Elizabeth Ashton

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Liz Ashton

Personal information
Full name	Elizabeth Ashton
Born	16 March 1950 (1950-03-16) (age 71) Darwen, United Kingdom
hide Medal record Equestrian Representing  Canada World Championships 1978 Lexington Team eventing Pan American Games 1975 Mexico City Team eventing

Dr. Elizabeth "Liz" Ashton (born 16 March 1950) was a member of the Canadian Equestrian Team for Eventing, best known for captaining Canada's gold medal team at the 1978 Eventing World Championship.^{[citation needed]} She was also chosen for Canada's team at the 1980 Summer Olympics, but did not compete due to the Canadian Olympic Committee's decision to boycott those Games.^{[citation needed]} She did compete at the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Ashton has also served as president of Victoria's Camosun College since 1994.^{[citation needed]}

She was awarded the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation Medal in 1992 and the Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s Golden Jubilee medal in 2003.^{[citation needed]}

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• Liz Ashton at Canadian Olympic Committee
• Liz Ashton at the International Olympic Committee
• Canadian Olympic profile (CollectionsCanada.gc.ca) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-08-18)
• Welcome from the President (Camosun.ca) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-09-29)
• CPC Wall of Fame: Elizabeth Ashton (CanadianPonyClub.org) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-09-23)

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