| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Equestrian | ||
Representing Canada | ||
| Pan American Games | ||
 | 1979 San Juan | Team jumping |
Terry Leibel is aCanadian retiredjournalist and former member of theCanadian Equestrian Team. After her career as an equestrian athlete throughout the 1970s, Leibel was hired byCBC Sports as an equestrian sports analyst. She was the first woman to host aCBCOlympic Games broadcast. She left the CBC forTSN in 1984 where she was the first woman to host a national sports program,SportsDesk, and worked there for two years before returning to the CBC.
She became the first woman to co-host CBC Sports Olympic coverage during the1996 Summer Olympic Games inAtlanta, Georgia. She also covered the2002 and2006 Winter Olympic Games and the2004 Summer Olympic Games. She earnedGemini Award nominations for her work in the Atlanta andSydney Olympics and won a 2003 Gemini Award becoming the first female sports broadcaster to do so.[1] She was also the first woman to doplay-by-play for the Olympics, handlingcycling, equestrian and white-water events forNBC Sports during the Summer Games inBarcelona in 1992.
Leibel announced her retirement on February 27, 2008.[1] Her final assignment was atSpruce Meadows in June 2008.[citation needed]
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