Chandra Crawford

Chandra Crawford, born on 19 November 1983 in Canmore, Alberta, is a Canadian cross-country skier who has competed since 2001, when she was 16, after five years as a biathlete. On 22 February 2006 she became the surprise gold medal winner in the women's 1.1 km sprint at the Turin Winter Olympics, and video of her singing the national anthem from the podium circulated widely on the internet. She won her first World Cup gold in Canmore in January 2008 and a second in Lahti that March, and finished that season seventh in the sprint standings. She placed 44th in the sprint at the 2014 Sochi Games and retired on 27 March 2014. In 2018 she was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.