List of Canadian sports personalities

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The following is a list of Canadian sports personalities.

Nationally recognized honour lists


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[edit] Alpine skiing

[edit] Automobile racing

[edit] Baseball

[edit] Current players

Adam Stern

[edit] Basketball

Current NBA Players

Current WNBA Players

Retired

[edit] Biathlon

[edit] Bobsleigh

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Cross-country skiing

[edit] Curling

[edit] Figure skating

[edit] Flying disc

[edit] Football

[edit] Golf

[edit] Gymnastics

[edit] Horse racing and equestrian sports

[edit] Ice hockey

See also: List of NHL players

[edit] Judo

[edit] Lacrosse

[edit] Mixed martial arts

[edit] Multiple sports

[edit] Professional rodeo

  • Earl W. Bascom, designer of hornless bronc saddle (1922) and bareback rigging (1924)

[edit] Professional wrestling

[edit] Rowing, kayaking

[edit] Rugby union

[edit] Skeleton

[edit] Snowboarding

[edit] Soccer (football)

[edit] Speed skating

[edit] Long Track

[edit] Short Track

[edit] Squash

[edit] Swimming – diving

[edit] Synchronized swimming

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Track and field

  • Donovan Bailey, (born 1967), sprinter, former 100m world record holder
  • Bruny Surin, (born 1967), sprinter, tied with Donovan Bailey for Canadian 100m record
  • Sam Effah, (born 1988), sprinter, 100m
  • Justyn Warner, (born 1987), sprinter, 100m
  • Bryan Barnett, (born 1987), sprinter, 100m and 200m
  • Jared Connaughton, (born 1985), sprinter, 100m and 200m
  • Pierre Browne, (born 1980), sprinter, 100m in the Olympics
  • Hank Palmer, (born 1985), sprinter, 2008 Olympics
  • Étienne Desmarteau, (1873–1905), weight thrower, Olympic champion
  • Nicole Forrester, (born 1976), high jumper, gold medalist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
  • Alice Falaiye, (born 1978), long jumper, gold medalist at the 2009 Pan American Games and 2010 Commonwealth Games
  • Sultana Frizell, (born 1984), hammer thrower, gold medalist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
  • Jennifer Joyce, (born 1980), hammer thrower, silver medalist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
  • Gary Reed, (born 1981), 800m, silver medalist at the 2007 World Championships
  • Nathan Brannen, (born 1982), 800m, 2009 World Championships
  • Perdita Felicien, (born 1980), 2003 world champion in 100m hurdles
  • Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, (born 1982), 100m hurdles, silver medalist at the 2009 World Championships
  • Angela Whyte, (born 1980), 100m hurdles, silver medalist at the 2007 and 2011 Pan American Games
  • Phylicia George, (born 1987), 100m hurdles
  • Nikkita Holder, (born 1987), 100m hurdles
  • Harry Jerome, (1940–1982) sprinter
  • Ben Johnson, (born 1961), sprinter, disqualified from Olympic gold medal for doping
  • Jamie Adjetey-Nelson, (born 1984), decathlete and gold medalist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
  • Jessica Zelinka, (born 1981), heptathlete and pentathlete, gold medalist at the 2007 Pan American Games
  • Brianne Theisen, (born 1988), heptathlete, 2009 World Championships
  • Scott Russell, (born 1979), javelin thrower
  • Robert Kerr, (1882–1963), Olympic gold medalist in the 1908 Olympics
  • George Orton, (1873–1958), first Canadian to become Olympic champion
  • Fanny Rosenfeld, (1904–1969), runner & long jumper, world record (100-yard dash); Olympic champion (4x100-m relay) and silver (100-m)
  • Dylan Armstrong, (born 1981), shot putter, Pan American Games record, second at world championships
  • Percy Williams, (1908–1982), Olympic champion sprinter
  • Joël Bourgeois, (born 1971), 3000 meter Steeplechase, 1996 and 2000 Olympics
  • Reid Coolsaet, born (1979), marathon runner, London 2012 Olympics
  • Eric Gillis, born (1980), marathon runner, 2008 Beijing & London 2012 Olympics
  • Dylan Wykes, (born 1983), marathon runner, 2009 World Championships

[edit] Triathlon

[edit] Weightlifting

[edit] Wrestling

[edit] References

  1. ^ Craig Ballantyne (September 21, 1938). "Negro Scores Win Before 5,000 Fans; Berger is Victor". The Montreal Gazette. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n4kxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bqgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6525,2718190&dq=jewish+maxie-berger&hl=en. Retrieved July 29, 2010. 
  2. ^ Stuart Chelin (July 22, 2004). "Jewish youngster opens Toronto tennis center". The Jerusalem Post. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/668006601.html?dids=668006601:668006601&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+22%2C+2004&author=STUART+CHELIN&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Jewish+youngster+opens+Toronto+tennis+center&pqatl=google. Retrieved June 2, 2010. 

[edit] Further reading

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