He has also earned the Best Young Player and French Player of the Year awards for his stellar performances. Lemieuxs career was ultimately shortened by injury, a mid-career retirement and even cancer, but number 66 is still considered one of the most talented and influential players to ever play the game. In 1640, Mance learned that religious women the Ursulines and Augustinians had established themselves in Qubec and she was inspired to go to New France. She joined the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) athlete committee in 2005 and in 2012 was appointed to their executive committee. She returned to her first love of speed skating in 2002, winning medals in three straight Winter Olympics. Christine Sinclair is a Canadian soccer player who plays for the Canadian national team as a forward. He later quit sports to pursue acting. Despite the poor showing of Canadian teams during this past hockey season, right now is a pretty exciting time for Canadian athletes. Angela Frances Chalmers, world-class distance runner from Birdtail Sioux First Nation (born 6 September 1963 in Brandon, MB).Chalmers is one of the most accomplished Indigenous athletes in Canada. We kicked off our series of Canada 150 articles last week with Canadas 15 best ski resorts. updated December 20, 2017, 7:59 pm, by As a cyclist, Hughes competed at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta where she raced to bronze in both the road race and time trial. The 20 year old McDavid is currently in his 2nd season with the NHLs Edmonton Oilers, and is the teams captain. Henri Bourassa, born in 1868 in Montral, had a significant impact on Canadian politics through his nationalist position, which still resonates today. Donovan Bailey Hometown: Manchester, Jamaica (immigrated to Oakville, Ontario). Zidane is a Muslim of Algerian-French descent. Donovan Bailey The list is in alphabetical order based on last name. The Somalia-born athlete spent a part of his childhood in Kenya, before moving to Canada at age 11. The world-famous Andr the Giant died of congestive heart failure in Paris in 1993, after attending his fathers funeral. While growing up in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, she was quite the fastball player, representing Canada at the world junior championships at one point. She died in 1981, leaving a powerful legacy of championing the rights of women and the underprivileged. The first of five hockey players on the list is also the most obvious. He is best known for his charitable endeavor, Man in Motion World Tour, and is associated with many initiatives to fund spinal cord treatment research. Wayne Douglas Gretzky is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head. While there are 15 deserving athletes on this list, there are a number of incredible Canadian athletes that didnt make the cut, which wasnt an easy decision. Basketball runs in the Parker family. Conacher succeeded in a number of sports including football, hockey, baseball, lacrosse, boxing and wrestling. Sidney Crosby is regarded as one of the best hockey players of all time and has amassed over 1200 points over his fifteen-year playing career alongside eight all-star appearances and three Stanley Cups. She was educated by the Ursulines a religious order devoted to educating girls and caring for the sick and needy. He has been knighted by the Quebec government. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. Her fierce stance against drug cheats earned her respect from athletes worldwide, but also the ire of the suits in the room. The former Canadian senator is better known as the best alpine skier of her day. Historic Irish neighbourhood is enjoying a renaissance. Between Shirley and Sharon, they won 48 Canadian championships. After being elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada, Papineau became the leader of the Parti Canadien, which later became the Patriote party. He remains the only defenseman to lead the league in scoring, which he did twice, although Brent Burns is trying his best to join Orr in that regard this season. Admitted to the bar in 1835, he fought for the rights of the francophone minority and participated in the rebellions of 183738 alongside the Patriotes, before going into exile in Vermont. If you dont already know these athletes, you should. What comes to mind when you think of Canada and sports? He also won the 4x100m relay at the 2018 NACAC Championships. named GSP the Canadian Athlete of the Year in 2008, 2009 and 2010, and only Anderson Silva (2,457 days) had a longer title run than GSP (2,204 days). Getty/Tim Clayton-Corbis As Insider reported, 23-year-old Osaka, the No. They're the most successful team in Canadian history, winning an astounding 95 per cent of their matches. His best-known role was Fezzik, the giant in the film The Princess Bride in 1987. She became a dual-season