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Its REALLY near the bridge.
karen magnessen rec center which has multiple amenities which include
A wave pool,
whirlpool and steam room,
ice arena,
weight room,
preschool room ,
tennis courts,
lacrosse box,
and a skateboard park,
you may need to have a long object to get it out of its hiding spot(depending on who found it last.)
, happy hunting!
congratz on NorthVan cacher on FTF!
and congratz to Goofy Cachers for the FTF on the new location!
a green/brown lock & lock, medium sized
about magnussen:
Magnussen's career at the elite level of skating began when she won the Canadian national junior title in 1965, at the age of 12. Moving up to the senior level the next year, she became known for her strong free skating ability, and was even compared to Petra Burka, then the reigning world champion. Her march upwards in the rankings continued as she qualified to compete at the World Figure Skating Championships for the first time in 1967 and won her first Canadian title in 1968.
Magnussen had a tough season in 1969, first losing her Canadian title to Linda Carbonetto. Then, a few weeks later, she was diagnosed with stress fractures in both legs and was forced to withdraw from the World Championships. Confined to a wheelchair for weeks, Magnussen considered retiring from the sport, but eventually made the decision to continue. She won the Canadian Figure Skating Championships four more times, from 1970 to 1973.
Like her American contemporary Janet Lynn, Magnussen was stronger in free skating than compulsory figures. In the early 1970s, both were competing against the Austrian skater Beatrix Schuba, who was probably the best practitioner of the compulsory figures in the history of the sport. The scoring system in use at that time allowed Schuba to build such a huge lead in the figures that no one could catch her. Schuba won the gold at the 1972 Winter Olympics in spite of being only 7th in the free skating, while Lynn and Magnussen (first and second in the free skating) took bronze and silver, respectively.
Faced with growing spectator dissatisfaction with this state of affairs, beginning with the 1972-1973 season, the International Skating Union reduced the value of compulsory figures and introduced the short program, an additional free skating component, to the competition. Combined with Schuba's retirement after the 1972 season, this development encouraged both Magnussen and Lynn to stay in competition another year.
In the first world championships under this new system, in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia in 1973, Magnussen produced a near-flawless short program (which included a magnificent double axel)[citation needed], while Lynn shocklingly fell twice in that portion of the competition. Although Lynn came back to win the free skating, the earlier mistakes cost her the title. Magnussen, who had claimed bronze and silver at the 1971 and 1972 world championships, now added the gold to complete her medal collection.
Magnussen, who enjoyed a successful career as a professional skater after her 1973 World Championship win, is now a leading figure skating coach in her hometown of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Karen Magnussen Community Recreation Centre in North Vancouver is named for her. And Magnussen has established the Karen Magnussen Foundation to assist young skaters. Although Canada has gone on to produce many notable female skaters, such as Elizabeth Manley and Josée Chouinard, no other Canadian has claimed the world title since Magnussen.Magnussen recently got to carry the olympic torch for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
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