Williamson crystalizes icon-status with unprecedented 100th win. — January 11, 2011 Williamson became the first skier in the history of the IPC to win 100 World Cup medals, when he won a gold medal in the slalom race in Italy. Williamson dominated the Paralympic World Cup circuit in alpine skiing, winning a remarkable 56 gold… Read more »
Crazy Canucks put Canada on the map in Kitzbühel. — The Crazy Canucks’ domination at the revered Kitzbühel started in 1980. Ken Read was the first of the Crazy Canucks and the first Canadian male to win the world’s most famous ski race. Steve Podborski followed when he won in 1981 and followed it up… Read more »
Canadian Ski Cross cracks the podium code. — Marielle Thompson, whose name is synonymous with ski cross glory, raced to gold at the 2019 FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships in Utah. The 2014 Olympic Champion patiently made her way from third to second in the big final, with a late pass in a sprint to… Read more »
Dueck’s destiny realized with Paralympic success. — Born in Kimberley, B.C. Josh Dueck was always destined for the slopes. Six years after an accident changed his plans slightly, he was making his Paralympic debut at the 2010 Paralympic Games in Vancouver where he won a silver medal in the men’s sitting slalom race. At the… Read more »
Canadian Ski Cross takes winning to new heights with double Olympic gold. — The culture of winning as a team for the Canadian Ski Cross Team was never more apparent than on two occasions at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. In his third Olympic Games, after overcoming injury and heartache, Brady Leman struck gold… Read more »
Anne of Gatineau grabs Canada’s first ever Gold medal. — Seventeen-year-old Anne Heggtveit made her Olympic debut at Cortina d’Ampezzo in 1956, after learning to ski at Camp Fortune in the Gatineau region. Four years later at Squaw Valley, Heggtveit finished 12th in both the downhill and giant slalom. Coming into her second Olympics at… Read more »
Kreiner carves her path to Olympic Gold — Kathy Kreiner made the first of three Olympic appearances at Sapporo 1972 with modest results in the slalom and downhill. At her second Olympics at Innsbruck 1976, on Friday the 13th, a confident 18-year-old Kreiner just knew she was going to win despite being such a long… Read more »
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