{"id":17986,"date":"2011-09-18T22:14:43","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T02:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/team-canada\/elizabeth-whitehall-2\/"},"modified":"2021-12-08T16:06:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T21:06:14","slug":"betsy-clifford","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/betsy-clifford\/","title":{"rendered":"Betsy Clifford"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Quand la Canadienne Betsy Clifford a fait ses d\u00e9buts olympiques en ski alpin \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/olympique.ca\/jeux\/1968-grenoble\/\">Grenoble 1968<\/a>, elle \u00e9tait la plus jeune athl\u00e8te olympique canadienne de l\u2019histoire \u00e0 concourir, alors \u00e2g\u00e9e de 14 ans. Terminant 23e de l\u2019\u00e9preuve de la descente, Clifford n\u2019a pas termin\u00e9 le slalom et a \u00e9t\u00e9 disqualifi\u00e9e au slalom g\u00e9ant. \u00c0 <a href=\"https:\/\/olympique.ca\/jeux\/1976-innsbruck\/\">Innsbruck 1976<\/a>, elle a termin\u00e9 22<sup>e<\/sup> deux fois (slalom g\u00e9ant et descente), mais n\u2019a pas termin\u00e9 le slalo).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entre ses apparitions olympiques, Clifford est devenue la plus jeune skieuse \u00e0 remporter un titre mondial, mettant la main sur l\u2019or au slalom g\u00e9ant en 1970 en Italie (\u00e0 16 ans), alors que quatre ans plus tard en 1974, elle remportait l\u2019argent en descente. En plus de trois victoires en Coupe du monde (deux en slalom et une en slalom g\u00e9ant) et sept autres podiums en carri\u00e8re, Clifford a aussi remport\u00e9 huit titres canadiens en slalom g\u00e9ant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c9lev\u00e9e sur les pentes de ski du domaine Camp Fortune de son p\u00e8re, Clifford a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 skier \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de cinq ans. D\u00e8s 12 ans, elle \u00e9tait championne nationale junior et \u00e0 13 ans, championne nationale senior. Son oncle Harvey Clifford a aussi repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 le Canada aux Jeux de Saint-Moritz en 1948 en ski alpin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clifford a re\u00e7u le prix comm\u00e9moratif John Semmelink, remis par l\u2019Association canadienne de ski \u00e0 un(e) skieur(euse) qui, par son esprit sportif, son comportement et ses habilet\u00e9s, a le mieux repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 le Canada sur la sc\u00e8ne internationale. De 1968 \u00e0 1976, elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9lue skieuse par excellence d\u2019Ottawa et en 1970 et 1971, Clifford a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9lue athl\u00e8te de l\u2019ann\u00e9e \u00e0 Ottawa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clifford a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9e au Panth\u00e9on des sports canadiens en 1970 et au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e olympique du Canada en 1971. Elle a aussi fait son entr\u00e9e au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e national du ski des \u00c9tats-Unis en 1978, au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e canadien du ski en 1982, au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e du sport d\u2019Ottawa en 1983, au Panth\u00e9on des sports de l&rsquo;Outaouais et au Mus\u00e9e du ski des Laurentides en 1995.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quand la Canadienne Betsy Clifford a fait ses d\u00e9buts olympiques en ski alpin \u00e0 Grenoble 1968, elle \u00e9tait la plus&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[],"hof-categories":[682162651],"year-inducted":[682162661],"gender":[23319],"season":[],"sport":[2836518],"game":[9300215,9300228],"team":[415983777,415983779],"event":[181822414,181823604,181823615],"province":[],"class_list":["post-17986","athletes","type-athletes","status-publish","hentry","hof-categories-athlete","year-inducted-682162661","gender-feminin","sport-ski-alpin","game-1968-grenoble","game-1976-innsbruck","team-grenoble-1968-ski-alpin","team-innsbruck-1976-ski-alpin","event-descente-femmes","event-slalom-femmes","event-slalom-geant-femmes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Betsy Clifford - \u00c9quipe Canada | Site officiel de l&#039;\u00e9quipe olympique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Olympienne d\u2019hiver, Betsy Clifford a repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 le Canada en ski alpin \u00e0 Grenoble 1968 et Innsbruck 1976.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/betsy-clifford\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Betsy Clifford - \u00c9quipe Canada | Site officiel de l&#039;\u00e9quipe olympique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Olympienne d\u2019hiver, Betsy Clifford a repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 le Canada en ski alpin \u00e0 Grenoble 1968 et Innsbruck 1976.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/betsy-clifford\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u00c9quipe Canada | Site officiel de l&#039;\u00e9quipe olympique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-12-08T21:06:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"Florence Gauthier\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/betsy-clifford\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/betsy-clifford\/\",\"name\":\"Betsy Clifford - \u00c9quipe Canada | Site officiel de l&#039;\u00e9quipe olympique\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-19T02:14:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-08T21:06:14+00:00\",\"description\":\"Olympienne d\u2019hiver, Betsy Clifford a repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 le Canada en ski alpin \u00e0 Grenoble 1968 et Innsbruck 1976.\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/betsy-clifford\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/\",\"name\":\"\u00c9quipe Canada | Site officiel de l&#039;\u00e9quipe olympique\",\"description\":\"Votre source pour l\u2019\u00c9quipe olympique canadienne. 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