Olympian at PyeongChang 2018 when she won bronze with Kaillie Humphries in bobsleigh. Better known as GSP, Georges helped to turn the UFC and mixed martial arts mainstream. Top 10 Female Athletes [ edit] Nancy Greene (born 1943), skier Silken Laumann (born 1964), rower Barbara Ann Scott (1928-2012), figure skater Myriam Bdard (born 1969), biathlon Marnie McBean (born 1968), rower Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld (1904-1969), track-and-field (voted female athlete of the first half of the century) Widely regarded as Canadas top female athlete of the 20th century, Greene was a trailblazer for female Canadian athletes. He spent five years inside the top 10 of the World Golf Rankings, sandwiched around his historic Masters win in 2003. ski industry. In 1979, he wasinductedintothe National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. She's a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, the IIHF Hall of Fame and is currently the Assistant Director of Player Development for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He later coached the US Naval Academy team and also co-designed a safer hurdle. Nicknamed The Big Train, Lionel Conacher might be the least known athlete on this list, despite having a national award named after him. Andre De Grasse is a Canadian track and field athlete best known for winning the gold medal in the men's 200 metres event at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. In the 2020 Olympics, Sinclair helped her team win the gold medal. Scott resigned WADA's compliance and review committee in 2018 over the reinstatement of Russia's anti-doping agency. Signing up enhances your TCE experience with the ability to save items to your personal reading list, and access the interactive map. Before there was Montral, there was Hochelaga a sixteenth-century agricultural community that mysteriously vanished. Percy Williams was a Canadian athlete best remembered for winning two gold medals at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. In 1980, Ron Turcotte was elected as a member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. The Jamaican born, Canadian sprinter won gold in the 100m setting a new world record of 9.84 seconds in the process. Born in 1606 to a bourgeois family in Langres in northwest France, Jeanne Mance founded Montrals first hospital. A true family affair. 6 Cross-country skiing. Discover a wealth of interesting, entertaining and informative stories in each issue, delivered to you six times per year. He gradually gave up politics but still had significant influence. Brooke Henderson. She is currently captaining the national team and the NWSL club Portland Thorns FC. Andr the Giant also became a Hollywood actor, debuting as Sasquatch (Bigfoot) in 1976 in a two-part episode aired on the TV series The Six Million Dollar Man. He refused to take his salary as a Member of Parliament under Wilfrid Laurier and challenged the imperialist tendencies in the cabinet. From 1915 to 1940, the Edmonton Grads won 502 games and lost only 20, beating the world's best teams from the United States and Europe. Ron Turcotte is a Canadian former race horse jockey. Five years later, he received his first players license. Hi, Im Christine a full-time traveler and career woman. He followed that up with a pair of gold medals at the 2015 Pan American Games in the 100m and 200m, and bronze medals at the 2015 World Championships in the 100m and 4 x 100m relay. She followed those medals up with four medals over the span of three Winter Games in speedskating. Two-time national champion and retired Canadian figure skater Nam Nguyen has also been a World Junior Champion in 2014. At the 2006 winter Olympic, Klassen became the only Canadian athlete to ever win five medals at one Olympic games. Together, they sang O Canada, tears of joy in their eyes, while nearby stood proud eldest sister Maxime, who finished 12th. Victor Davis, Guelph Andre De Grasse, Scarborough / Markham Lori Dupuis, Cornwall Dave Edge (born 1954), British-Canadian Olympic long-distance runner Terry Farnsworth (born 1942), Olympic judoka Mark Fawcett, Nelson, British Columbia Shaul Gordon (born 1994), Canadian-Israeli Olympic sabre fencer 2021 all rights reserved, SeasonedPros.ca. It may be shocking to see the likes of Lemieux, Roy and Messier missing but rest assured their talents are not overlooked. He won a Grey Cup, a Memorial Cup, two Stanley Cups and even a baseball championship in the International League. By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses. Canadian teammate Ethel Catherwood won gold in high jump. Audience Relations, CBC P.O. Like Terry Fox, Rick Hansen is often honoured for his courage and strength against adversity, but hes also celebrated as a truly gifted athlete. Though they went undefeated (27-0) through FOUR Olympic Games (1924-1936), there were no gold medals to show around their necks. 