Sandra (Sandi) Kirby OC is a Canadian sociologist and former Olympic athlete.[1] A member of the Canadian women's rowing team at the 1976 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's quad sculls, with her team finishing ninth.
Sandi Kirby | |
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| Born | 1949 (age 74–75) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation(s) | Rower and Sociologist |
| Sports career | |
| Sport | rowing |
| Writing career | |
| Subject | gender in sport, research methods |
| Notable works |
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After competing at the Olympics, she lobbied for a number of years to have the International Olympic Committee drop its requirement that all female athletes automatically had to undergo chromosomal testing to ensure that they were actually female,[1] a rule which was not dropped until the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]
Kirby completed a bachelor's degree in physical education at the University of British Columbia in 1971 and B.Ed. degree at the same institution in 1972. She later obtained a master's degree at McGill University in 1980, and a doctorate from the University of Alberta in 1986. She is a professor Emerita[2] of sociology at the University of Winnipeg, specializing in study of women in sports.[3] She came out as lesbian after joining the university.[4] She is active in the development of safe sport for athletes as a founding board member of Safe Sport International, and as a speaker on sexual harassment and abuse in sport.
In 2018, Kirby was awarded the Order of Sport, marking her induction into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.[5]
Bibliography
editBooks by Sandra Kirby include:
- The dome of silence: sexual harassment and abuse in sport (2000, 2008) ISBN 978-1856499637
- Playing it Forward: 50 years of Women and Sport in Canada ISBN 978-1927583517
- Experience research social change: methods from the margins (1998, 2010, 2017) ISBN 978-0920059821
- Games analysis (1993)
- High performance female athlete retirement (1986)
References
edit- ^ a b c "A history of women and the Olympics". Chatelaine, June 24, 2008.
- ^ "Sandra Kirby | Awards and Distinctions, The University of Winnipeg". 2016-04-02. Archived from the original on 2016-04-02.
- ^ "Why can't women ski jump at the Games?" Archived 2015-07-16 at the Wayback Machine. The Globe and Mail, April 17, 2009.
- ^ "Homophobia in sports still pervasive in Canada, new study shows". CBC News, May 9, 2015.
- ^ "2018 Induction Celebrations". Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.