Beckie Scott
Cross-Country Skiing, Canada

Three time Olympian, two-time Olympic Medalist

Beckie Scott retired in 2006 after nearly two decades of competitive cross-country ski racing as Canada’s most successful cross-country skier and one of the world’s best all around cross-country ski racers. A trailblazer for nordic sports in Canada, Scott won two Olympic medals—a gold in the five-kilometre pursuit race at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games, and a silver medal with teammate Sara Renner in the team sprint event at the 2006 Torino Games.

Known as a tireless advocate of fair play and drug-free sport, Beckie is Canada's current representative on the World Anti-Doping Agency's newly formed Athlete Committee, and was elected by her peers to the IOC Athletes' Commission for an eight-year term during the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Scott was also recently appointed to the board of directors of the Vancouver Olympic Games Organizing Committee (VANOC) and serves on the board of directors for the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport.

Beckie joined Right To Play as an Athlete Ambassador in January, 2003 and has promoted Right To Play in person and in print in a variety of events including Right To Play Day to mark the International Year of Sport and Physical Education in 2005. Throughout her career Beckie has always placed great importance on giving back through sport. She was named a UNICEF Canada special representative and in the spring of 2003 travelled to West Africa with UNICEF as part of their "Girl's Education" campaign.

Career Highlights:

- Silver medal, Torino Olympic Games (2006), team presuit
- Elected to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame (2005)
- Gold medal, Salt Lake City Games (2002), 5km presuit
- 15 World Cup medals
- John Semmelink Memorial Award (2002, 2003)
- Three-time Olympian: Nagano 1998, Salt Lake 2002, and Torino 2006

 

Beckie Scott playing with children on her visit to Right To Play programs in Ethiopia