Order of Sport
@orderofsport
Canada’s highest sporting honour, awarded annually by @sportshall to a class of Athletes + Builders who are champions of their sport and for their community.
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Lori Fung was the first-ever Olympic gold medallist for the sport of rhythmic gymnastics!
Her obsession with the sport as a child manifested in one magical moment at its Olympic debut at Los Angeles 1984.
This is her story 👇
#HoFWeekly #AsianHeritageMonth
Cindy Klassen is one of Canada's greatest ever speed skaters, and one of the most decorated Olympians to ever wear the 🍁.
She amassed a total of 115 international medals in her career, was World Champion 9 times, and broke 7 international records.
#HoFWeekly
#onthisday in 1950, the Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup!
The team featured Order of Sport recipients Gordie Howe (Class of 1975), 'Red' Kelly (1975), & Ted Lindsay (2002).
It was the first win for all 3 Hall of Famers, who would go on to win 3 more Cups in the next 5 years.
This is the story of one of the most unlikely Olympic Gold medal wins in Canadian history! 👇
#HoFWeekly
25 yrs ago #OnThisDay , Wayne Gretzky played his final NHL game!
The Great One capped off his legendary career uncontested at the top of nearly every all-time NHL scoring statistic.
Wayne Gretzky was awarded the Order of Sport & inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2000.
Edward Lennie was a respected Elder who dedicated his life to preserving traditional Arctic sports.
He successfully lobbied for traditional games to be included in the first #ArcticWinterGames in 1970, creating a groundbreaking new showcase for Arctic sports in 🇨🇦.
#HoFWeekly
Coach Tim Frick made remarkable contributions to 🇨🇦 sport, including leading Women's Wheelchair Basketball Canada to 3 straight Paralympic gold medals & 4 straight World Championship titles.
He also coached fellow Order of Sport recipients Terry Fox, Rick Hansen, & Danielle Peers!
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After Warren Moon's prolific college football career, he should have expected interest from multiple NFL teams.
However, he went undrafted due to the league's reluctance to accept Black players as quarterbacks.
So, he took his talents to the Edmonton Elks of the CFL. /1
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Sam Langford is considered by some to be one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in history & one of the best boxers never to be world champ.
To commemorate Black History Month, we will be exploring the remarkable stories of Black Hall of Famers every week. /1
#HoFWeekly
Some athletes are so remarkable that their accomplishments transcend mere sporting achievement.
Rick Hansen on his Man in Motion tour raised over $26m for spinal cord injury research, wheeled over 40,000 km through 34 countries, & challenged stereotypes. /1
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Although Cassie Campbell-Pascall was a star for Team Canada for some 12 years, it was her performance off ice as much as on that made her such an important part of women's ice hockey during its formative years, and still to this day. 🏒
A thread of her achievements⬇️
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The fastest Canadian doesn't run on a track-she flies on skates.
Over an eight-year span, Catriona Le May Doan was a key part of a Canadian revival in international speed skating.
This is the story of her dominant run at the top of the speed skating world.
#HoFWeekly
