Betsy Clifford

Betsy Clifford

Personal information
Full name	Elizabeth Clifford
Born	(1953-10-15) October 15, 1953 (age 71) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Sport
Sport	Alpine skiing
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing  Canada World Championships 1970 Val Gardena Giant Slalom 1974 St. Moritz Downhill
Updated on April 26, 2012

Elizabeth Clifford^[1] (born October 15, 1953)^[2] is a Canadian retired 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

References

1. "Elizabeth 'Betsy' Clifford". Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Betsy Clifford". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 16, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012. Full name: Elisabeth Anne Clifford (-Higgins)

External links

• Betsy Clifford at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Betsy Clifford at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Betsy Clifford at Olympics.com
• Betsy Clifford at Olympic.org (archived)
• Betsy Clifford at Olympedia (archive)
• Betsy Clifford at Team Canada
• Elizabeth Clifford at Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
• Betsy Clifford at The Canadian Encyclopedia at the Wayback Machine (archived March 11, 2007)