Stephanie Berto
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Stephanie Berto (born March 13, 1953, in Vancouver) is a retired female track and field athlete, who represented Canada at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the women's 100 metres and 4 × 100 m relay, while becoming the youngest member of the Olympic team at age 15.[1] Berto won a 100/200 metres sprint double at the Canadian Track and Field Championships in 1971.[2] She also won both those events at the WAAA Championships that same year.[3]
At 16, she captured a bronze medal in 100 meters and a silver medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1969 Pacific Conference Games in Tokyo, Japan.[4] She won a bronze medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, as a member of the 4 x 100 meter relay team.[5] She claimed the gold medal in the women's 200 metres event at the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia, and silver in the 100 metres.[6]
National titles
[edit]- Canadian Track and Field Championships
- 100 m: 1971
- 200 m: 1971
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Canadian Olympic Committee
- ^ Canadian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ^ WAAA Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ^ Pacific Conference Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ^ Stephanie Berto. Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ^ Pan American Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
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