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Margaret (Peggy) Robb Mueller was a
Saskatoon speed skater who achieved international stature in 1956 and
1960. She was third in the North American championships at West Allis,
Wisconsin, in 1956 and was a member of the Canadian team, participating
in the women's 500, 1,000, 1,500 and 3,000 metre races at the 1960
Winter Olympic Games at Squaw Valley, California.
The trip to the Olympics capped a career in
which she won Saskatchewan championships four times, Alberta titles five
times and Canadian championships in various age groups seven times.
Margaret was also an outstanding athlete at
the University of Saskatchewan, winning a major athletic plaque in 1964
for participation on six inter-varsity teams.
She also won the Spirit of Youth award in 1964, recognizing her
leadership, sportsmanship, academic ability, character and all-around
physical fitness.
At the University, she was a four-year
starter for the Huskiettes basketball team and was a second team
all-star in a 1963 tournament at Lethbridge.
Margaret
was also Saskatchewan's diving champion, 1960 through 1962, and during
her high school days at Nutana Collegiate, won the Evans trophy,
emblematic of sportsmanship, leadership and academic achievement as top
graduating female in 1960. |
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