Allison Forsyth (born 14 October 1978) is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

former

alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

from Nanaimo,

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, who competed in the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

. She retired from competitive skiing after the 2007–08 season, due to injuries suffered over her career, and to start a family. Forsyth alleges she was sexually abused by

Alpine Canada Alpine Canada (french: Canada Alpin) is the national governing body for alpine, para-alpine and ski cross racing in Canada. Alpine Canada represents coaches, officials, supporters and athletes, including the racers of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team ...

coach Bertrand Charest. In 2017, Charest was sentenced to 12 years in prison for sex crimes against young skiers. He appealed, and his sentence was reduced to 57 months. He has since been granted

parole Parole (also known as provisional release or supervised release) is a form of early release of a prison inmate where the prisoner agrees to abide by certain behavioral conditions, including checking-in with their designated parole officers, or ...

. Forsyth settled her lawsuit against Alpine Canada in October 2023. Though the terms of the settlement were not disclosed, the CEO of Alpine Canada has since noted that "in the clearest of terms, we are deeply saddened by her experience, repulsed by her abuser's actions, and apologize for the harm she experienced." Canada Soccer hired Forsyth "to get us to where we want to be" with

SafeSport The United States Center for SafeSport is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 2017 under the auspices of the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017. SafeSport is tasked with ...

. Forsyth is divorced from Steve Grywul, and has three children, two boys and one girl.

References

1978 births Living people Canadian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Canada Sportspeople from Nanaimo Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics {{canada-alpine-skiing-bio-stub