Tricia Catherine Marjorie Smith CM OBC (born April 14, 1957)[2] is a Canadian lawyer and Olympic rower who was elected president of the Canadian Olympic Committee. She sits on the International Council of Arbitration for Sport.
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| Full name | Tricia Catherine Marjorie Smith[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 14, 1957 (age 67) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Burnaby Lake Rowing Club / UBC Thunderbirds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editSmith was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She graduated from the University of British Columbia (UBC) with a B.A. in 1981 and from UBC law school in 1985. She practised law in Vancouver, B.C. She received an honorary doctorate of laws degree from UBC in 2001 for her career in sport and her work in international sport and the law.
Smith won a silver medal in the coxless pair event with Betty Craig at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She also finished fifth in the same event at the 1976 Summer Olympics and seventh in coxed four at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Her participation in the Olympics grants her the OLY post-nominal letters.
Smith won seven World Championship medals [3] and a Commonwealth Games gold medal in her career on the Canadian team that spanned from 1976 to 1988.
In 2010, she was made a member of the Order of Canada.[4] In 2012, she was made a member of the Order of British Columbia.[5]
In September 2013 she was elected to succeed Anita DeFrantz as Vice-President of FISA, the International Rowing Federation.[6]
Smith was elected a vice president of the Canadian Olympic Committee in 2009. On October 3, 2015 she became the interim president after Marcel Aubut resigned his position. She was subsequently elected president at the COC Session in November 2015,[7] and in June 2016 was nominated for membership of the International Olympic Committee.[8]
In 2022, Smith was awarded the Order of Sport, marking her induction into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. She was inducted as a builder for the sport of rowing.[9]
Smith is also a member of the Board of the International Council of Arbitration for Sport,[citation needed] the organization that runs the Court of Arbitration for Sport, headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.
References
edit- ^ "Honorary Degree Recipients". Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tricia Smith". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
- ^ "Athlete Profile: Tricia Smith". World Rowing. World Rowing (World Rowing Federation). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Order of Canada citation".
- ^ "14 TO RECEIVE 2012 ORDER OF BRITISH COLUMBIA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-29.
- ^ "FISA Congress elects successor to President Denis Oswald". FISA. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ^ Hossain, Asif. "Tricia Smith elected to lead Team Canada as president". Olympic.ca. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ Duncan Mackay (3 June 2016). "New IOC members headed by Colombian banker, South African film producer and Indian businesswoman as Infantino and Coe told to wait". Inside the Games. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "Canada Sports Hall of Fame | Hall of Famers Search". www.sportshall.ca. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
