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
- Canadian Track and Field Championships
- 100 m: 1971
- 200 m: 1971
See also
- List of 100 metres national champions (women)
References
- ^ 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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- 1951:
Jean Patton (CUB)
- 1955: Not Held
- 1959:
Lucinda Williams (USA)
- 1963:
Vivian Brown (USA)
- 1967:
Wyomia Tyus (USA)
- 1971:
Stephanie Berto (CAN)
- 1975:
Chandra Cheeseborough (USA)
- 1979:
Evelyn Ashford (USA)
- 1983:
Randy Givens (USA)
- 1987:
Gwen Torrence (USA)
- 1991:
Liliana Allen (CUB)
- 1995:
Liliana Allen (CUB)
- 1999:
Debbie Ferguson (BAH)
- 2003:
Roxana Díaz (CUB)
- 2007:
Roxana Díaz (CUB)
- 2011:
Ana Cláudia Lemos (BRA)
- 2015:
Kaylin Whitney (USA)
- 2019:
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)
- 2023:
Marileidy Paulino (DOM)
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