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Canadian Ski Hall Of Fame
The Canadian Ski Hall of Fame (french: Le Temple de la renommée du ski canadien) was created by the Canadian Ski Museum in 1982 to honour skiing pioneers, competitors, coach (sports), coaches, officials, and builders. List of inductees Denotes deceased A *Dennis Adkin, 1983* *Pierre Alain, 1984 *Verne Anderson, 1990* *Peter Andrews, 1994 *Marie-Claude Asselin, 1991 *Greg Athans, 2008* B *William Ball (skier), William L. Ball, 1982* *Lucie Barma, 2004 *Bob Bartley, 1983 *Myriam Bedard, 2001 *Felix Belczyk, 1998 *André Bertrand (alpine skier), André Bertrand, 1989 *Alexandre Bilodeau, 2020 *Réal Boulanger, 2019 *Rob Boyd, 2000 *Jean-Luc Brassard, 2008 *Todd Brooker, 1991 *Jean-Guy Brunet, 1999 *Horst Bulau, 1994 C *Gordon Canning, 2020 *Bruce Carnall, 1985* *Owen Carney, 2004 *Ed Champagne, 1995 *Currie Chapman, 1993 *Real Charette, 1993* *Jacques Charland, 1990 *Philip Chew, 2020 *W.G. Clark, 1982* *H.T. "Sam" Cliff, 1982* *John Clifford, 1982* *Elisabeth Betsy Clifford 1982 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Ski Museum
The Canadian Ski Museum (French: ''Le Musée canadien du ski'') is a museum based in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec. It was founded in 1971 by a dedicated group of volunteers and ski enthusiasts. Shortly thereafter, in 1975 the museum was incorporated. Since 2011 it has left the Ottawa location with collection online or stored. The museum's founders recognized the rapid expansion and development of the sport of skiing over the years; this inspired them to collect not only the material and artifacts related to skiing, but also the various stories associated with the early years. These artifacts and stories remain to be the foundation from which the museum has built its world-class collection. Upon the museum's opening, Herman 'Jackrabbit' Smith-Johannseacted as the Patron of the Canadian Ski Museum, and donated several of his prize possessions to the collection. Within the museum exhibit is an area devoted to 'Jackrabbit', the protagonist and practitioner of cross country and wilderness sk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Charland
Jacques Charland (April 10, 1930 – October 12, 2013) was a Canadian ski jumper who competed from 1952 to 1960. His best finish at the Winter Olympics was 25th in the individual large hill event at Oslo in 1952. He was born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Charland's best career finish was sixth in an individual large hill event in Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ... in 1960. He is related to Matthew Charland References External links * * * * 1930 births 2013 deaths Canadian male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Canada Ski jumpers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Trois-Rivières {{Canada-skijumping-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Greene
Nancy Catherine Greene Raine (born May 11, 1943) is a former Canadian Senator for British Columbia and an Olympian alpine skier voted as Canada's Female Athlete of the 20th Century. She was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Greene Raine won the giant slalom in Grenoble, France, in the 1968 Winter Olympics. After being appointed to the Senate in 2009, Greene Raine retired on May 11, 2018, when she reached the mandatory retirement age of 75. She is the mother of retired alpine skier Willy Raine. Biography Greene was born on May 11, 1943, in Ottawa, Ontario. She moved with her family to Rossland, British Columbia, before she was three years of age. Rossland is a mountainous area and the site of the first ski competition ever held in Canada in 1897. Greene began schussing at a young age and while in high school she competed in the Canadian Junior Championships. She would go on to win 14 World Cup victories by 1968. Career Nicknamed "Tiger" because of her "go for it" attitude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Grandi
Thomas Grandi (born 27 December 1972 in Bolzano, Italy) is a Canadian retired alpine skier. He specialized in technical skiing giant slalom and slalom. Skiing career Grandi started in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in the 1992-93 season. His first top ten finish in the World Cup came in December 1996 where he finished in 10th position in the Giant Slalom in Alta Badia, Italy. In the 1997-98 World Cup season, he had his first top three finish when he finished in third place in a Giant Slalom race in Park City. Grandi's first wins in the World Cup both came in December 2004, when he won Giant Slaloms in Alta Badia and Flachau. The victory at Alta Badia made Grandi the first Canadian male skier to win a World Cup technical race. He participated at the 2002 Winter Olympics, finishing 12th place in the Giant Slalom and 16th place in the slalom. He also participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics. Following the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, Grandi posted three successive top three finis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Graham
Laurie Graham, (born March 30, 1960) is a former Canadian downhill skier. Career She represented Canada at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics. She won six World Cup victories and three National Downhill titles in her eleven years on the National Ski Team. She was the first North American woman to win a World Cup Super Giant Slalom skiing. She was the first North American to win on home soil at Mont-Tremblant, Quebec. In addition, Graham posted 34 top 10 FIS World Cup Downhill results. In 1998, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada. She was inducted to the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame in 1991, the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1993., and the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2015. She graduated from the University of Toronto Schools University of Toronto Schools (UTS) is an independent secondary day school affiliated with the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The school follows a specialized academic curriculum, and admission is determined by competi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Gmoser
