Barbara Ann Scott (1928 to 2012) was a Canadian figure skater from Ottawa, known as Canada's Sweetheart. She won the ladies' singles gold medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, the only Canadian to do so, and was World champion in 1947 and 1948 and European champion in the same two years, the first North American to win those titles. She held four Canadian national titles between 1944 and 1948. She began skating at seven at the Minto Skating Club and passed the gold figures test at ten. She kept her amateur status by returning a car given to her in 1947. Later she became a leading equestrian, and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1991.
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Scott was born on May 9, 1928
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Barbara Ann Scott (May 9, 1928, September 30, 2012) was a Canadian figure skater. She was the 1948 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (1947-1948), and a four-time Canadian national champion (1944-46, 1948) in ladies' singles.
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Barbara Ann Scott (May 9, 1928, September 30, 2012) was a Canadian figure skater.
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