Florence Hurd

Florence Hurd was a female Canadian speed skater. She lived in or near Copper Cliff, Ontario, Canada.[1]

Florence Hurd
Sport
CountryCanada
SportSpeed skating

She competed in all the three women's speed skating events at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States, which were held as demonstration sport.[2][3] She competed in the 500 metres event, 1000 metres event and 1500 metres event but was eliminated in the heats.[4][5][6]

In 1935, she was the North American Indoor Champion.[7]

Hurd stated on 8 January 1936 that she will not compete at the 1936 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for women in Oslo, Norway; the first official World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women.[8]

After the Stanley Stadium in Copper Cliff was built, the region's first artificial ice surface, Hurd moved to the region together with her brother to train there.[1][7]

Personal life

She had a brother, Alex Hurd, who was also a speed skater.[1][7] Several family members living in Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, and Niagara Falls, are described in a 1948 local newspaper.[9]

References
  1. "Talent north january 2016". Issuu.com. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  2. https://library.olympic.org/Default/digitalCollection/DigitalCollectionAttachmentDownloadHandler.ashx?documentId=159087&skipWatermark=true
  3. (PDF). April 10, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080410085042/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-10. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Speed Skating at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres". Olympics at Sports-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-25.
  5. "Speed Skating at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games: Women's 1,000 metres". Olympics at Sports-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06.
  6. "Speed Skating at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games: Women's 500 metres". Olympics at Sports-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-25.
  7. Wallace, C. M. (July 25, 1996). Sudbury: Rail Town to Regional Capital. Dundurn. ISBN 9781554882991. Retrieved April 3, 2020 – via Google Books.
  8. https://digitallibrary.uleth.ca/digital/api/collection/herald/id/14646/download
  9. http://www.glengarrycountyarchives.ca/Glengarry_pdf/The-Glengarry-News/1941-1950/1948/Apr/04-09-1948.pdf


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