List of Canadian sports personalities

See also: Canada's Athletes of the 20th Century

Table of contents

1 Automobile Racing 2 Baseball 2.1 current players 3 Basketball 4 Biathlon 5 Bobsleigh 6 Boxing 7 Curling 8 Figure Skating 9 Football 10 Golf 11 Horse racing 12 Ice hockey 13 Lacrosse 14 Multiple sports 15 Professional wrestling 16 Rowing, Kayaking 17 Skiing 18 Snowboarding 19 Speed skating 20 Swimming - Diving 21 Synchronized swimming 22 Track and field 23 Triathlon 24 Weightlifting

Automobile Racing

• Patrick Carpentier
• Scott Goodyear
• Greg Moore, (1975-1999)

• Paul Tracy
• Gilles Villeneuve, (1950-1982)
• Jacques Villeneuve, (born 1971), son of Gilles

Baseball

• Reggie Cleveland
• Ferguson Jenkins - MLB Hall of Fame member
• Joseph Lannin - owner of the Boston Red Sox who signed Babe Ruth
• Terry Puhl

current players

• Rheal Cormier
• Ryan Dempster
• Eric Gagne - 2003 NL Cy Young Award
• Corey Koskie
• Paul Quantrill
• Matt Stairs, (born 1968)
• Larry Walker
• Jeff Zimmerman

Basketball

• Rick Fox
• James Naismith, (1861-1939), Teacher who invented the game of Basketball
• Todd MacCulloch
• Jamaal Magloire
• Steve Nash

Biathlon

• Myriam Bédard, (born 1969), Olympic Gold Medal

Bobsleigh

• Pierre Leuders, Olympic Gold Medal - 1998
• David MacEachern, Olympic Gold Medal - 1998
• Vic Emery, Olympic Gold Medal

Boxing

• Tommy Burns, (1881-1955), World Heavyweight boxing Champion
• George Chuvalo
• Yvon Durelle
• Willie de Wit
• Lennox Lewis, grew up in Canada, and competed for Canada in the Olympics in 1988 and won a gold medal.

Curling

• Sandra Schmirler, (1963-2000)
• Ernie Richardson

Figure Skating

• Kurt Browning
• Toller Cranston
• Brian Orser
• Donald Jackson
• Elizabeth Manley
• Jamie Sale & David Pelletier, pairs, Olympic Gold
• Barbara Ann Scott, Olympic Gold Medal
• Elvis Stojko
• Barbara Wagner & Bob Paul - (pairs)

Football

• Russ Jackson
• Bronko Nagurski, (1908-1990), player with Chicago Bears
• Normie Kwong
• Tony Gabriel
• Vince Danielson
• Rocky Dipietro
• Dave Sapunjin
• Roger Aldag
• Dave Ridgeway
• Ray Elgaard
• Lionel Conacher
• Royal Copeland
• Peter Dalla Riva
• Danny Kepley
• Joe Krol
• Annis Stukus
• Mike Vanderjagt, Indianapolis Colts placekicker
• William Zock

Golf

• Dawn Coe-Jones
• Laurie Kane
• George Knudson
• Moe Norman
• Sandy Sommerville
• Mike Weir, (born 1970), winner of the 2003 Masters golf tournament
• Jennifer Wyatt

Horse racing

• Billyjojimbob - distingusihed aged pacer; winner of the Elitlopp
• John Campbell - harness racing driver
• Hervé Filion - harness racing driver
• Sandy Hawley thoroughbred jockey
• John Hayes, (1917-1998), harness racing driver
• Nijinsky II
• Northern Dancer - Canada's most successful and beloved race horse
• Strike Out - harness racing champion
• Dance Smartly - Breeders' Cup champion
• Ron Turcotte, (born 1941), jockey of Secretariat

