Joan Elizabeth Groothuysen (September 6, 1957 – May 7, 2018) was a

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cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

. She competed at the

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and

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in the 5 km and 10 km individual races and 4×5 km relay with the best achievement of seventh place in the relay in 1976. She died of cancer in Edmonton in 2018.

Cross-country skiing results

Olympic Games

World Championships

References

1957 births 2018 deaths Canadian female cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers for Canada Skiers from Ottawa 20th-century Canadian women {{Canada-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub