[quick facts] [a
short biography] [gold medal victory]
Born:
> Ottawa, Canada - May 11, 1943
Hometown:
> Rossland, British Columbia
Ski Club:
> Red Mountain Ski Club
Family:
> Married - Alan E. Raine, 1969
> Twin Sons - Charley & Willy, Born 1970
Residence:
> Sun Peaks Resort - British Columbia, Canada
Ski Career:
> Canadian National Ski Team - 1959 to 1968
> World Championship Teams - 1962 & 1966
> Canadian Olympic Teams - 1960, 1964, 1968
> 17 Canadian Ski Championship titles
> 3 U.S. Ski Championship titles
> 13 World Cup victories in1967 & 1968, the most by a Canadian
> 1967 - Overall World Cup Champion
> 1968 - Overall World Cup Champion
> 1968 - Olympic Champion - Giant Slalom
> 1968 - Olympic Silver Medallist - Slalom
> 1968 - F.I.S. Alpine Combined Champion
Honours & Awards:
> 1968 - Officer of the Order of Canada
> 1968 - Order of the Dogwood, (BC's highest award at the time)
> 1967 & 1968 - Canadian 'Athlete of the Year'
> 1967 - Amateur Athletic Union 'Female Athlete of the Year'
> 1968 - B'nai B'rith 'Woman of the Year'
> 1988 - B.C. 'Ambassador of Tourism'
> 1991 - Whistler's 'Citizen of the Year' (with husband Al)
> 1999 - Hon. Doctorate of Laws, University College of the Cariboo
> 1999 - Canadian Female Athlete of the Century
> 1999 - HALVA International Skiing Award
> 2002 - Hon. Doctorate of Laws, Royal Roads University
> 2004 - Hon. Doctorate of Laws, Simon Fraser University
> 2004: Order of British Columbia
Member:
> Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
> B.C. Sports Hall of Fame
> Canadian Ski Hall of Fame
> U.S. Ski Hall of Fame
> 1968 Federal Task Force on Sport
> Honourary Chairman, Nancy Greene Ski League
Post Competition Career:
Promotional Contracts: Rossignol, Mars Canada, General Motors, BC Tel
Director of Skiing, Blackcomb Mountain: 1980-1982
Owner, Nancy Greene's Olympic Lodge, Whistler: 1985 - 1989
Developer: Nancy Greene's Cahilty Lodge, Sun Peaks: 1995
Director of Skiing, Sun Peaks Resort: 1995 - 2022
Served in the Senate of Canada: 2009 - 2018
Ambassador, Tourism Sun Peaks: 2022 - present
Public Speaking:
> National Speakers Bureau
Special Representative:
> Rossignol Ski Products
> General Motors of Canada
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