Beckie Scott

Rebecca Scott, known as Beckie Scott, born on 1 August 1974 in Vegreville, Alberta, is a Canadian retired cross-country skier and an Olympic gold and silver medallist. She was the first Canadian to win an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City she finished third in the 5 km pursuit, and the result was upgraded to gold in June 2004 after the winner and runner-up were disqualified for using darbepoetin. She went on to win seventeen World Cup medals in individual sprints. Scott chaired the athlete committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency, sat on the International Olympic Committee athletes commission from 2006 to 2014, and is an Officer of the Order of Canada.