Géraldine Mackie

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Effie Géraldine Mackie was a female Canadian speed skater. She lived in Toronto. She was Canadian U18 speed skating champion.[1]

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

During her career she competed in several other international competitions where she was successful, including at the 1929 Middle Atlantic Senior SpeedSkating Championship for Girls.[7]

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  1. "Speed Skating Meet at Bowmanville" (PDF). The Canadian Statesman. February 17, 1927. p. 3.
  2. "1932 Official Reports" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2023-10-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. "Speed Skating at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". 2018-01-25. Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2023-10-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "Speed Skating at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games: Women's 1,000 metres | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". 2016-03-06. Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2023-10-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. "Olympedia – Geraldine Mackie". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  6. "Speed Skating at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games: Women's 500 metres | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". 2018-01-25. Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2023-10-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. Kidd, Bruce (2017-06-22). The Struggle for Canadian Sport. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4875-1685-7.