Stephanie Berto

Stephanie Berto

Personal information
Born	March 13, 1953
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Canada British Commonwealth Games 1970 Edinburgh 4 x 100 m relay Pan American Games 1971 Cali 200 metres 1971 Cali 100 metres Pacific Conference Games 1969 Tokyo 4 x 100 m relay 1969 Tokyo 100 meters

Stephanie Berto (born March 13, 1953, in Vancouver) is a retired female track and field athlete, who represented Canada at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the women's 100 metres and 4 × 100 m relay, while becoming the youngest member of the Olympic team at age 15.^[1] Berto won a 100/200 metres sprint double at the Canadian Track and Field Championships in 1971.^[2] She also won both those events at the WAAA Championships that same year.^[3]

At 16, she captured a bronze medal in 100 meters and a silver medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1969 Pacific Conference Games in Tokyo, Japan.^[4] She won a bronze medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, as a member of the 4 x 100 meter relay team.^[5] She claimed the gold medal in the women's 200 metres event at the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia, and silver in the 100 metres.^[6]

National titles

• Canadian Track and Field Championships
  • 100 m: 1971
  • 200 m: 1971

See also

• List of 100 metres national champions (women)

References

1. Canadian Olympic Committee
2. Canadian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
3. WAAA Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
4. Pacific Conference Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
5. Stephanie Berto. Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
6. Pan American Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-11.