Hockey player Vicky Sunohara, figure skater Patrick Chan and tennis player Daniel Nestor are among the athletes who will be inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame this year.
Long-distance runner Angela Chalmers, para-swimmer Kirby Cote and the late multi-sport athlete Fred Thomas round out the group.
Guylaine Demers, who works for gender and sexual orientation equity in sport at the national and international levels, as well as indigenous sports leader Alex Nelson will be inducted as builders.
Jumper Debbie Brill will be recognized as a pioneer, in a category created in 2022. She developed the “Brill Bend” jumping technique.
The nine new members will receive the Order of Sport on October 23 during a ceremony to take place at the Canadian History Museum in Gatineau.
President and Director of Operations of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame Cheryl Bernard mentioned that the 2024 vintage was selected from 237 applications. More than 740 people, and three horses, have been inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame since 1955.
