Stephanie Berto (born March 13, 1953 in
Vancouver
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) is a retired female
track and field
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athlete, who represented
Canada
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at the
1968 Summer Olympics
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in the women's
100 metres
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and
4 × 100 m relay
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, while becoming the youngest member of the Olympic team at age 15. Berto won a 100/
200 metres
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sprint double at the
Canadian Track and Field Championships
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in 1971. She also won both those events at the
WAAA Championships that same year.
At 16, she captured a
bronze medal
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in 100 meters and a
silver medal
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in the 4 x 100 meter relay at the
1969 Pacific Conference Games
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in
Tokyo, Japan
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. She won a
bronze medal
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at the
1970 British Commonwealth Games
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in
Edinburgh, Scotland
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as a member of the 4 x 100 meter relay team. She claimed the
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
in the women's
200 metres
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event at the
1971 Pan American Games in
Cali, Colombia
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, and
silver
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in the 100 metres.
Pan American Games
GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
National titles
*Canadian Track and Field Championships
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**100 m: 1971
**200 m: 1971
See also
*List of 100 metres national champions (women)
Below a list of all national champions in the women's 100 metres in track and field from several countries since 1970.
Argentina
*1970: Elba Martín
*1971: Liliana Cragno
*1972: Liliana Cragno
*1973: Liliana Cragno
*1974: Belkis Fava
*1975: ...
References
1953 births
Living people
Athletes from Vancouver
Canadian female sprinters
Olympic track and field athletes of Canada
Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games
Olympic female sprinters
Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
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