Beckie Scott

Beckie Scott ( born August 1, 1974 in Vegreville, Alberta ) is a former Canadian cross-country skier.

Beckie Scott grew up in Alberta in the small town of Vermilion. At the age of five she began the cross-country and played seven years with her ​​first race. In 1988 she participated in the Junior World Championships. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano Scotts best result was a 45th place in the pursuit race.

After 2000, Beckie Scott was able to hold on top of the world. At the Olympic Games in 2002 in Salt Lake City, she won the gold medal in the pursuit race. This race had actually finished as third parties. But the two placed in front of her Russians Olga Danilova and Larissa Lasutina were disqualified because they had been doped with darbepoetin.

At the World Championships in 2003 and 2005 Beckie Scott missed the medals in short supply and was in the sprint and pursuit race in fourth. At the Olympic Winter Games 2006 in Turin, she won in the team sprint together with Sara Renner the silver medal. In the Cross Country World Cup they won four races for in the 2005/06 season and was second in the overall World Cup. In March 2006, she ended her career.

On 29 March 2005 Beckie Scott joined the Athletes' Commission of the World Anti -Doping Agency. When the International Olympic Committee, which took place during the Games in Turin elections, she was among the 15 athletes who competed for two free seats in the Athletes' Commission. On February 23, 2006, she was elected together with the Finnish ice hockey player Saku Koivu and thus belongs to the IOC for eight years. She received 449 of a total of 2003 votes cast by the participating athletes. In addition, Beckie Scott is also a UNICEF ambassador.

Beckie Scott is married to the former Canadian cross-country skier Justin Wadsworth. In September 2007, she became the mother of a son. She's athlete ambassador of development organization Right to Play.