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    Brian Orser

    Brian Orser, figure skater (b at Belleville, Ont 18 Dec 1961). 

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    Brooke Henderson

    Brooke Mackenzie Henderson, golfer (born 10 September 1997 in Smiths Falls, ON). Golf phenom Brooke Henderson has won the Bobbie Rosenfeld Awardas Canada’s best female athlete three times (2015, 2017, 2018), as well as the ESPY Award for best female golfer in 2019. She is the youngest golfer ever to win a professional tournament (at age 14), the youngest ever to win the Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship (at 15), and the second youngest female golfer ever to win a major title (at 18). She holds the record for most victories (10) by a Canadian professional golfer on either the PGA or LPGA Tour, beating the previous record of eight held by George Knudson, Sandra Post and Mike Weir. In 2015, she became the first Canadian to win on the LPGA Tour since Lorie Kane in 2001. 

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    Bruce Richard Robertson

    Bruce Richard Robertson, swimmer (b at Vancouver 27 Apr 1953).

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    Bruno Engler

    Bruno Engler, mountaineer (b at Switzerland, 4 Dec 1915; d at Banff, Alta, 23 Mar 2001).

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    Bruny Surin

    Bruny Surin, athlete (b at Cap Haïtien, Haiti, 12 July 1967). Surin was just seven years old when he immigrated to Québec. At the age of 17, he took an interest in the long jump and the triple jump. As a member of the Canadian team, he finished 15th in the long jump at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games.

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    Brush with greatness

    Brad Jacobs’s rink struggled in Sochi’s early going, but gold was always the plan—the only plan.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 10, 2014

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    Bryan Trottier

    Bryan John Trottier, hockey player (born 17 July 1956 in Val Marie, SK). A National Hockey League (NHL) player and coach, Bryan Trottier played centre for 18 seasons with the New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins. He then became an assistant coach with the Penguins, Colorado Avalanche and Buffalo Sabres. After this, he became head coach of the New York Rangers. Throughout his career, Trottier won the Stanley Cup six times as a player as well as one time an assistant coach. Trottier has received numerous awards and recognitions for his career on and off the ice, including induction into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and the Hockey Hall of Fame.

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    Canada at the 2020 Olympic Summer Games

    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Olympic Summer Games were the first Olympic Games to be postponed. They were held in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 July to 8 August 2021. Canada sent 371 athletes (225 women, 146 men) and finished 11th in the overall medal standings with 24 (seven gold, six silver, 11 bronze). It is the most Canada has ever won at a non-boycotted Olympic Summer Games. Of the 24 medals, 18 were won by Canadian women. The seven gold medals tied Canada’s record at a non-boycotted Olympic Summer Games. Highlights for Canada at the Tokyo Games included Penny Oleksiak becoming Canada’s most decorated Olympian; Andre De Grasse winning three medals, including gold in the men’s 200 m dash; the Canadian women’s soccer team winning gold for the first time in dramatic fashion; and gold medallist Damian Warner becoming only the fourth athlete in Olympic history to score more than 9,000 points in the decathlon.

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    Canada's Olympians: Jennifer Heil

    Every conversation with Canadian mogul queen Jennifer Heil heralds a new adventure: surfing, Third World development, politely picking the pockets of Canada's business elite, rock climbing, jewellery design - and that thing she does so well with a pair of skis and a total absence of fear.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on December 14, 2009

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    Canada's Rowers Win Silver

    After the heroic row to the finish by the Canadian men's four last Saturday, after the photo finish showed they'd failed, by a mere 8-100ths of a second, to catch Great Britain, Buffy Williams walked as close to the Olympic medal podium as security would permit to witness a silver medal being draped over her husband Barney's head.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on August 30, 2004

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    Canada's Septuagenarian Marathoner

    MORE THAN 50 minutes after Jimmy Muindi sweeps smoothly to victory in the Rotterdam Marathon, in an impressive time of 2:07:50, the cold and rain of an April day by the North Sea have scattered his welcoming party.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on April 25, 2005

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    Canada's Slow Medal Start at Athens

    LET OTHERS OBSESS about Canada's slow medal start in the XXVIII Olympiad in Athens. The national baseball team has better things to do, both on the field and off.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on August 30, 2004

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    Canada’s Walk of Fame

    Canada’s Walk of Fame is a non-profit organization dedicated to honouring Canadians who have achieved excellence in the fields of arts and entertainment, science and technology, business, philanthropy, and athletics. Modelled after the Hollywood Walk of Fame, it stretches along 13 city blocks in Toronto’s Entertainment District. Each inductee’s name and signature are etched onto a plaque embedded on the sidewalk, along with a star resembling a maple leaf. Inductees are honoured at an annual, nationally broadcast gala in Toronto. More than 210 people have been inducted since the Walk was founded in 1998.

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    Canadian Junior Hockey

    Since 1970, Canadian junior hockey has been divided into two categories: Major Junior and Junior A. Canadian Major Junior hockey is governed by the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) that encompasses the three big Canadian Leagues.

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    Canadian Kayakers Win Medals at 2004 Athens Games

    WHEN THERE was no one left to beat in Canada, Adam van Koeverden went looking for the rest of the world. Digging deep into his own pockets a couple of years back, the 22-year-old Oakville, Ont.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on September 6, 2004

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