Wendy Griner
Wendy Griner 
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| Full name | Wendy Elizabeth Griner | ||||||
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| birthday | April 16, 1944 | ||||||
| place of birth | Hamilton, Ontario | ||||||
| size | 156 cm | ||||||
| Weight | 56 kg | ||||||
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| society | TCS & CC | ||||||
| Trainer | Sheldon Galbraith | ||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||
| End of career | 1964 | ||||||
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Wendy Elizabeth Griner (born April 16, 1944 in Hamilton , Ontario ) is a former Canadian figure skater who started in a single run .
The Canadian champion from 1960 to 1963 took part in four world championships from 1960 to 1964 . She won her only medal at the 1962 World Championships in Prague when she was runner-up behind the Dutch Sjoukje Dijkstra . She played two Olympic Games , in 1960 in Squaw Valley she was the youngest female athlete in the Games, twelfth and in 1964 in Innsbruck tenth.
Results
| Competition / year | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 |
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| winter Olympics | 12. | 10. | |||
| World championships | 7th | 2. | 4th | 11. | |
| Canadian Championships | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 2. |
Web links
- Wendy Griner in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Griner, Wendy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Griner, Wendy Elizabeth (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian figure skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamilton , Ontario , Canada |