6 6. While a lot of countries have one, The main event of UFC Vegas 66 will feature a contest between Cannonier and Sean Strickland, two superb fighters. According to the 2016 census,Frenchwas the mother tongue language of 7,166,705 people, or 21 per cent of the Canadian population. Simmerling made history at Rio 2016 by becoming the first Canadian athlete to compete in three different sports in three different Olympic Games. Candice Quigley Zidane, popularly called Zizou by his adoring fans, is one of the eight players to have won the World Cup, the Ballon dOr, and the Champions League. Weve made a list of some of the most influential, and while its impossible to rank the best of the best, were sure youll agree that each of the athletes on this list has had a big impact on sports in Canada. Auto racing is another sport that few Canadians excel at, but Vileneuve certain helped to put our countrys name on the map with the sport. You dont earn a name like The Great One without being something special. He was 16 when he began his martial arts training with the Canadian Army. She is currently ranked an impressive 8th in the world at her sport, a position that she will no doubt surpass in the future. She was also part of the team that won bronze medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. Brooke has been a top-10 competitor on the LPGA for a couple years now, but she's still just 21 years old. Guillemot held world records in 2,000 meters and 3,000 meters. or back-to-back World Cup overall titles, Greene Raine ruled the slopes and inspired the next generation of ski racers, male and female. The Society is committed to sharing and amplifying Indigenous histories, perspectives, and voices and walking together with Indigenous peoples on the path to truth and reconciliation. Gordie Howe Hometown: Floral, Saskatchewan. He returned to Canada after being granted amnesty in 1844. Nancy Greene 7. Nancy Greene, nicknamed Tiger for her aggressive style of skiing, is one of the most decorated alpine skiers in Canadian history. 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This is all thanks to his world-famous eponymous polo shirt brand with the crocodile logo. Raonic is undoubtedly the best Canadian mens tennis player today, evidenced by the fact he has been named Tennis Canadas male player of the year every year since 2011. Only in his 20s, Mbapp is regarded as one of the best football players in the world, having already won more trophies than most players do in their entire career. He won three Welterweight Championships between 2006 and 2008 and was listed as the number one welterweight in the world for several years. After 1867, Cartier played a key role in bringing Manitoba and British Columbia into Confederation, secured the repatriation of Ruperts Land, and pushed for the building of the transcontinental railway. Zinedine Yazid Zidane is a former football star who played as an attacking midfielder. Women's basketball didn't become an official Olympic sport until 1976. Lou Marsh was a Canadian athlete who participated in a wide variety of sports during his playing career. With millions of followers, he is definitely one of France most famous athletes on social media. Without a doubt, Canadas greatest basketball player. Sinclair has won the Canada Soccer Player of the Year award an outstanding 12 times in her career and is a 6 time nominee of FIFAs World Player of the Year award. Also, Crosby is a complete player with few, if any, weaknesses in his game. Obviously the diamond took a back seat to the ice as she went on to the most prolific career in women's hockey. He is best known for winning the US Triple Crown in 1973, riding the famous American thoroughbred racehorse, Secretariat. French is also the first official language spoken by 22 per cent of the Canadian population. Cartier was born in 1814 to a merchant family in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, north of Montral. He transformed from a moderate politician to a radical, openly attacking institutions such as the Legislative Council, whose non-elected members controlled the country. Gold at home in Vancouver 2010 and a repeat four years later in Russia. Marcheline Bertrand, actress of half French-Canadian ancestry, mother of actress Angelina Jolie. When things went wrong in seventeenth-century Quebec, authorities were not above blaming black magic. 