More Information About List of Canadian sports personalities
See also: Canada's Athletes of the 20th Century
- Jean-Luc Brassard, freestyle ski - moguls, Olympic Gold Medal - 1994
- The Crazy Canucks, a group of downhill racers who were extraordinarily successful in the late 1970s and early 1980s:
- Nancy Greene, alpine skiing - downhill, Olympic Gold Medal - 1968
- Ann Heggtveit, world and 1960 Winter Olympics ski champion
- Kerrin Lee-Gartner, alpine skiing - downhill, Olympic Gold Medal - 1992
- Kathy Kreiner, alpine skiing - giant slalom,Olympic Gold Medal - 1976
- Gerry Sorensen, alpine skiing - downhill, World Champion - 1982
- Melanie Turgeon, alpine skiing - downhill, World Champion - 1993
- Lucille Wheeler, alpine world ski champion
- Patrick Carpentier
- Ron Fellows, 24 Hours of Le Mans GTS class winner
- Scott Goodyear
- Greg Moore, (1975-1999)
- Paul Tracy CART Champion 2003
- Gilles Villeneuve, (1950-1982)
- Jacques Villeneuve, (born 1971), son of Gilles, Formula 1 World Champion 1997, Indy 500 Winner 1995, CART Champion 1995
- Dennis Grant, SCCA ProSolo Street Modified Champion & Honda Street Champion 2002
- Joe Cheng, SCCA Solo2 A Modified National Champion 1997
- Gary Milligan, SCCA Solo2 A Modified National Champion 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002
Current players
Current NBA Players
Retired
- Tommy Burns, (1881-1955), World Heavyweight boxing Champion
- Sam Langford
- George Chuvalo
- Yvon Durelle
- Willie DeWitt
- Arturo Gatti, former WBC world Super Lightweight champion.
- Otis Grant, Current WBC Super Middleweight international champion.
- Lennox Lewis, grew up in Canada, and competed for Canada in the Olympics in 1988, winning a gold medal.
- Eric Lucas, Former WBC world champion (1999-2001) Supermiddleweight.
- Steve Molitor, Current IBF Super Bantamweight champion, he has a record of 25-0 (10)
- Shane Sutcliffe, former Canadian Heavyweight champion, defeated former world champion "Neon" Leon Spinks by 8 round decision in 1994.
- Ted Atkinson, Hall of Fame jockey
- Russell Baze (born 1958), Hall of Fame jockey. Currently #2 winningest jockey in history.
- Big Ben, world show-jumping champion
- Billyjojimbob - distinguished aged pacer; winner of the Elitlopp
- John Campbell - harness racing driver
- Dance Smartly - Canadian Triple Crown, Breeders' Cup champion
- Jim Day - Olympic equestrian Gold medalist, champion thoroughbred trainer
- Stewart Elliott - thoroughbred racing jockey
- Hervé Filion - harness racing driver
- Sandy Hawley Hall of Fame thoroughbred jockey
- John Hayes (1917-1998), harness racing driver
- Johnny Longden (1907-2003), Hall of Fame jockey
- Nijinsky II, last English Triple Crown winner
- Northern Dancer - Canada's most successful and beloved race horse
- Red Pollard (1909-1981), Seabiscuit's jockey
- Strike Out - harness racing champion
- Ron Turcotte (born 1941), Hall of Fame jockey of Secretariat
- George Woolf (1910-1946), Hall of Fame jockey
- Ian Millar (born 1974), owner and rider of Big Ben
- Syl Apps
- Jean Beliveau
- Todd Bertuzzi
- Mike Bossy
- Jennifer Botterill
- Ray Bourque (born 1960), 5 time winner of the James Norris Memorial Trophy
- Martin Brodeur, more NHL wins than any other goaltender
- Cassie Campbell
- Don Cherry
- Sidney Crosby
- 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 in NHL history to score 50 goals in a season
- Danielle Goyette
- Wayne Gretzky (born 1961), "The Great One", holds most NHL scoring records
- George Hainsworth
- Glenn Hall
- Doug Harvey, 7-time winner of the James Norris Memorial Trophy
- Dany Heatley
- Jayna Hefford
- Paul Henderson - scored winning goal in 1972 Canada/USSR match
- Foster Hewitt (1902-1985), play-by-play announcer
- Tim Horton
- Bronco Horvath
- Gordie Howe (born 1928), held most NHL scoring records before Gretzky
- Bobby Hull (born 1939), The "Golden Jet" first player in the NHL to ever score more than 50 goals in a season.
- Brett Hull (born 1964), star for several teams, son of Bobby
- Jarome Iginla
- Dave Keon
- Red Kelly
- Ted Kennedy
- Guy Lafleur
- Mario Lemieux (born 1965), player/owner Pittsburgh Penguins
- Eric Lindros
- Roberto Luongo
- Ron MacLean
- Frank Mahovlich
- Mark Messier (born 1961), starred alongside Gretzky during Edmonton Oilers dynasty
- Jay McClement
- Stan Mikita
- Howie Morenz, voted top athlete of the 1st half of the 20th century
- Bill Mosienko
- Rick Nash
- Rob Niedermayer
- Scott Niedermayer
- Bobby Orr (born 1948), considered by many to be the best ever, revolutionized the role of a defenseman becoming the first to win the scoring title (twice).
- Caroline Ouellette
- Bernie Parent
- Cherie Piper
- Jacques Plante (1929-1986), pioneered active defensive play and use of face masks by goalies
- Denis Potvin
- Manon Rhéaume (born 1972), first woman to play in a men's professional game
- Maurice Richard (1921-2000), "The Rocket," first player to score 50 goals in a season
- Brad Richards (2003-2004), won the Stanley Cup as well as the Lady Byng trophy
- Larry Robinson, Hall of Fame defenseman
- Patrick Roy (born 1965), all-time NHL leader in goalie wins and games played
- Kim Saint-Pierre
- Joe Sakic (born 1969)
- Derek Sanderson
- Serge Savard
- Terry Sawchuk
- Eddie Shore
- Sami Jo Small
- Vicky Sunohara
- Cyclone Taylor, Frederick Taylor
- Hayley Wickenheiser
- Steve Yzerman, (born 1965)
See also: List of retired NHL players, List of current NHL players
Multiple sports
Professional rodeo
- Earl W. Bascom, designer of hornless bronc saddle (1922) and bareback rigging (1924)
- Five Minutes to Midnight, next to Midnight in world fame
- Pete Knight
- Ray Knight, Canada's first rodeo producer, 1902
- Herman Linder
- Hughie Long
- Deloss Lund
- Midnight, the most famous bucking horse in the world
- Tom Three Persons
- Guy Weadick
- Donovan Bailey, (born 1967), sprinter, former 100m world record holder
- Étienne Desmarteau, weight thrower, Olympic champion
- Perdita Felicien (born 1980), 2003 world champion in 100m hurdles
- Harry Jerome, sprinter
- Ben Johnson, (born 1961), sprinter, disqualified from Olympic gold medal for doping
- Bobby Kerr, Olympic champion in 1908
- George Orton, first Canadian to become Olympic champion
- Percy Williams, (1908-1982), Olympic champion sprinter
- Pierre Browne, born 1980 100m Olympic sprinter
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