Canadian Ski Museum / Le Musée canadien du ski
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Fontaine, Gartner, Pettersen, Podivinsky and Wisniewska to be inducted into Canadian SKI Hall of Fame
OTTAWA, ON (March 28th, 2007) – Please be advised that the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame will induct five new inductees on Thursday April 19th 2007. The evening event will include a dinner, awards ceremony and exhibits that pay tribute to the past, present and future of skiing in Canada. This year’s inductees will celebrate alongside past inductees, many notable skiers and ski industry representatives. Tickets are now available to the public.
WHO:
Nicolas Fontaine: Freestyle competitor;
a 4-time Olympian and 4-time World Cup Overall Aerialist winner, in 2000 he became the first
competitor ever to complete two quadruple somersaults.
Max
Gartner: Alpine
Canada Alpin’s (ACA) Chief Athletic Officer and Director of Own the Podium 2010
projects
has been an Alpine coach for over 20 years; Gartner’s successes include 1992
Olympic Gold Medal Kerrin Lee-Gartner, and World Cup Champions Thomas Grandi,
Edi Podivinsky and Cary Mullen.
Bjorger
Pettersen: Cross country coach
& official; coach of the TEST program whose graduates include the
Olympian twins Sharon and Shirley Firth, highly regarded Canadian delegate to
the FIS for 27 years, a coach, jury member, Chief of Competition & Technical
Delegate or assistant Technical Delegate at 7 Olympic Winter Games.
Edi
Podivinsky: Alpine competitor;
first Canadian to win a medal (gold) at the world junior alpine championships.
Bronze medallist at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics and six World Cup
titles.
Karolina
Wisniewska: Alpine disabled
competitor and builder; held the World Cup title for the 2002/03 season,
at Salt Lake City in 2002 she earned the distinction of becoming
the first Canadian alpine skiing athlete in either the Paralympic or Olympic
Winter Games to win 4-medals.
WHAT: Canadian Ski Hall of Fame Dinner and
Induction Ceremony
WHEN: Thursday April 19th 2007 Doors open at 6pm, Dinner at 7pm, Induction Ceremony at 8:00pm, Auctions and Prizes to follow
WHERE: Château Cartier - Chaudiere Ballroom (Gatineau, Quebec)
ABOUT CANADIAN SKI MUSEUM:
The Museum was founded by a group of dedicated skiers with a passion for preserving Canada’s skiing artifacts, photographs, stories and heritage. The Museum has Canada’s premier collection of skiing and snowboarding artifacts, memorabilia, photographs and research materials. The Canadian Ski Museum is a professional, not-for-profit corporation of national stature and presence whose mission is to: Promote an understanding, appreciation and celebration of Canada’s snow skiing/boarding traditions and accomplishments, and their significance to Canadian life and identity.
For more information on Canadian Ski Museum and Canadian Ski Hall of Fame, please visit the web site at www.skimuseum.ca
“Today’s Victories are Tomorrow’s History”
- CSM/MCS -
INFORMATION:
Carly Thomas,
Curator/Director
The Canadian Ski Museum / Le Musée canadien du ski
1960
Scott Street (In the 'Trailhead' bldg) - Exhibit & Office: Suite 301 -
Ottawa, ON K1Z 8L8
Phone: (613)722-3584 • Fax:(613)722-2914 www.skimuseum.ca • skimuseum@magma.ca
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