Won gold representing Team Quebec at the 2009 Canada Summer Games.
In 2014, she reached the finals at Wimbledon and the semi-finals of the Australian and French Opens.
Received the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as Canada's female athlete of the year in 2013 and 2014.
Represented Canada at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Angela Chalmers – Athletics
Represented Team Manitoba in athletics at 1981 Canada Summer Games, winning silver in the 800m and 1500m events.
Won silver in the 3000m event at the 1987 Pan Am Games, gold in the 1500m and 3000m events at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.
Won bronze in the 3000m event at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Was the recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award in 1995 (now the Indspire Awards).
Andre De Grasse – Athletics
Represented Team Ontario in 2013 Canada Summer Games.
Won gold at the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games (100m, 200m) and gold at the 2017 World Relay Championships.
Won silver and bronze at Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Recently graduated from the University of Southern California, fulfilling a promise to his mother.
Alexandre Dupont – Athletics
Represented Team Quebec in 2005 and 2009 Canada Summer Games.
Won bronze at 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow (1500m).
Won 3 gold medals at the Toronto 2015 Parapan Am Games.
Took home a bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in the 4x400m event.
Russell Martin – Baseball
Competed for Team Quebec at the 2001 Canada Summer Games.
4x Major League Baseball All-Star.
Won both the Gold Glove and Silver Slugger Awards in 2007.
Named the recipient of the Tip O’Neill Award for best Canadian player in 2007.
Diana Matheson - Soccer
Won gold with Team Ontario in 2001 Canada Summer Games.
Is both a National Championship winner (2002) and The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) champion (2010).
Has 2 Olympic bronze medals (London 2012, Rio 2016).
Is a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal recipient (2012) and one of many celebrity attendees of LIMITLESS: Special Olympics Canada Gala.
Meghan Montgomery – Rowing
Competed for Team Manitoba at the 2001 Canada Summer Games.
Is a 6-time World Championship team member winning 5 medals from 2006-2016.
Was a member of the bronze medal team in mixed coxed 4 (rowing) at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
A prominent member of the Canadian Paralympic Committee’s Athlete Council since 2009.
Steve Nash – Basketball
Won bronze representing Team British Columbia at the 1993 Canada Summer Games.
Most successful Canadian basketball athlete in the National Basketball League.
Created the Steve Nash Foundation, which helps children around the world receive critical needs in personal development, education, health and overall happiness.
Annie Pelletier – Diving
Competed for Team Quebec at the 1989 Canada Summer Games, winning gold in 3m diving.
Won 7 National diving titles.
Won a bronze medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games in 3m diving.
Annie is also a dedicated spokesperson for the Special Olympics.
Katarina Roxon – Swimming
Represented Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2005 Canada Summer Games.
Competed in 3 Paralympic Games and won gold at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Has won 10 Parapan American medals from 2007 and 2015.
Named one of the Most Influential Women by the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity.
Adam Van Koeverden - Rowing
Competed for Team Ontario in 1997 Canada Summer Games.
Won gold at Athens 2004 Olympics in K-1 500m, bronze in K-1 1000m.
Won silver at Beijing 2008 in K-1 500m and London 2012 in K-1 1000m.
Currently serves as the vice-chair of the Canadian Olympic Committee’s Athletes’ Commission and an athlete ambassador for Right to Play.
