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Member Profiles
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Gerda Voss |
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Gerda was born in 1919 in Berlin Germany. She graduated from The technical University in Engineering Physics specializing in Electronics. She emigrated to Canada in 1953 and was accepted as a Professional Engineer. She worked for "Admiral" then "Standard Association" until her retirement in 1968. |
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Swimming as a sport evolved from taking lessons to get back into shape following an illness at age 48. She continued to the level of instructors and taught lessons in Mississauga and the City of York. Gerda also became involved in recreational synchronized swimming, eventually instructing after her retirement. |
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Gerda became an Alderwood Teddy Bare at the young age 60. She is currently the most senior member of our club. She has earned several Ontario and Canadian Records ("not because I was good or fast, but because I had little competition in my age group") Gerda is humble, to say the least.I would guess that she is likely our most "decorated" swimmer. We are thrilled to have her on our team and watch in awe as she completes her Sunday ritual- a 200 I.M. Gerda is truly inspirational! |
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Christy Stonehouse Christy Stonehouse is one of the newest members of the Teddy Bares. She was a 30 plus year resident of the Lakeshore but currently resides in downtown Toronto. Christy worked as a life guard at Gus Ryder throughout her high school and University years. She currently teaches Grade One at Market Lane Public School. Her hobbies include yoga, guitar and "sitting on my patio". Christy competed in both The Alderwood swim meet and The Provincials in March 2008. As well as training with our club, Christy reports that her new found love is triathalons. She successfully competed in the Guelph and Niagara "tri-a-tri" finishing in a very respectable 40th and 23rd place in her gender/age category! Her goal is to compete in the Sprint Triathalon next Spring. |
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Jody Levine Jody always had a keen interest in sports, despite middling ability and parental wishes that they had a real girl. Her swimming was good enough for an NLS certificate and to be a Red Cross Instructor, which helped finance a few luxuries like tuition and rent. An ACL tear playing indoor soccer brought on a foray into the non-impact world of speedskating, in which she eeked out a smattering of age-class placings in distance events (both ice and inline). Glory came with the overall women's bronze medal in the 2004 North American Marathon Speedskating Championship, and the fact that there were only three women to complete the required events should be conveniently forgotten. Running started as training for skating, but like stubborn mildew, developed a life of its own. There were road marathons (including Boston), trail races (and a season-long points showing in the 2006 Ontario Trail Series), orienteering and adventure racing. A return to swimming and cycling of course begat triathlon, and the odd age-class medal. Jody values sportsmanship, and has never been caught deflating competitors' tires or taping their running shoes together. If she could only learn to swim straight, she may avoid a black eye in the Muskoka Ironman 70.3 in September. |
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