Nancy Greene Raine

Nancy Greene Raine (nee Nancy Greene) is one of the best-known names in Canadian skiing. She was born in Ottawa but grew up in Rossland. She skied regularly with her family and her parents were founding members of the Red Mountain Ski Club.  During Nancy’s nine-year racing career, she won 17 Canadian titles, which is still a record today. She attended the 1960 and 1964 Olympics, and won silver (slalom) and gold (giant slalom) medals at the 1968 Grenoble Olympics. Her giant slalom victory, by a margin of 2.68 seconds, is still considered one of the most decisive wins in Olympic history. Nancy then put together a string of World Cup victories in all three events and easily won her second overall World Cup title in front of a hometown crowd at the 1968 du Maurier International. In two years of World Cup racing, she had a total of 13 victories, the most by any Canadian and still one of the top overall averages today. Having reached her goals, Nancy retired from racing at the age of 24. She and her husband, Al Raine (former Canadian Alpine Ski team Head Coach and Program Director), reside at Sun Peaks Resort where Nancy is the Director of Skiing. Nancy was voted Canada’s Female Athlete of the 20th Century in a poll by the Canadian Press and Broadcast News Association.