Dr. Elizabeth "Liz" Ashton (born 16 March 1950) was a member of the Canadian Equestrian Team for Eventing, best known for captaining Canada's gold medal team at the 1978 Eventing World Championship. She was also chosen for Canada's team at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

, but did not compete due to the Canadian Olympic Committee's decision to boycott those Games. She did compete at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

. Ashton has also served as president of Victoria's Camosun College since 1994. She was awarded the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation Medal in 1992 and the Majesty Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee medal in 2003.

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* * * * * 1950 births Living people Canadian female equestrians Equestrians at the 1984 Summer Olympics Event riders Olympic equestrians of Canada Canadian show jumping riders Equestrians at the 1975 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in equestrian Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games 21st-century Canadian women 20th-century Canadian women {{Canada-equestrian-bio-stub