Hector Easdale Sutherland (1927 – March 28, 2012) was a Canadian Olympic skier. Sutherland was Canadian National Downhill Champion in 1947 and in 1951 and competed as a member of the Canada Olympic ski team in 1948.
Background
Sutherland was born in
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...
and was educated at
Lower Canada College
Lower Canada College (LCC) is an English-language elementary and secondary level independent school located in Montreal, Quebec. The school offers education from Kindergarten through Grade 11. Students graduate from Grade 11 and then have the optio ...
.
At the
1948 Winter Olympics
The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...
, Sutherland competed in the downhill, slalom and combined alpine skiing events. For the first 50 years of his life, he was a resident of Montreal; Sutherland then moved to
Oakville, Ontario
Oakville is a town in Regional Municipality of Halton, Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Lake Ontario between Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton. At its Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census population of 213,759, it is List of tow ...
and later, in 2001, to
Brockville.
Sutherland married Nancy McGill, who predeceased him. He died in Brockville at the age of 84.
References
1927 births
2012 deaths
Skiers from Montreal
Anglophone Quebec people
Alpine skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Olympic alpine skiers for Canada
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Canadian male alpine skiers