Barbara Ann Scott

Barbara Ann Scott King OC OOnt (Barbara Ann Scott King, May 9, 1928 - September 30, 2012) was a Canadian female single figure skater who won the 1948 Olympic Games, two World Championships (1947–1948), and four Canadian Championships (1944–46, 1948). Known as "Canada's Sweetheart," she is the only Canadian skater to win the Winter Olympics women's singles skating championship. She is also the first North American skater to win the Winter Olympics, World Championships, and European Championships in the same year, and the only Canadian to win the European Championships (1947–1948). In her forties, she was well-known in the North American equestrian community. She has received many honors: in 1991 she was awarded the Order of Canada and in 2008 she was awarded the Order of Ottawa.