Beckie Scott

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox skier Rebecca "Beckie" Scott<ref>IOC member profile</ref> Template:Post-nominals (born August 1, 1974) is a Canadian retired cross-country skier. She is an Olympic gold and silver medallist, and the first Canadian to win an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She is the founder of a national organization dedicated to improving health, wellness and education outcomes for Indigenous youth through sport and play.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Scott was Chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Athlete Committee, and gained notoriety for her position during the Russian (2014–2019) doping scandal.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She served as an International Olympic Committee member by virtue of being elected to the IOC Athlete's Commission along with Saku Koivu between 2006 and 2014.<ref name=gam>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She is married to the American former cross-country skier Justin Wadsworth.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They have two children, Teo and Brynn.

Career

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Beckie Scott during the torch relay for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, July 2012

Scott was born in Vegreville, Alberta, but grew up in Vermilion, Alberta. Supported by her parents, she began cross-country skiing at the age of five.<ref name="CANOlympicProfile" /> She entered her first competition at age seven and attended the Junior National Championships in 1988.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She went on to win seventeen World Cup medals in sprint, individual Scott is a three-time Olympian, participating at the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy. Her best-placed finish in Nagano was 45th, but Scott won a gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Salt Lake City games. She originally finished third in the 5 km pursuit, but she was upgraded to the gold medal when winner Olga Danilova and runner-up Larissa Lazutina were eventually disqualified for using darbepoetin, a performance-enhancing drug.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Scott was awarded a silver medal before receiving her gold medal in June 2004, almost two and a half years after the Olympics ended. She became the first Canadian and first North American woman to win an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing.

Scott is an Officer of the Order of Canada,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and has been honoured with a variety of awards in Canada. She has been inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Waterloo<ref name="CANOlympicProfile">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and has twice received the John Semmelink Award, for demonstrating sportsmanship and ability in international competition.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She holds honorary Doctorates of Laws from the University of Alberta,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Mount Royal University and the University of British Columbia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Scott was inducted into the Alberta Order of Excellence on October 17, 2019.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On March 29, 2005, Scott agreed to join the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) athlete committee.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On February 23, 2006, Scott was elected as an athlete member of the International Olympic Committee along with Finnish ice hockey player Saku Koivu.<ref>ESPN - Beckie Scott, Saku Koivu elected to IOC - Olympics</ref> Scott retired on April 12, 2006, as the most decorated Canadian cross-country skier. 2006 was also her best season, with multiple victories and podiums on the World Cup circuit, to go with her Olympic silver in one of her races in Turin, and she lost out on winning her first World Cup overall season title to the great Marit Bjørgen by the smallest margin.

In September 2012, Scott was appointed to WADA's executive committee.<ref name=gam /> In September 2018, Scott resigned from the WADA compliance and review committee responsible for making a recommendation to end the Russian Anti-Doping Agency's suspension from WADA.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Charity

In 2017, Scott established Spirit North, a charitable organization dedicated to improving health, wellness and education outcomes for Indigenous youth through equitable access to sport and play.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Cross-country skiing results

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Olympic Games

• 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)

Year	Age	5 km	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	Sprint	4 × 5 km   relay	Team   sprint
1998	21	47	Template:N/a	60	45	51	Template:N/a	16	Template:N/a
2002	25	Template:N/a	4	—	Gold	—	5	8	Template:N/a
2006	29	Template:N/a	[[Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre classical|Template:Abbr]]	Template:N/a	6	—	4	10	Silver

World Championships

Year	Age	5 km	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	Sprint	4 × 5 km   relay	Team   sprint
1995	20	42	Template:N/a	40	43	—	Template:N/a	—	Template:N/a
1997	22	24	Template:N/a	25	27	28	Template:N/a	14	Template:N/a
1999	24	36	Template:N/a	53	29	—	Template:N/a	15	Template:N/a
2001	26	Template:N/a	—	26	11	Template:AbbrTemplate:Ref label	9	6	Template:N/a
2003	28	Template:N/a	8	—	6	9	4	—	Template:N/a
2005	30	Template:N/a	13	Template:N/a	4	15	12	—	10

a. Template:Note label Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings

Season	Age
		Overall	Distance	Long Distance	Middle Distance	Sprint
1994	19	Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:N/a
1995	20	Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:N/a
1996	21	Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:N/a
1997	22	50	Template:N/a	51	Template:N/a	50
1998	23	33	Template:N/a	43	Template:N/a	31
1999	24	44	Template:N/a	Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	21
2000	25	15	Template:N/a	21	20	9
2001	26	15	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	17
2002	27	22	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	10
2003	28	9	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	10
2004	29	16	23	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	6
2005	30	18	22	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	12
2006	31	Template:Silver02	Template:Bronze03	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:Silver02

Individual podiums

• 4 victories
• 15 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place
1	2000–01	14 January 2001	Template:Flagicon Soldier Hollow, United States	1.0 km Sprint F	World Cup	3rd
2	2001–02	19 December 2001	Template:Flagicon Asiago, Italy	1.5 km Sprint F	World Cup	3rd
3	2002–03	19 December 2002	Template:Flagicon Linz, Austria	1.0 km Sprint F	World Cup	3rd
4		15 February 2003	Template:Flagicon Asiago, Italy	5 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
5		20 March 2003	Template:Flagicon Borlänge, Sweden	1.0 km Sprint F	World Cup	3rd
6	2003–04	12 March 2004	Template:Flagicon Pragelato, Italy	1.0 km Sprint F	World Cup	2nd
7	2005–06	10 December 2005	Template:Flagicon Vernon, Canada	7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/F	World Cup	2nd
8		11 December 2005		1.5 km Sprint F	World Cup	1st
9		15 December 2005	Template:Flagicon Canmore, Canada	10 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
10		17 December 2005		15 km Mass Start C	World Cup	1st
11		21 January 2006	Template:Flagicon Oberstdorf, Germany	7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/F	World Cup	1st
12		8 March 2006	Template:Flagicon Falun, Sweden	5 km + 5 km Skiathlon C/F	World Cup	3rd
13		9 March 2006	Template:Flagicon Drammen, Norway	1.0 km Sprint C	World Cup	2nd
14		15 March 2006	Template:Flagicon Changchun, China	1.0 km Sprint F	World Cup	2nd
15		19 March 2006	Template:Flagicon Sapporo, Japan	7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/F	World Cup	1st

Team podiums

• 2 podiums – (1 Template:Abbr, 1 Template:Abbr)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammate(s)
1	2000–01	13 January 2001	Template:Flagicon Soldier Hollow, United States	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Renner / Thériault / Fortier
2	2005–06	18 December 2005	Template:Flagicon Canmore, Canada	6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint C	World Cup	2nd	Renner

See also

• List of University of Waterloo people

External links

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