Makortoff, Larissa Anne

ID
1800
Nationality
Canadian
Occupation
Skydiver
Sports
Summary
Born deaf; graduated the Jericho Hill Provincial School for the Deaf, 1967-1980. Probably Canada's first born-deaf woman to leap out of an airplane, when she made her first parachute descent in 1981. She continued her skydiving for years after that.
References
Deaf Heritage in Canada, p.397.
Dates
16 February 1962-