- Betsy Clifford
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Medal record Women's Alpine Skiing World Championships Gold 1970 Val Gardena Giant Slalom Silver 1974 St. Moritz Downhill Betsy Clifford (born October 15, 1953 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a retired Canadian alpine skier.
At the 1968 Winter Olympics, she was the youngest Canadian skier ever to compete. She finished 7th at the 1970 Alpine Skiing World Cup and 10th at the 1971 Alpine Skiing World Cup. In 1971, she won the Alpine skiing World Cup in slalom skiing.
In 1970, she was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. In 1971, she was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame.
World Cup victories
Overall
Season Discipline 1971 Slalom Individual races
Date Location Race February 14, 1970 Val Gardena Giant Slalom December 16, 1970 Val-d'Isère Slalom January 21, 1971 Schruns Slalom 1950: Dagmar Rom | 1952: Andrea Mead-Lawrence | 1954: Lucienne Schmith | 1956: Ossi Reichert | 1958: Lucille Wheeler | 1960: Yvonne Rüegg | 1962: Marianne Jahn | 1964: Marielle Goitschel | 1966: Marielle Goitschel | 1968: Nancy Greene | 1970: Betsy Clifford | 1972: Marie-Theres Nadig | 1974: Fabienne Serrat | 1976: Kathy Kreiner | 1978: Maria Epple | 1980: Hanni Wenzel | 1982: Erika Hess | 1985: Diann Roffe | 1987: Vreni Schneider | 1989: Vreni Schneider | 1991: Pernilla Wiberg | 1993: Carole Merle | 1996: Deborah Compagnoni | 1997: Deborah Compagnoni | 1999: Alexandra Meissnitzer | 2001: Sonja Nef | 2003: Anja Pärson | 2005: Anja Pärson | 2007: Nicole Hosp | 2009: Kathrin Hölzl | 2011: Tina MazeExternal links
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