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Three 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµians strike gold at Vancouver Olympics

Published: 26 February 2010

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(PHOTO: Kim St-Pierre (far left), displays her Olympic gold medal along with fellow 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµians Catherine Ward, Peter Smith and Charline Labonte).

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MONTREAL - When the Canadian Olympic women's hockey team captured gold at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Thursday, three athletes from 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ received medals, bringing the institution's total to four for the current Games.

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Charline ³¢²¹²ú´Ç²Ô³Ùé, a current physical education major from Boisbriand, Que., achieved the pinnacle along with graduates Catherine Ward (BCom'09) from Town of Montreal and Kim St-Pierre (BEd'05) of Chateauguay, Que. The Canadian women's team received their medals (and a Quebec-style two-cheek kiss) from Richard Pound, the former 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ swimmer, Olympian and chancellor, who is a member of the International Olympic Committee.

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Both ³¢²¹²ú´Ç²Ô³Ùé and Jennifer Heil, a native of Spruce Grove, Alta., who won silver in freestyle skiing on opening day, are on a leave of absence from their studies.

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Also part of the winning squad was 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ Martlets head coach Peter Smith of Lachine, Que., who was serving as an assistant coach. The IOC does not award medals to members of the coaching staff.

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Over the past century, 111 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ students or grads have gone on to Olympic glory and they have won a combined total of 28 Olympic medals, including eight golds, nine silver and 11 bronze.

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SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman

Communications Officer

91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ Athletics & Recreation

514-398-7012 (tel.)

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