Chandra Crawford was and raised in the Rocky Mountains of Canmore, Alberta. In 2005 she founded "Fast and Female," an organization dedicated to empowering girls in sports that reaches 3000 girls annually all over North America with the help of hundreds of athlete role models.

In 2006 at the age of 22, Chandra won the Olympic Gold medal in cross-country skiing and captured many hearts when she belted out the national anthem from the top step of the podium. On the start line of the 1.1 km sprint race final, the announcer on CBC pointed out her big smile, saying “this young lady is having a blast and showing it.” In her career she made 7 trips to the World Cup Podium, with two victories in 2008.

Despite great success and meaning in her life, in 2012 she struggled with confidence-loss and bulimia nervosa, which she overcame with much support from friends, family, therapists and anti-depressants. The journey and lessons learned are now stories she shares with audiences and in her confidence program for women.
 
In March 2014 she retired from ski racing after three Olympics and 13 years of international ski racing with the Canadian National Team and graduated from University of Calgary executive MBA program in the spring of 2016. 

Her main interests beyond female empowerment consist of doing the following activities with friends and family: yoga, camping, dancing, reading, languages, eating seafood, concerts, and any kind of adventure in the mountains with her husband, Jared, and their 4 kids under 6 years old: Kyla, Bruce, Margot, Wesley and their dog, Stella.

She'd love to hear from you on Facebook,  or @chandracrawford on Twitter and Instagram.