# Pat Messner

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'''Patricia Marilyn Messner''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ottawasporthalloffame.ca/inductees/patricia-pat-marilynn-messner/|title=Patricia 'Pat' Marilynn Messner}}</ref> {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} (born 1954) is [Canada](/source/Canada)'s only Olympic medallist in [water skiing](/source/water_skiing).

Born in [Hamilton, Ontario](/source/Hamilton%2C_Ontario),<ref name=FAMCANWOM>{{cite web| title = Famous Canadian Women Athletes| url = http://famouscanadianwomen.com/on%20the%20job/sports.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927032506/http://famouscanadianwomen.com/on%20the%20job/sports.htm| url-status = dead| archive-date = September 27, 2007| accessdate = 2007-01-28}}</ref> she won the [bronze medal](/source/bronze_medal) in [women's slalom](/source/Water_skiing_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics) at the [1972 Summer Olympics](/source/1972_Summer_Olympics), though as it was a demonstration sport that year, which was not included in the medal table.

After the Olympics, she won 4 world championship medals, including the gold medal in women's slalom in 1979. She won 18 Canadian champion titles from 1965 to 1979.

In 1981, she was made a member of the [Order of Canada](/source/Order_of_Canada).  She is now in education.

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