Yvonne of the Yukon
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Writer/publisher formerly land use planner |
| Location | Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada |
| Introduction | I am an athletic senior, currently suffering from a torn tendon that I earned for running my ET in a 10 k. I worked with aboriginal and at-risk-children for most of my life, coaching x-c skiing and managing a volley ball team (I am useless at the sport but great at raising travel money. I held several skiing and marathon canoeing records, including a gold in C-1 Masters and the record for the Yukon Riverquest (the longest canoe race in the world - 740k. For thirty years I worked as a volunteer for ski races and always my dream was to be an Olympic official and/or have one of my athletes make it to the Olympics. So in 2010, I am here. Unfortunately my Olympic experience was robbed from me unfairly when I was blamed for errors made by someone else and I was removed from the job I have done excellently over the past forty years..Let it go. After 2010 I hope to forget the humiliation and unjust treatment and get back to working with youth and writing. I hope to train at-risk youth to canoe with the goal of getting to London in 2014 or more realistically to 2018 summber games. |
| Interests | Family and grandchidlren, marathon canoeing, writing, cooking,x-c skiing, hiking, running,dragon boating, snowboarding. |
| Favorite movies | Casablanca, Full Monty, Remains of the Day |
| Favorite music | Bryan Adams, Beethovan |
| Favorite books | Stone Angel by Margaret Lawrence, The English Man's Boy - Guy Vanderhague |
What's the best time you've ever had licking stamps?
As an Olympic official, what would you do if you were blamed for a mistake made by someone else?