Cathy Wedge is a retired equestrian who rode several times on the Canadian Equestrian Team between 1971 and 1978.
11 Facts About Cathy Wedge
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Catherine Wedge was born on 29 December 1950 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Cathy Wedge's father was a lawyer and her mother was a justice of the Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan.
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Cathy Wedge began to ride at the Saskatoon Pony Club when she was eight.
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Cathy Wedge entered international competition in 1969, when she won the Working Hunter Championship at the Seattle International Horse Show.
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Cathy Wedge was named to the Canadian Olympic team for 1972, but could not compete due to a broken leg.
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In 1975 Cathy Wedge received serious arm and leg injuries in a competition in Massachusetts shortly before an event in Bromont, Quebec where she was scheduled to be part of the Canadian team.
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Cathy Wedge placed 23rd in the mixed three-day individual equestrianism event, and her team placed 6th in the mixed three-day team equestrianism event.
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Cathy Wedge rode "Abracadabra" in the Canadian team that won gold at the 1978 Eventing World Championship.
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Cathy Wedge received a law degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1980 and was admitted to the BC bar the following year.
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Cathy Wedge specialized in labour and employment law and was appointed to the Supreme Court of British Columbia by justice minister Anne McLellan in 2001.