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National Archives of Canada PA-148298 |
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Kathy Kreiner, gold medallist, giant slalom,
XIIth Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck, Austria, 13 February 1976, by D. Paterson
At the 1972 Sapporo Olympics in Japan, fourteen-year
old Kathy Kreiner (born 1957) was the youngest competitor at the Games. Four years later, she won the
gold medal in the giant slalom in Innsbruck. The photo shows her celebrating the victory, carried on
the shoulders of Jim Hunter, a member of the fearless Canadian men’s team, known in the 1970s and
1980s as the “Crazy Canucks.”
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