Johann Wolfgang "Hans" Gmoser, CM (July 7, 1932 – July 5, 2006) was a founder of modern mountaineering in Canada. Born in Austria in 1932, he came to Canada in 1951, and since then has been a major driving force behind the growing popularity of climbing, skiing and guiding. In the 1950s he pioneered new rock climbs, most notably Grillmair Chimneys (1952), Calgary Route (1953) - with Franz Dopf leading, and Diretissima (1957) on Yamnuska. He made the third (and first Canadian) ascents of both Mount Alberta (1958) and Brussels Peak (1960). He participated in what may have been the first ascent of Alaska's Mount Blackburn in 1958, and led very successful expeditions to Mount Logan (east ridge) in 1959, and to Mount McKinley (Wickersham Wall) in 1963. In 1961 he climbed a difficult new route on the south face of Mount Louis. He was described as "a good leader. He always had plans and he did his darndest to make his dreams come true." Gmoser was a very capable and ambi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meredith Anne Gardner
Meredith Anne Gardner (born June 29, 1961) is a Canadian retired freestyle skier who competed in ski ballet, mogul skiing, and aerial skiing. Gardner competed as a member of the Canadian Women's Freestyle Team from 1981 to 1988, winning the 1985 and 1988 World Championship in aerial skiing. Gardner was inducted into the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame The Canadian Ski Hall of Fame (french: Le Temple de la renommée du ski canadien) was created by the Canadian Ski Museum in 1982 to honour skiing pioneers, competitors, coach (sports), coaches, officials, and builders. List of inductees Denotes d ... in 1995. References Canadian female freestyle skiers 1961 births Living people Skiers from Toronto {{Canada-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fry (journalist)
John Fry (January 22, 1930 – January 24, 2020) invented the Nations Cup of alpine ski racing by which the relative strengths of the world's national ski teams are ranked annually. Fry created Nastar (National Standard Ski Race), a system for recreational skiers to experience the thrill of racing, in use at more than a hundred U.S. ski areas. He worked as a journalist and as chief editor of large-circulation magazines devoted to skiing, golf, and outdoor recreation and travel. He served as editor-in-chief of SKI Magazine and founding editor of Snow Country Magazine. He wrote more than 300 published articles and opinion columns about skiing. He is the author of the award-winning ''Story of Modern Skiing'', about the revolutions in the sport that happened after World War II. He was Chairman of the International Skiing History Association, publisher of ''Skiing History Magazine''. Early life Born January 22, 1930 in Montreal, PQ, Canada, Fry first donned skis at age six. After a fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fripp
John Downing Fripp (February 11, 1921 – March 24, 2022) was a Canadian skier and football player. He was a skier between 1927 and 1960 and played football in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU) (now CFL East Division) and Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) between 1941 and 1947. A centenarian, Fripp was believed to be the oldest former Canadian football player at the time of his death. Early life Johnny Fripp was born on February 11, 1921, in Ottawa, Ontario. He attended high school at Lisgar Collegiate Institute, before transferring to Glebe Collegiate. Skiing career Fripp started skiing at the age of 6, and won multiple tournaments as a youth. In 1938, at the age of 17, he won the Journal Trophy at the Gatineau Ski Zone Championships. However, the trophy was awarded to someone else as he was not old enough to be eligible. Due to his young age, he could not compete at the Dominion Championships and instead went to compete against the Americans in the Eastern Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Fontaine
Nicolas Fontaine (born 5 October 1970 in Magog, Quebec) is a Canadian freestyle skier. He competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, where he placed sixth in aerials. He also competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Sal .... His son Miha is also a world class Aerials athlete, a member of Canada's bronze medal winning mixed aerials team at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. References External links * 1970 births Canadian male freestyle skiers Freestyle skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic freestyle skiers for Canada People from Magog, Quebec Spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Duncan (alpine Skier)
Peter Duncan (born 25 July 1944) is a Canadian former alpine skier who competed in the 1964 Winter Olympics and 1968 Winter Olympics. Duncan was a member of the Canadian National Alpine Team from 1960 to 1970. Duncan represented Canada at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria competing in all off the men's alpine skiing events. In the downhill competition, he placed 34th with a time of 2:30.06 (+11.90). He finished in 19th place in the men's slalom with a total time of 2:19.10 (+7.97). In the men's giant slalom, he finished in 26th place with a time of 1:58.44 (+11.73). Duncan competed in the following Winter Olympics in 1968, again competing in all the men's alpine events. In the men's downhill, he was disqualified. In the men's giant slalom, he had combined time of 3:38.17 (+8.89) putting him in 18th place. In the men's slalom he was unable to advance to the final round. When he retired from the national team, he was presented with the John Semmelink ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Crawford
Judy Crawford Rawley (born December 22, 1951) is a Canadians, Canadian former alpine skier, who competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, placing fourth in Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics#Women's events, women's slalom. Crawford made her FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup debut in 1969 Alpine Skiing World Cup, 1969 placing sixth in the downhill (ski competition), downhill at Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Saint Gervais, France with a time of 1:55.96. She competed in World Cup events from 1969 to 1974 garnering 23 top ten finishes including third place in 1973 Alpine Skiing World Cup, 1973 in the slalom at Grindelwald, Switzerland. Crawford was inducted into the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame in 1995. She is the aunt of James Crawford (alpine skier), Jack Crawford, winner of the bronze medal in the Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's combined, men's combined event at the 22 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. References External links * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
