Fiona Smith-Bell
Canadian ice hockey player
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Fiona Lesley Smith (born October 31, 1973, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and raised in Edam, Saskatchewan) is a retired Canadian ice hockey defender. She played for the Edmonton Chimos and the Canadian national team. In 1998 she helped Team Canada win the silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano.[1]
| Fiona Smith-Bell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
October 31, 1973 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 123 lb (56 kg; 8 st 11 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defence | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shot | Left | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1996–1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Smith was originally a figure skater, as there were no opportunities for girls to play hockey.[2] She captained the boys youth hockey team in North Battleford before joining the first Saskatchewan women's hockey team to compete at the Canada Winter Games at the age of 14.[3][4]
In 1999, she was nominated for the Saskatchewan Female Athlete of the Year award. In 2002, she would retire from international hockey. She was one of the torch bearers for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. In 2012, she was named to the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame.
Post-playing Career
As part of the IIHF Ambassador and Mentor Program, Smith was a Hockey Canada athlete ambassador that travelled to Bratislava, Slovakia to participate in the 2011 IIHF High Performance Women's Camp from July 4–12.[5] She would then work with the German national women's hockey team for two and a half years as an IIHF ambassador.[6]
