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Full name
  
Wendy Elizabeth Griner

Height
  
1.56 m

Skating club
  
TCS & CC

Coach
  
Sheldon Galbraith


Name
  
Wendy Griner

Retired
  
1964

Role
  
Olympic athlete

Country represented
  
Canada

Born
  
April 16, 1944 (age 80) (
1944-04-16
)
Hamilton, Ontario

Wendy Elizabeth Griner, later surname: Ballantyne (born April 16, 1944) is a Canadian former figure skater. She is the 1962 World silver medalist, the 1963 North American champion, and a four-time (1960–63) Canadian national champion. She competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley and 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, placing 12th and 10th, respectively.

Griner was the youngest woman to represent Canada at the 1960 Winter Olympics; the youngest male was fellow figure skater Donald McPherson. She was one of the few skaters to win the Canadian junior and senior national titles in consecutive years.

References

Wendy Griner Wikipedia