9 Freestyle skiing. He had a permanently damaged lung due to an accident. Four years later, she made the hurdles final once again and helped the 4x100 relay team to sixth-place finish. While he has yet to win a Grand Slam tournament, he did reach his first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon in 2016, and reached the semi-finals at both the 2016 Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2014. He also won a gold medal at the 1981 Pacific Conference Games and at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. From 1972 to 1984, Shirley and Sharon Firth went to four consecutive Winter Olympics, shaped the sport of cross-country skiing in the north and ignited a conversation around indigenous culture. Similarly to Andre De Grasse, Penny Oleksiak used the 2016 Summer Olympics as a means to catapult herself to the forefront of her sport. Here we profile the ultimate fighter for clean sport and a woman who changes the conversation around ability. Or, in the case of the Canadian women's hockey team, back-to-back-to-back-to-back. A 16-year span of dominance! He also won the French national championship in the 5000-meter race, thus qualifying him for the Olympic Games in Antwerp in 1920. Competing in his first Olympics, he won a silver medal in the 200m, and bronze medals in the 100m and 4 x 100m relay. He also scored one the most famous goals in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup (pictured above). Cartier persuaded French Canadians that this type of union would be more sympathetic to the French Catholic cause than an alliance with the United States. Comments are welcome while open. Thousands and thousands of girls hit the slopes to be just like Nancy. He has been a household name in Canada for years as he tore up developmental and junior hockey leagues as a teenager before making his NHL debut at 18 in 2015. Throughout his career, he represented Canada at two Olympics, winning two golds and one silver and would later go on to help promote sport in the country. A large part of that is the career of Christine Sinclair, who can be considered one of the best females to ever play the game. The famous athlete was nicknamed 'The Big Train'. Canada's greatest wheelchair racer of all-time blazes trails wherever her career takes her - as an athlete, advocate or politician. Jamaican-born Canadian bobsledder Lascelles Brown is an Olympic silver medalist and a former World Champion. Vote for Your Favourite People Born In Quebec, (One of the Greatest Fighters in the History of Mixed Martial Arts), (One of the Most Prominent Actors During Hollywood's Golden Age), (Film Director, Screenwriter, Playwright), (Canadian TV and Film Actor and Voice Actor), (Canadian Artist Who Held a Guinness World Record for His Full-Body Tattoos), (Canadian Voice Actor, Illustrator, Blogger, and Former Animator), (American Designer of Firearms Who Created the 'M1 Garand', a Semi-automatic Rifle), (German Actress, Comedian, Television Presenter, and Voice Actress), (Vlogger and Host of the Popular YouTube Show 'Epic Meal Time'), (Mixed martial artist, Taekwondo athlete), (Canadian Writer, Novelist, Poet, and Playwright). She is an Olympic gold-medalist and 13-time world champion who also competed in track bicycle racing events. CBC Sports' Signa Butler celebrates some of Canada's most storied female athletes. Former Edmonton Grads basketball team members (left to right) Edith Stone Sutton (1930-34), Margaret MacBurney . Makes sense, considering the countrys climate and geography. Name just about any hockey record and youll see that the legendary 99 holds it firmly. An MFC middleweight champion, he has also won 3 UFC titles. Mbapp was born to a Cameroonian father and an Algerian mother in Paris. Canadian track and field athlete and Paralympian Rick Hansen is a 3-time Paralympic Games champion. Desai Williams also worked as a coach and trained Olympic athletes like Phylicia George, Justyn Warner, and Tremaine Harris among others. The first Canadian-born athlete to hold an official world track record, three-time Olympian Harry Jerome broke the Canadian record in the 220-yard dash when he was only 18 years old. Gordie Howe, or Mr. He also piled up 11 top-10 and four top-5 major finishes in his career. As a young man, he excelled in athletics and became a lacrosse player. Here are the Top 10 Canadian athletes in the world today. He retired in 2019, ending his basketball career as the ninth leading post-season scorer in NBA history. Georges St Pierre may not be as well known as some of the other athletes on this list, but among combat sports fans, hes a legend. The Canadian Press awards the Lionel Conacher award to the countrys male athlete of the year. Once in Qubec City, she met Marie-Madeleine de Chauvigny de la Peltrie, founder of the Ursulines in Qubec. Nicknamed Tiger (well before the golfer! Longos professional racing career started in 1979. He is also the program assistant of Canadas History Society. Right IconThis ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet. 8 Figure skating. At the time of his retirement, Gretzky held 61 NHL records. The Saskatchewan-raised athlete skated for both the Oilers and the Boston Bruins, and was also playing for Edmonton's AHL affiliate team, the Bakersfield Condors, in the 2019-2020 season. Scarborough, Ontarios