Ice hockey

• Syl Apps
• Jean Beliveau
• Todd Bertuzzi
• Mike Bossy
• Ray Bourque, 5 time winner of the James Norris Memorial Trophy
• Martin Brodeur
• Don Cherry
• Ron MacLean
• Kelly Hrudey
• Marcel Dionne
• Bill Durnan
• Phil Esposito
• Danny Gallivan, play-by-play announcer
• Bernie Geoffrion, "Boom-Boom", developed the booming slap shot, second player ever in NHL history to score 50 goals in a season
• Wayne Gretzky, (born 1961)
• George Hainsworth
• Glenn Hall
• Doug Harvey, 7 time winner of the James Norris Memorial Trophy
• Hayley Wickenheiser, female professional hockey player
• Paul Henderson - scored winning goal in 1972 Canada/Russia match
• Foster Hewitt, (1902-1985), play-by-play announcer
• Tim Horton
• Bronco Horvath
• Gordie Howe, (born 1928)
• Bobby Hull, (born 1939), The "Golden Jet" first player in the NHL to ever score more than 50 goals in a season.
• Brett Hull
• Dave Keon
• Red Kelly
• Ted S. Kennedy
• Guy Lafleur
• Mario Lemieux, (born 1965)
• Eric Lindros
• Mike Looby
• Frank Mahovlich
• Mark Messier
• Jay McClement
• Stan Mikita
• Howie Morenz, voted top athlete of the 1st half of the 20th century
• Bobby Orr, (born 1948), considered by many to be the best ever, revolutionized the role of a defensemen becoming the first to win the scoring title (twice).
• Bernie Parent
• Jacques Plante, (1929-1986)
• Denis Potvin
• Maurice Richard, (1921-2000), "The Rocket," first player to score 50 goals in a season
• Patrick Roy
• Joe Sakic
• Derek Sanderson
• Serge Savard
• Terry Sawchuk
• Eddie Shore
• Cyclone Taylor, Frederick Taylor
• Hayley Wickenheiser
• Steve Yzerman, (born 1965)

See also: List of retired NHL players, List of current NHL players

Lacrosse

• Gaylord Powless

Multiple sports

• Clara Hughes, (born 1972), speed skating and cycling medalist in both summer and winter olympics

Professional wrestling

• Chris Benoit
• Adam 'Edge' Copeland
• Bret 'The Hitman' Hart
• Owen Hart
• Stu Hart
• Chris Jericho (Chris Irvine)
• Roddy Piper (Rodderick Toombs)
• Trish Stratus (Patricia Stratigias)

Rowing, Kayaking

• Silken Laumann
• Marnie McBean

Skiing

• Jean-Luc Brassard, freestyle ski - moguls, Olympic Gold Medal - 1994
• Nancy Greene, alpine skiing - downhill, Olympic Gold Medal - 1968
• Dave Irwin, a "Crazy Canuck,"
• Kerrin Lee-Gartner, alpine skiing - downhill, Olympic Gold Medal - 1992
• Dave Murray, a "Crazy Canuck,"
• Steve Podborski, a "Crazy Canuck,"
• Ken Read, a "Crazy Canuck" and the first non-European to win on the World Cup circuit
• Lucille Wheeler, alpine world ski champion

Snowboarding

• Ross Rebagliati - Olympic snowboarding champion

Speed skating

• Susan Auch
• Lela Brooks Potter
• Gaétan Boucher four-time Olympic medalist - 1980, 1984
• Sylvia Burka
• Sylvie Daigle
• Marc Gagnon, (born 1975), short track speed skater
• Charles Gorman
• Clara Hughes, (born 1972)
• Catriona Le May Doan, (born 1970)
• Annie Perreault, short track speed skaterOlympicOlympic Gold Medal - 1992 & 1998
• Frank Stack
• Jeremy Wotherspoon

Swimming - Diving

• Marilyn Bell, first person to swim Lake Ontario
• Sylvie Bernier, Canada's first gold medal in Olympic diving
• Mark Tewksbury, Olympic Gold Medal

Synchronized swimming

• Caroline Waldo
• Sylvie Frechette

Track and field

• Donovan Bailey, (born 1967), sprinter, former 100m world record holder
• Ben Johnson, (born 1961), sprinter, disqualified from Olympic gold medal for doping
• Percy Williams, (1908-1982), sprinter

Triathlon

• Simon Whitfield - Olympic triathelete

Weightlifting

• Louis Cyr - weightlifter
• The Great Antonio - strongman and wrestler

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