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Beckie Scott (born August 1, 1974 in Vegreville, Alberta) is a retired Canadian cross-country skiing athlete and as of February 23, 2006, an International Olympic Committee member by virtue of being elected to the IOC Athlete's Commission along with Saku Koivu.
[edit] Trivia
- In 2001 Scott posed nude in a calendar called "Nordic Nudes" to help raise money for the Canadian women's nordic ski team. Teammates, Sara Renner, Milaine Theriault, Jaime Fortier, and sister Amanda Fortier also posed nude for the calendar.[1]
[edit] Notable placings
- 1998 Olympic World Games (Nagano): 45th combined pursuit
- 2002 Olympic World Games (Salt Lake City): 1st in the Combined Pursuit
- 2003 World Championships (Val di Femme, Italy): 4th in Individual Sprint
- 2005 World Cup (Vernon, BC, Canada): 2nd in the Pursuit without a Break (first World Cup medal finish)
- 2005 World Cup (Vernon, BC, Canada): 1st in the Sprints (first World Cup first-place finish)
- 2005 World Cup (Canmore, AB, Canada): 2nd in the 10km Interval Start
- 2005 World Cup (Canmore, AB, Canada): 1st in the 15km Mass Start
- 2005 World Cup (Canmore, AB, Canada): 2nd Team Sprint with Sara Renner
- 2005 World Championships (Obertsdorf, Germany): 4th in Double Pursuit
- 2006 Olympic Winter Games (Turin): 2nd in the Team Sprint with Sara Renner, 4th Individual Sprint.
- 2006 World Cup Points (Season): 2nd overall
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