Andre De Grasse was a relatively late bloomer in the sport of track and field, as he didnt seriously begin racing until he was partway through high school. Louis-Joseph Papineau had a reputation as a hero and a defender of the rights of French Canadians, but he was also seen as a traitor to the nation and to the Commonwealth. That was then. Born William Anthony Parker, Jr., in Belgium to an African-American father and a Dutch mother, Tony Parker was raised in France and became a naturalized French citizen at the age of 15. Three-time Olympian Canadian track and field athlete and bobsledder Phylicia George is also an Olympic bronze medalist in the two-woman bobsleigh category. He then set or equalled world records in the 60-yard indoor dash, the 100-yard dash, the 100 m sprint and the 440-yard relay. Off the field, she continues to be a inspiration to countless Canadian girls with their own dreams of athletic glory. 2 female tennis player in the world, withdrew from the French Open on Monday after she was fined $15,000 for failing to attend a post-match press conference. He is also a former Commonwealth Champion and a 2-time World Champion. He played professionally for Cannes in 1989. Guy Carleton (1724-1808) Sir Guy (later the Baron Dorchester) was an early and important British governor of the new English colony of Quebec, serving from 1768-1778 and then 1786-1796.He oversaw the implementation of the Quebec Act (1774), which aimed to create social peace with the French-Canadians while still asserting English political control. While he started his training in ice hockey at age 5, he later switched to figure skating. Similarly to Wiggins, Connor McDavid is a young superstar taking his sport by storm. 1. Playing in other North American professional leagues, Former NCAA Division I players awaiting professional play. 2 Donovan Bailey Oleksiak is a freestyle and butterfly swimmer who won 4 medals (a record for a Canadian athlete at a single Summer Olympics) at the Rio Olympics: gold in the 100m freestyle, silver in the 100m butterfly, and bronze in both the 4 x 100m and 4 x 200m freestyle relays. They were 19-year-old pups when they represented Canada in London 2012 and veterans when the team finished seventh in Rio 2016. When search suggestions are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Now, Humphries competes for the United States after an acrimonious split from the Canadian program. The list features athletes from a wide variety of sports and eras. See also; 10 Highest Paid Athletes in the world. Arianne Moffatt, from Quebec City, is a multi-talented singer that is undefinable by any genre standards. Hayley Wickenheiser Hometown: Shaunavon, Saskatchewan. Ferguson Jenkins Hometown: Chatham, Ontario. Naomi Osaka. Joseph Guillemot could be considered an anomaly in sports history. Lou Marsh also worked for the Toronto Star for more than four decades and is often counted among the pioneers of sports journalism in the country. In 2022, Andre De Grasse won a gold medal at the World Championships. Today, Longo is an all-time great racing cyclist who still competes on the Masters circuits in her 60s. Shes also Canadas most decorated female athlete, with 24 medals in speed skating. Steve Nash Hometown: Johannesburg, South Africa (immigrated to Regina, Saskatchewan then Victoria, B.C.). Wickenheiser was a member of the Canadian national team for 23 years, leading the team to four gold medals and a silver medal in Nagano when she was just 19. He became famous for his endurance and the way he finished a race with a spectacular burst of speed. In PyeongChang 2018, Humphries partnered with sprinter Phylicia George winning a bronze medal. Edmonton basketball stars Michelle and Katherine Plouffe captured gold at the 2015 Pan Am Games, in between representing Canada at back-to-back Olympic Games. She's an advocate for persons with disabilities and has served as Canada's chef de mission for the 2016 Rio Paralympic team and the 2014 Commonwealth Games team. To celebrate Canadas 150th anniversary, KelownaNow is shining a light on our amazing country. Hockey has proven that Canada has its fair share of fighters, but not too many of us make a splash in the world of boxing. The Great One holds almost every NHL record you can think of and helped Edmonton become the City of Champions in the late 1980s. No surprise she was voted the top female Canadian athlete of the 20th century. Those include Sidney Crosby, Milos Raonic, Penny Oleksiak and Andre de Grasse, just to name a few. She sings in both French and English, layering beautiful vocal hooks and incredible musical arrangements into one awesome package. This list answers the questions, "What famous female athletes are from Canada?" and "Who are the greatest female Canadian athletes?" Sydney Leroux Age: 32 Mary Pierce Age: 48 Carey May Age: 63 Sarah Murphy Age: 35 Helen Upperton