Beverly Stranger

Beverly Stranger was a Canadian Indigenous track and field athlete with blindness, from the Timiskaming Band of Notre Dame du Nord, Quebec.[1] She competed at the 1976 Toronto Olympics for the Physically Disabled, and the 1977 Ontario Summer games held in Brantford, Ontario. Stranger was a recipient of the prestigious Tom Longboat Award in 1976, only the second female to have done so and the first disabled athlete.[2][3][4][5]

Early life

Stranger was of Abenaki Algonquin descent, originally from the Timiskiming Band of Notre Dame du Nord, Quebec.[1] Later in her life, she resided in Schumacher, Ontario.[5][4] She attended the W. Ross Macdonald school for the blind in 1977, where she competed in track and field events.[6]

Athletic achievements

Stranger competed in the 1976 Toronto Olympics for the Physically Disabled. She won a gold in the high jump, followed by two silver medals in the javelin throw and the pentathlon.[2][3] The following year in 1977 she participated in the Ontario Summer games held in Brantford, Ontario. Competing in various track and field events, she won another gold and an additional four silver medals.[7]

Awards

Stranger was awarded the national Tom Longboat Award in 1976 alongside Reginald Underwood. She was the second female winner of national award.[2]

References
  1. "Timiskaming First Nation". atfn.ca. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  2. Forsyth, Janice (2005). "The Power to Define: History of the Tom Longboat Awards": 128–129. ProQuest 305364428. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Forsyth, Janice; Giles, Audrey R. (2013). Aboriginal Peoples & Sport in Canada. Vancouver: UBC Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-7748-2420-0.
  4. "Canada's Best showing". The Lethbridge Herald. August 12, 1976. Archived from [file:///C:/Users/User/Downloads/hearld%20aug%2012%201976%20pg%2010.pdf the original] Check |url= value (help) (PDF) on 2013-08-12.
  5. "Canada Wins 4 more Gold at the Olympiad". The Globe and Mail. August 10, 1976. ProQuest 1239402836.
  6. Hartley, Kim (June 14, 2017). "Flashback with Kim Hartley June 14th". Brantford Expositor. Archived from the original on December 6, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  7. Forsyth, Janice (2005). "The Power to Define: History of the Tom Longboat Awards": 128–129. ProQuest 305364428. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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