List of Canadian sports personalities

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The following is a list of Canadian sports personalities.

Nationally recognized honour lists

Olympic athletes[edit]

Uncategorised professional athletes[edit]

Alpine skiing[edit]

Australian rules football[edit]

  • Mike Pyke, former Canada rugby union international and first Canadian to play for an AFL premiership (championship) team

Automobile racing[edit]

Baseball[edit]

Adam Stern

Current players[edit]

Basketball[edit]

Current NBA players

Current WNBA players

Playing in overseas leagues

Playing in other North American professional leagues

Coaches

Former NCAA Division I players awaiting professional play

Retired

Biathlon[edit]

Bobsleigh[edit]

Boxing[edit]

Cricket[edit]

Cycling[edit]

Cross-country skiing[edit]

Curling[edit]

Disc sports[edit]

Figure skating[edit]

Football[edit]

Golf[edit]

Gymnastics[edit]

Horse racing and equestrian sports[edit]

Ice hockey[edit]

See also: List of NHL players
Martin Brodeur
Michael Cammalleri
Wayne Gretzky
Trevor Smith

Judo[edit]

Lacrosse[edit]

Mixed martial arts[edit]

Multiple sports[edit]

Professional rodeo[edit]

  • Earl W. Bascom, designer of hornless bronc saddle (1922) and bareback rigging (1924)

Professional wrestling[edit]

Rowing, kayaking[edit]

Rugby union[edit]

Skeleton[edit]

Snowboarding[edit]

Soccer (football)[edit]

Speed skating[edit]

Long track[edit]

Short track[edit]

Squash[edit]

Swimming – diving[edit]

Synchronized swimming[edit]

Tennis[edit]

Sharon Fichman
Jesse Levine

Track and field[edit]

  • Jamie Adjetey-Nelson (born 1984), decathlete and gold medallist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
  • Dylan Armstrong (born 1981), shot putter, Pan American Games record, second at world championships
  • Donovan Bailey (born 1967), sprinter, former 100m world record holder
  • Simon Bairu (born 1983), distance runner, 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
  • Bryan Barnett (born 1987), sprinter, 100m and 200m
  • Joël Bourgeois (born 1971), 3000 meter Steeplechase, 1996 and 2000 Olympics
  • Nathan Brannen (born 1982), 800m, 2009 World Championships
  • Pierre Browne (born 1980), sprinter, 100m in the Summer Olympics
  • Jared Connaughton (born 1985), sprinter, 100m and 200m
  • Reid Coolsaet born (1979), marathon runner, 2012 London Summer Olympics
  • Bruce Deacon (born 1966), marathon runner, 1996 and 2000 Olympics
  • Andre De Grasse (born 1994), sprinter, Rio 2016 Medallist: 100m Bronze, 200m Silver, and 4 × 100 m relay Bronze
  • Étienne Desmarteau (1873–1905), weight thrower, Olympic champion
  • Jerome Drayton (born 1945), marathon runner; three-time winner of the Fukuoka Marathon; Canadian marathon record holder since 1969; 1968 and 1976 Olympics Games
  • Sam Effah (born 1988), sprinter, 100m
  • Alice Falaiye (born 1978), long jumper, gold medallist at the 2009 Pan American Games and 2010 Commonwealth Games
  • Perdita Felicien (born 1980), 2003 world champion in 100m hurdles
  • Nicole Forrester (born 1976), high jumper, gold medallist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
  • Sultana Frizell (born 1984), hammer thrower, gold medallist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
  • Phylicia George (born 1987), 100m hurdles
  • Eric Gillis born (1980), marathon runner, Summer Olympics: 2008 Beijing and London 2012
  • Sasha Gollish (born 1981), competitive runner, bronze medallist in the 2015 Pan American Games 1500m and gold medallist in the 2013 Maccabiah Games half-marathon
  • Matthew Hughes (born 1989), 3000m steeplechase, gold medallist at the 2015 Pan American Games, Rio 2016
  • Nikkita Holder (born 1987), 100m hurdles
  • Harry Jerome (1940–1982), sprinter, bronze medallist in the 100m at the 1964 Summer Olympics
  • Ben Johnson (born 1961), sprinter, disqualified from Olympic gold medal for doping
  • Jennifer Joyce (born 1980), hammer thrower, silver medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
  • Robert Kerr (1882–1963), sprinter, 1908 Summer Olympics medallist: a gold and a bronze
  • Michael LeBlanc (born 1987), sprinter, 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
  • Cameron Levins (born 1989), distance runner, inaugural Canadian to win the Bowerman Award (NCAA male athlete of the year); London 2012 Olympics
  • Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (born 1982), 100m hurdles, silver medallist at the 2009 World Championships
  • George Orton (1873–1958), inaugural Canadian Olympics medallist
  • Hank Palmer (born 1985), sprinter, 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Bruno Pauletto (born 1954), shot putter
  • Gary Reed (born 1981), 800m, silver medallist at the 2007 World Championships
  • Fanny Rosenfeld (1904–1969), runner & long jumper, world record (100-yard dash); Olympic medallist (4x100-m relay) and silver (100-m)
  • Scott Russell (born 1979), javelin thrower, 2001 World Championships, bronze medallist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Bruny Surin (born 1967), sprinter, tied with Donovan Bailey for Canadian 100m record
  • Brianne Theisen (born 1988), heptathlete, 2009 World Championships
  • Justyn Warner (born 1987), sprinter, 100m
  • Angela Whyte (born 1980), 100m hurdles, silver medallist at the 2007 and 2011 Pan American Games
  • Percy Williams (1908–1982), sprinter, double gold medallist at the 1928 Olympics, former world record holder in the 100m
  • Dylan Wykes (born 1983), marathon runner, 2009 World Championships and 2012 London Summer Olympics
  • Jessica Zelinka (born 1981), heptathlete and pentathlete, gold medallist at the 2007 Pan American Games

Triathlon[edit]

  • Paula Findlay (born 1989), bronze medallist at the 2009 ITU World Championships, 2012 London Summer Olympics
  • Kyle Jones (born 1984), 2012 London Olympics
  • Brent McMahon (born 1980), silver at the 2007 Pan American Games, bronze at the 2011 Pan American Games, 2012 London Summer Olympics
  • Lionel Sanders (born 1988), winner of the 2017 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships
  • Kathy Tremblay (born 1982), 2012 London Summer Olympics
  • Simon Whitfield (born 1975), gold at the 2000 Olympics and silver at the 2008 Olympics, competed at the 2012 London Summer Olympics

Weightlifting[edit]

Water skiing[edit]

Wrestling[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hall of Famers - Ferguson Jenkins". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  2. ^ Smith, Claire (November 14, 1997). "Walker is first Canadian M.V.P." The New York Times. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  3. ^ Craig Ballantyne (September 21, 1938). "Negro Scores Win Before 5,000 Fans; Berger is Victor". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
  4. ^ Stuart Chelin (July 22, 2004). "Jewish youngster opens Toronto tennis center". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved June 2, 2010.

Further reading[edit]

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