Age: 43 Sarah Podorieszach Age: 33 Captain Canada himself, Michael Saunders, made it to the MLB All-Star game. He also won a gold medal at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships. This International Womens Day, lets celebrate some of Canada's female heroes of the past and not-so distant past. The Ontario native has also represented Canada on the international stage several times, including being a member of the bronze medal winning squad at the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship. An artists essay became a call-to-arms for social change. Top 10 Canadian Athletes Right Now Sidney Crosby - Hockey Penny Oleksiak - Swimming Andre De Grasse - Track and field Milos Raonic - Tennis Damian Warner Derek Drouin - High jumper Brooke Henderson - Golf Christine Sinclair - Soccer Connor McDavid - Hockey Andrew Wiggins - Basketball Eugenie Bouchard - Tennis Canadian Olympic School Program: Black History Collection. Harold Ballard was a Canadian sportsman and businessman. Nash retired with the highest free throw percentage in NBA history at 90.42%. Not only that, his heart was on the right side of his chest. In Brazil, she competed in track cycling where she collected her first-ever podium finish, a bronze in the team pursuit. Tom Longboat was an Onondaga athlete who specialized in distance running. He also led the 4 x 100m relay team to a gold medal in the same Olympics. He also has bronze medals from the 2012 Olympic Games and the 2013 World Championships. Explore a timeline of Montreals 375-year history! Sufia Banu Throughout the years, hundreds of Canadian athletes have made their mark on the world of sport and represented Canada at the highest level. He has won two silver medals and three bronze medals in two Olympic Games so far. He has also had a very successful international career, winning 2 Olympic gold medals, a World Junior Championship, a World Championship, and a World Cup title with Team Canada. What else needs to be said? In 1916 she married Pierre Casgrain, a federal Liberal politician. And that wasn't the end of it. He is a Black Belt in both Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Despite having just one MLB team, Canada has produced some talented baseball players over the years, but none compare to Fergie Jenkins. He owned the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL and their home arena, Maple Leaf Gardens. Whether it was donating to Right to Play or breaking down the stigma around mental illness in Bell's "Let's Talk" campaign, she's a champion through and through. Whether it was her dominant gold medal victory in the giant slalom at the 1968 Grenoble Olympics (she won by a whopping 2.68 seconds!) However, these did not stop him from becoming one of the greatest athletes France has ever had. With an HPI of . She represented Canada at the 2008 Paralympic Games, where she won a bronze medal. bizarre and unfortunate Olympic qualifying rules and domestic standards, She later stepped down as head of the WADA athlete's committee, CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices. Longo's professional racing career started in 1979. Right IconThis ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet. Same result champions. Ballard also owned the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL. The title of Worlds Greatest Athlete has often been reserved for the best decathlete in the world, as the sport requires all-around ability in a variety of running, throwing, and jumping events. Perhaps no other name in the history of French sports is more popular today than Lacoste. McBean, one of Canada's most decorated Olympians, and Heddle captured the gold in the coxless pair at Barcelona 1992 and followed it up with gold in the double sculls at Atlanta 1996. To encourage thoughtful and respectful conversations, first and last names will appear with each submission to CBC/Radio-Canada's online communities (except in children and youth-oriented communities). Just before winning four consecutive Olympic gold medals in hockey, Wickenheiser starred for the softball team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She was named Canadas Athlete of the Year in 1967 and followed it up with another World Cup title in 1968, as well as a gold and silver medal in the Olympics and another gold medal at the world championships. He won the Olympic silver medal in the 10,000-meter long distance race. He was the youngest player to ever win 2 titles at 3 tennis grand slams and the first one to win the French Championship Grand Slam title in mens single in 1925. A member . She finished third in combined pursuit at those Salt Lake City Olympics, only to be upgraded to the Olympic gold after two Russians were caught doping. Canadas national womens soccer team is currently ranked in the top ten, thanks in part to the skills of captain Christine Sinclair.
