Chandra Crawford

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Olympic medal record
Cross country skiing
Gold 2006 Turin 1.1-km sprint

Chandra Crawford (born November 19, 1983 in Canmore, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian cross-country skier who has competed since 2001. Before that, she was a biathlete for five years before becoming a cross-country skier at age 16.

On February 22, 2006, she was the surprise Gold medal winner in the women's cross-country 1.1-kilometre sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Crawford finished 45th in the Individual sprint at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

[edit] Season Highlights

  • Captured a bronze medal in women's World Cup sprint one week before the Torino Olympics
  • Eighth in women's sprint at the World Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany
  • Gold medallist in sprint at the 2005 Canadian championships

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