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.[citation needed] She was also chosen for Canada's team at the 1980 Summer Olympics, but did not compete due to the Canadian Olympic Committee's decision to boycott those Games.[citation needed] She did compete at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]
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| Full name | Elizabeth Ashton | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 March 1950 (age 74) Darwen, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ashton has also served as president of Victoria's Camosun College since 1994.[citation needed]
She was awarded the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation Medal in 1992 and the Majesty Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee medal in 2003.[citation needed]
References
External links
- Liz Ashton at Team Canada
- Liz Ashton at Olympics.com
- Canadian Olympic profile (CollectionsCanada.gc.ca) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-08-18)
- Welcome from the President (Camosun.ca) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-09-29)
- CPC Wall of Fame: Elizabeth Ashton (CanadianPonyClub.org) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-09-23)