Beckie Scott


Rebecca "Beckie" Scott, is a Canadian former cross-country skier. She is Chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency Athlete Committee, and served as an International Olympic Committee member by virtue of being elected to the IOC Athlete's Commission along with Saku Koivu between 2006 and 2014.

Career

Scott was born in Vegreville, Alberta, but grew up in Vermilion, Alberta. Supported by her parents, she began cross-country skiing at the age of five. She entered her first competition at age seven and attended the Junior National Championships in 1988. She went on to win seventeen World Cup medals in sprint, individual
Scott is a three-time Olympian, participating at the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy. Her best-placed finish in Nagano was 45th, but Scott won a gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Salt Lake City games. She originally finished third in the 5 km pursuit, but she was upgraded to the gold medal when winner Olga Danilova and runner-up Larissa Lazutina were eventually disqualified for using darbepoetin, a performance-enhancing drug. Scott was awarded a silver medal before receiving her gold medal in June 2004, almost two and a half years after the Olympics ended. She became the first Canadian and first North American woman to win an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing.
Scott is an Officer of the Order of Canada, and has been honoured with a variety of awards in Canada. She has been inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame, and the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Waterloo. She holds honorary Doctorates of Laws from the University of Alberta and the University of British Columbia. Scott was inducted into the Alberta Order of Excellence on October 17, 2019.
On March 29, 2005, Scott agreed to join the World Anti-Doping Agency's athlete committee.
On February 23, 2006, Scott was elected as an athlete member of the International Olympic Committee along with Finnish ice hockey player Saku Koivu. Scott retired on April 12, 2006, as the most decorated Canadian cross-country skier. 2006 was also her best season, with multiple victories and podiums on the World Cup circuit, to go with her Olympic silver in one of her races in Turin, and she lost out on winning her first World Cup overall season title to the great Marit Bjørgen by the smallest margin.
In September 2012 Scott was appointed to WADA's executive committee. In September 2018, Scott resigned from the WADA compliance and review committee responsible for making a recommendation to end the Russian Anti-Doping Agency's suspension from WADA.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation.

Olympic Games

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1 2000–01 14 January 2001 Soldier Hollow, United States1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
2 2001–02 19 December 2001 Asiago, Italy1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
3 2002–03 19 December 2002 Linz, Austria1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
4 2002–03 15 February 2003 Asiago, Italy5 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
5 2002–03 20 March 2003 Borlänge, Sweden1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
6 2003–04 12 March 2004 Pragelato, Italy1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
7 2005–06 10 December 2005 Vernon, Canada7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/FWorld Cup2nd
8 2005–06 11 December 2005 Vernon, Canada1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
9 2005–06 15 December 2005 Canmore, Canada10 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
10 2005–06 17 December 2005 Canmore, Canada15 km Mass Start CWorld Cup1st
11 2005–06 21 January 2006 Oberstdorf, Germany7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/FWorld Cup1st
12 2005–06 8 March 2006 Falun, Sweden5 km + 5 km Skiathlon C/FWorld Cup3rd
13 2005–06 9 March 2006 Drammen, Norway1.0 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
14 2005–06 15 March 2006 Changchun, China1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
15 2005–06 19 March 2006 Sapporo, Japan7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/FWorld Cup1st

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammate
1 2000–01 13 January 2001 Soldier Hollow, United States4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndRenner / Thériault / Fortier
2 2005–06 18 December 2005 Canmore, Canada6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint CWorld Cup2ndRenner