside Track" radio show. She became head of radio sports and then, after the 1996 Olympics, was named Deputy Head of television sports. With her appointment as Executive Director of CBC TV Sports in January 2000, she became the first woman to run the most important sports production and broadcasting operation in Canada. Since her debut with Radio-Canada's sports team in 1985, Marie-José Turcotte has been anchor-woman during the coverage of several provincial, national and international competitions, including the Commonwealth Games, Les Jeux de la Francophonie and five Olympic Games. She also hosted "L'Univers des sports" from 1988 until 1994 and "L'Aventure olympique" since 1999. Former synchronized swimmer Carolyn Waldo has been with CJOH Sports in Ottawa since 1990. |
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