Martha Benjamin


Martha Benjamin from Old Crow, Yukon is a Canadian Indigenous cross country skier. With the guidance of Jean-Marie Mouchet, she took up the sport of cross-country skiing. Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s, Benjamin was a national level skier competing throughout Canada, the United States and Europe.

Personal life

A lifelong resident of Old Crow, Yukon, Benjamin married before the age of 25 and had five children and thirteen grandchildren.

Major sport achievements and rewards