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Letter to a Legend: Carolyn Waldo

By: Natalie Cooke, News Writer  Carolyn Waldo was the first Canadian woman to win two gold medals at an Olympic Games, and she did it all while getting a late start to the sport.  Waldo started artistic swimming when she was 11-years-old to overcome her fear of swimming after a near-drowning experience when she was three. Growing up in Montreal, Waldo spent six–eight hours a day training. When she was 18, she moved to Calgary to compete for the Calgary Aquabelles, and made her first appearance at the 1984 Olympics, picking up a silver medal. For the next four years,…

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