Scott, Barbara Ann (–)
Canadian figure skater and equestrian. Name variations: Barbara Ann Scott King. Born May 9, , in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; dau. of Clyde Scott (military secretary to Canada's Minister of Defense) and Mary Scott; m. Tommy King (press agent), Sept 17,
Began skating at 6; was Canadian Junior Ladies' champion (), Canadian Senior Women's champion (–48), North American champion (–48), European and World champion (–48); at 19, won Figure Skating gold medal at Olympic Games, St. Moritz, Switzerland (Feb 6, ); was the 1st Canadian woman to win the Lou Marsh Trophy as best Canadian athlete (, , ); skated professionally (–54); upon retirement, began training horses and was rated among the top equestrians in US. Made an Officer of the Order of Canada (); inducted into International Women's Sports Hall of Fame ().
See also Cay Moore, She Skated Into Our Hearts (McClelland & Stewart, ) and autobiography Skate With Me (Doubleday, ); and Women in World History.
Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25, Women Through the Ages
Barbara Ann Scott
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Barbara Ann Scott a remporté la médaille d’or de l’épreuve féminine aux Jeux de St-Moritz pour ainsi devenir la première championne olympique canadienne en patinage artistique. Elle a aussi été la première médaillée d’or de l’histoire du Canada aux Jeux olympiques d’hiver.
Après avoir remporté le titre national junior à l’âge de 11 ans, Scott a décroché le premier de ses cinq titres nationaux seniors consécutifs en , âgée de seulement 15 ans. Sur une période de six semaines en , Scott a été consécutivement couronnée championne nationale, européenne et mondiale. À son retour à la maison à Ottawa, elle a été honorée par un défilé de célébration où elle a reçu une voiture décapotable jaune portant l’inscription « U-1 » sur la plaque d’immatriculation pour souligner son exploit. Toutefois, l’Américain Avery Brundage, alors vice-président du CIO, a menacé de lui retirer son statut d’athlète amateure et donc son admissibilité olympique si elle gardait ce cadeau.
Scott a retourné la voiture pour ensuite dominer son épreuve à St-Moritz. Profitant d’une confortable avance après les figures imposées, Scott a adopté une approche stratégique pour
Barbara Ann Scott
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Biography of Barbara Ann Scott
Barbara Ann Scott was a Canadian figure skater and Olympic champion. She was born on May 9, , in Ottawa, Canada. Scott started skating at a young age and at the age of 11, she won her first competition - the Canadian Juvenile Championship. At the age of 13, she became the first female skater to successfully perform a double Lutz jump.
Scott had an unbeatable record. From to , she won all the North American Championships, and in , she became the European champion (the last competition in which Americans were allowed to participate) and the World champion. The highlight of Scott's career was, of course, the Olympics. At the Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, she became the first Canadian to win the gold medal in figure skating.
After the Olympics, Scott decided to turn professional and joined the "Hollywood Ice Revue" in Chicago. However, her involvement with the Olympics did not end there. In and , she carried the Olympic torch in the Olympic relay, and in , she was one of the eight flagbearers at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Scott
Barbara Ann Scott is the greatest female singles skater produced by Canada. She passed all her skating tests by age 10, the youngest Canadian to ever do so. In , aged only 11, she became Canadian junior singles champion. She repeated that title in and attempted to win the senior championship in and , but was runner-up both years to Mary Rose Thacker. These titles came despite her father’s death in , which left her family with little money for training.
Scott won her first of five straight Canadian senior championships in In and Scott was North American champion. International competition resumed in and Scott entered both the World and European Championships – in that era, the Europeans were not restricted to natives of Europe. Thus, in , within six weeks, she held the concurrent titles of Canada, North America, Europe, and the World. Her triumphs in brought her fame at home and a huge welcome was arranged with Ottawa’s children given half a day off from school so they could watch the adulatory parade. The citizens of Ottawa also pitched in to present her with a new yellow convertible automobile. But future IOC President Avery Brundage protested this gift, and demanded that Scot
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