Dr. Elizabeth "Liz" Ashton (born 16 March 1950) was a member of the Canadian Equestrian Team for Eventing, best known for captaining Canada's gold medal team at the 1978 Eventing World Championship.[citation needed] She was also chosen for Canada's team at the 1980 Summer Olympics, but did not compete due to the Canadian Olympic Committee's decision to boycott those Games.[citation needed] She did compete at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]

Liz Ashton
Personal information
Full nameElizabeth Ashton
Born16 March 1950 (1950-03-16) (age 74)
Darwen, United Kingdom
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1978 Lexington Team eventing
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1975 Mexico City Team eventing

Ashton has also served as president of Victoria's Camosun College since 1994.[citation needed]

She was awarded the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation Medal in 1992 and the Majesty Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee medal in 2003.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Liz Ashton". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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