Tricia Smith
Patricia Catherine Smith (born April 14, 1957 in Vancouver ) is a Canadian lawyer and former rower. During her athletic career, she took part in several major sporting events such as the Summer Olympics, World Championships and Commonwealth Games.
education and profession
Patricia Smith attended the University of British Columbia in her hometown of Vancouver and studied law. In 1985 she completed her studies with a Bachelor of Laws . Between 1986 and 1992 she worked as an attorney in a law firm in Vancouver. Since 1992 she has been working for another law firm. Here she is responsible for liability, risk management, legal advice and arbitration in sport.
Athletic career
Tricia Smith was a rower in various boat classes. At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , she was used in two without a helmsman. With her partner Elizabeth Craig, she finished fifth in the final. At the Rowing World Championships in Amsterdam in 1977 , she was used in the eight. The boat took 3rd place and Smith won her first international medal with bronze.
Canada joined the boycott of the United States and remained the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow away. The in Munich carried out 1981 World Rowing Championships , she started again with Craig, the uncontrolled two. The two Canadians won the silver medal behind the GDR boat. Two bronze medals followed in this boat class, in 1982 in Lucerne and 1983 in Duisburg . Elizabeth Craig was her partner at both World Championships.
With Craig she was also in the final of the boat class at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles . Behind the boat from Romania, Smith and Craig took second place and thus won silver in front of the boat from the Federal Republic of Germany. The 1985 World Rowing Championship took place in Hazewinkel , Belgium . This time Smith was a member of the controlled foursome, which was third. Smith had now won five medals at world championships.
She celebrated her greatest success at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh . The controlled foursome won the final and thus the gold medal. Her last international assignment was her third participation in the Olympic Games. At the 1988 Games in Seoul , she finished seventh in a controlled foursome.
Activity in sports administration
After the end of her active career, she held various offices and functions. She was head of the Canadian team's delegation at the 2007 Pan American Games . She was Vice Mayor of the Olympic Village at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games .
In 2009 she became Vice President of the Canadian NOK . After the resignation of NOK President Marcel Aubut in October 2015, she became interim president. A month later, Aubut's successor was elected. In 2012 she became Vice President of the World Rowing Federation FISA . In June 2016 she was elected an IOC member.
Awards
- 1992: Induction into the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame
- 2000: Induction into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame
- 2001: Honorary Doctorate from the University of British Columbia
- 2010: Member of the Order of Canada , the highest civil honor in Canada
- 2012: Member of the Order of British Columbia , highest civilian honor in the province
Web links
- List of members of the IOC
- Patricia Smith in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smith, Tricia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smith, Patricia Catherine (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian rower and sports official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vancouver , Canada |