Biography

Cecil (Smith) Hedstrom is Notable.

Cecil (Smith) Hedstrom is/was a significant Ontarian .

Cecil (Smith) Hedstrom was born in Ontario, Canada.

Cecil Smith was the daughter of Eustace Alexander Smith & Maude Delano Osborne.

In 1924 she became the first female figure skater to represent Canada at Winter Olympics; she placed sixth individually and seventh in pairs, together with Melville Rogers. At the 1928 Winter Olympics she finished fifth individually. In 1930, she won the silver medal at the World Figure Skating Championships in singles.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Famous Fix

• "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9H-FTT8 : 2 March 2021), Cecil Elaine Smith, 14 Sep 1908; citing Birth, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,394,022.

See Also:

• Wikidata: Item Q458037, en:Wikipedia

• Wikipedia: Cecil Smith (figure skater)

• Olympedia - Cecil Smith

• Getty Images

• Getty Image

• SkateCanada CLASS OF 1991: ATHLETE