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Anne Heggtveit was born on 11 January, 1939 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, is a Canadian alpine ski racer. Discover Anne Heggtveit's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

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Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 11 January 1939
Birthday 11 January
Birthplace Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canada

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Anne Heggtveit Height, Weight & Measurements

At 85 years old, Anne Heggtveit height is 5ft 3in .

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Anne Heggtveit Net Worth

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1931

After leading the top half of the giant slalom, she fell twice near the finish was well back in 31st, which dropped her final placing in the combined to 14th.

1932

She was encouraged into alpine skiing by her father, Halvor Heggtveit, a Canadian cross-country champion who qualified for the Winter Olympics in 1932, but did not compete.

Her parents had emigrated from Norway to North Dakota.

She learned to ski at Camp Fortune ski area in the nearby Gatineau Hills of Quebec, northwest of Ottawa, and was a student at Lisgar Collegiate Institute in Ottawa.

1939

Anne Heggtveit, (born January 11, 1939) is a former alpine ski racer from Canada.

1946

Heggtveit was a ski racing prodigy, invited at age seven to serve as a forerunner to a downhill race at Lake Placid in 1946.

1948

From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.

1954

At the age of 15 in 1954, Heggtveit first gained international attention when she became the youngest winner ever of the Holmenkollen giant slalom event in Norway.

She also won the slalom and giant slalom at the United States national junior championships, and finished ninth in the downhill and seventh in the slalom at the World Championships in March at Åre, Sweden.

At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).

1955

Although Heggtveit suffered several injuries between 1955 and 1957, she still earned a spot on Canada's Olympic team at age 17 in 1956 at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

1956

At a time when Europeans dominated alpine skiing, Heggtveit was inspired by the breakthrough performance of teammate Lucile Wheeler of Quebec, who won Olympic bronze in the downhill in 1956, and three medals at the World Championships in 1958 at Bad Gastein, Austria.

Wheeler won gold in the downhill and giant slalom events, and took silver in the combined.

Heggtveit finished in the top ten in three events, with an eighth in the slalom, seventh in the downhill, and sixth in the combined.

1960

She was an Olympic gold medallist and double world champion in 1960.

Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Heggtveit was raised in New Edinburgh, one of the oldest areas of the city.

At the 1960 Winter Olympic Games in Squaw Valley, California, Heggtveit won Canada's first-ever Olympic skiing gold medal.

Her victory in the Olympic slalom also made her the first non-European to win the world championship in slalom and combined.

Heggtveit was the first North American to win the Arlberg-Kandahar Trophy, the most prestigious and classic event in alpine skiing.

Heggtveit was awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's outstanding athlete of 1960.

Heggtveit was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1960, the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1971, and was among the first group inducted into the new Canadian Ski Hall of Fame in 1982.

Heggtveit has a road named after her at the Blue Mountain Ski Resort in the Town of the Blue Mountains, west of Collingwood, Ontario.

She also has a ski run named after her at Camp Fortune, an extremely difficult double Black Diamond run.

1961

She was also the first recipient of the John Semmelink Memorial Award in November 1961, named for her fallen teammate.

Following her competitive career, Heggtveit married James Ross Hamilton in August 1961, and resided in Quebec.

They had two children and later relocated to nearby Vermont in the United States.

She was later an accountant and photographer.

She is sister to Alexander Heggtveit, MD, cardiac pathologist with ties to Brooklyn, NY, Ottawa, Hamilton, and Seaforth, Ontario, and great-aunt to Katie Heggtveit, granddaughter of Alexander, a social entrepreneur with ties to Toronto, Ontario, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee since 2023, recently inducted into the Toronto Sport Hall of Honor.

1976

Her performance on the world stage was again recognized in 1976 when she was made a member of the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honor.

1995

Anne Heggtveit was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.

2016

She was in the first induction of the Lisgar Collegiate Institute Athletic Wall of Fame, as part of the 160th Anniversary celebrations.