Interview with Angela Crowther

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Title

Interview with Angela Crowther

Description

Olympic softball player Angela Crowther is a former Canada Games athlete, playing at the 1997 Canada Summer Games in Brandon, Manitoba for Team Ontario. In this interview, Angela discusses her fond memories of the Games including the process of being selected to play softball on Team Ontario, the camaraderie she experienced with her teammates, and what it was like to compete against young women from across Canada.

Subject

Canadian Identity
Unity Through Sport
Friendships at the Canada Games
Athlete Mentality in Competitions
Education
Career Impacts

Date

2020-10-02

Format

video

Identifier

CGOH-021

Interviewer

Vlossak, Elizabeth
Linzel, Jessica

Interviewee

Crowther, Angela

Location

Recorded over Microsoft Teams in St. Catharines (Ontario, Canada), Grimsby (Ontario, Canada) and Delta (British Columbia, Canada).

Language

English

Temporal Coverage

1975
1979
1995
1997
2001
2003
2004

Spatial Coverage

Canada -- Ontario -- Guelph
Canada -- Manitoba -- Brandon
Canada -- British Columbia

Rights

Permission from the SOHA is required for publication or reproduction.

Conversion

This oral history interview was conducted digitally via Microsoft Teams. The video was edited in Adobe Premiere Pro, at which point an introduction sequence and question slides were added, and the interviewer's video and audio were removed.

Interview Keyword

Softball
Women's Softball
Team Ontario
Team British Columbia
Players
Competition
Canada Summer Games
Teammates
Simon Fraser University
Training
Career


Citation

“Interview with Angela Crowther,” Sport Oral History Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, https://sportoralhistory.ca/items/show/47.