Tuesday
Mar152011

Nancy Greene Raine

Nancy Greene was voted Canada's Outstanding Female Athlete for two years in a row.

Nancy Greene-Raine was born in Ottawa May 11, 1943. She was raised in Rossland, B.C.

She was a Canadian National Ski Team member from 1960 to 1968.

Nancy competed in the 1962 and 1966 FIS World Skiing Championships.

In 1966-67, 67-68 she won the official World Championships on the international tour circuit.

At the 1968 Winter Olympics Games in Glenoble, she won a gold and a silver medal for Canada in slalom events.

In 1969, she was inducted into the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame and named B.C. Female Athlete of the Century.