Olympic cross-country ski champion Beckie Scott wants to help athletes achieve the heights she did and guide her sport through challenging times.
The 50-year-old was named chief executive officer of Nordiq Canada, which is Canada's governing body of cross-country and para Nordic skiing, on Monday.
Scott and teammate Sara Renner earned women's team pursuit silver in 2006. Scott reached the World Cup podium 15 times and ranked second in the world at the end of the 2006 season. "I still have a real passion for high performance sport and that I could contribute positively to this organization and most of all to athletes who are racing on behalf of this organization in their country."
She is taking over the helm of a domestic organization with 80,000 elite and recreational skiers, coaches, and officials, and one that's seeking another international star following the retirements of world champion Alex Harvey in 2019 and 16-time Paralympic champion Brian McKeever in 2022. "I was a part of the system when it worked really well for athletes and I did succeed because of all the layers and levels of attention to detail and allocation of resources that were made available to me to reach my potential," Scott said."I want to create that same scaffolding, system and framework around the athletes we have now and those athletes coming up."
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