Wheeler, Lucile (1935–)
Wheeler, Lucile (1935–)
Canadian alpine skier. Name variations: Lucille Wheeler, Lucile Wheeler Vaughan. Born Jan 14, 1935, in St. Jovite, Quebec, Canada; dau. of Harry Wheeler (Olympic medalist, 1932); m. Kaye Vaughan (Ottawa Roughrider football player), 1960.
Won a bronze medal for downhill at Cortina Olympics (1956), the 1st Canadian to win a skiing medal; won gold medals in the downhill and the giant slalom and a silver medal in the combined at the World championship in Bad Gastein, Austria (1958), the 1st Canadian to win a skiing World championship. Awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy (1958) and Order of Canada (1976); inducted into Canadian Sports Hall of Fame.
See also Women in World History.
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