Nancy Greene - Major Awards

Major Awards

  • National ski team member, 1959 to 1968
  • Six-time Canadian champion
  • Three-time United States champion
  • Word championship team member, 1962, 1966
  • World Cup women's champion 1967, 1968
  • Olympic team member, 1960, 1964, 1968
  • 1968 Winter Olympics gold medal (giant slalom) and silver medal (slalom)
  • Coach of the Canadian ski team, 1968 to 1973
  • Officer of the Order of Canada (Canada’s highest civilian honour)
  • Order of British Columbia (British Columbia's highest citizen award)
  • Order of the Dogwood (British Columbia's highest civilian award)
  • Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's Outstanding Athlete of the Year, 1967, 1968
  • B'nai B'rith woman of 1968
  • British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame
  • Canadian Sports Hall of Fame
  • United States National Ski Hall of Fame
  • Canada's Walk of Fame
  • Canada's Female Athlete of the 20th Century
  • Olympic torch relay 2010, Kamloops BC
  • Star of "Frozen" 2010
  • Queen Of Sun Peaks Resort, Kamloops, BC
  • Awarded "Order of the Phoenix" (France)
  • Awarded "Merit of St. Ambrose" (Italy)
  • Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

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