Born:
August 1, 1974

Beckie Scott

Beckie grew up in Vermilion, Alberta and began skiing at the age of five, entering her first competition two years later. In 1988 she competed in the Canadian Junior National Championships for the first time, and over the course of the next 22 years she won 17 World Cup medals in sprint, individual and relay events.

Beckie is a three time Olympian: Nagano 1998, Salt Lake City 2002 and Torino 2006. At Salt Lake City, Beckie became the first Canadian and first North American woman to win an Olympic medal, when she won bronze in the 15 kilometer pursuit. In 2003, the second place finisher in that race was disqualified for doping, and Beckie was awarded the Silver medal at a ceremony at Calgary Olympic Park. In 2004 the first place finisher of the same race was also disqualified for doping, and Beckie received the Gold medal in a ceremony on the steps of  the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Beckie Scott is the only Olympian – winter or summer – to have been awarded a Gold, Silver and Bronze medal for the same race.

At the Torino Winter Olympics in 2006, Beckie won a Silver medal in the team sprint with team-mate Sara Renner. That same year Beckie finished second overall in World Cup points.

Her World Cup medal tally is as follows:

Individual medals: 4 gold, 6 silver and 5 bronze.

Team medals: 2 silver (4 x 5 kilometre relay in 2001 with Sara Renner, Milaine Theriault and Amanda Fortier, and team sprint in 2005 with Sara Renner).

In 2005 Beckie Scott was elected as an athlete representative on the International Olympic Commission (IOC). In 2012 Beckie was appointed as a member of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Executive Committee. In 2018 she resigned from the WADA Compliance and Review Committee in protest of the agency’s decision to reinstate the Russian Anti-Doping Agency as a member.

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Sources: Cross Country Canada, Wikipedia, Canadian Olympic Committee