Maude Smith

Maude Smith
Smith in 1928
Personal information
Born(1905-05-09)May 9, 1905
Toronto, Canada
DiedNovember 17, 1996(1996-11-17) (aged 91)
Toronto, Canada
Figure skating career
Country Canada
Skating clubToronto Skating Club
Retired1934

Hedley Maude McDougald (née Smith; 9 May 1905 – 17 November 1996) was a Canadian pairs skater, who was also known as "Jim" or "Jay". Together with Jack Eastwood she placed tenth at the 1928 Winter Olympics and sixth-seventh at the world championships in 1928, 1930 and 1932. The pair finished second at the national championships in 1929 and 1933 and third in 1934.

Smith was married to the prominent Canadian businessman John A. McDougald. She had a younger sister Cecil, who also competed at the 1928 Olympics. Their mother, Maude Delano-Osborne, won the Canadian tennis championship in 1892, 1893 and 1894.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jim Smith". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
  2. ↑ M. Ann Hall (2008) Immodest and Sensational: 150 Years of Canadian Women in Sport. James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Toronto. pp. 33–34. ISBN 978-1-55277-021-4