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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Canadian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 March 1961 Great Falls, Montana, U.S.[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sailing | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Stacie Louttit (born 12 March 1961) is a Canadian Paralympic sailor. She became the first female Canadian sailor to win a medal in the Olympics or Paralympics by winning a bronze medal in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing in the 2-person keelboat (SKUD18) and also competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
Personal life
She was born in Great Falls, Montana, United States. Louttit broke her back in a skiing accident in 1994. In 1998, she began walking with a cane in 1998 and joined the Disabled Sailing Association of British Columbia.[1]
Career
Louttit qualified for her second games, the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, with crew John Scott McRoberts by winning a silver medal at the qualifier.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Stacie Louttit". Canadian Paralympic Committee. paralympic.ca. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
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