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OTTAWA – The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) is pleased to announce that three-time Paralympic swimmer Stephanie Dixon (Brampton, Ont. now living in Whitehorse, Yukon) has been named Team Canada’s Chef de Mission for the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games. Dixon competed at the Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games and won a total…
Whistler, BC – Twenty-seven athletes between the ages of 13 and 22 tested their capacity for sport performance at its highest level as part of the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific’s PODIUM SEARCH on Saturday, September 20 at the Whistler Athletes Centre. This is the third year for the PODIUM SEARCH initiative and the second time…
VANCOUVER – The Canadian Olympic Committee, the Canadian Paralympic Committee, Sport Canada and the Canadian Sport Institute Network are pleased to announce the launch of the first phase of Game Plan, a career transition program that provides support to Canadian athletes in life and sport. Game Plan empowers high performance athletes to pursue excellence by…
Canadian Olympic Foundation highlights Hudson’s Bay continued investment in Canadian Sport through Iconic Red Mitten initiative TORONTO – Today, Olympians and official Red Mitten ambassadors, the Dufour-Lapointe sisters, along with Hudson’s Bay, launched the 6th edition of its Red Mitten, the nation’s most iconic symbol of Canadian Olympic pride and the source of millions of…
Kamloops, BC – BC Athletics and the Kamloops Track & Field Club are extremely pleased to announce that Olympian, World Athletics Championship 800m Silver Medallist Gary Reed and Canadian Record Holder at 800m – 1:43.68, will assume the position of Interior Regional Athletics Coach – Middle Distance and Cross Country beginning September 2014. In addition…
Victoria, BC – The 20th Anniversary of the Victoria Commonwealth Games was celebrated in style today at PISE (Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence) with an afternoon of activities and sporting events. A ground-breaking ceremony was held for the PISE Track Project, and an official presentation of the Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award to five community…
TORONTO – Canadian shot putter Dylan Armstrong has patiently waited for all the hurdles to be cleared so that he can finally call himself an Olympic medallist. On Wednesday, the Canadian Olympic Committee confirmed the long wait is coming to an end and that he has officially been awarded a third-place result from the 2008…
Canada wing Magali Harvey has been named the IRB Women’s Player of the Year 2014 following her side’s 21-9 defeat by England in the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2014 final at Stade Jean Bouin in Paris on Sunday. Harvey is the first Canadian to win the prestigious award and reflects the growth of women’s rugby…
Congratulations to all of the athletes, coaches and support staff who contributed to Team Canada’s success at the 2014 Commonwealth Games! The full list of medals won by Canadians at the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland: Gold Ryan Cochrane (swimming): Men’s 400m freestyle. Ryan Cocharne (swimming): Men’s 1,500m freestyle. Annabelle Kovacs, Maria Kitkarska, Patricia Bezzoubenko (rhythmic…