These prestigious awards recognize coaches whose athletes have excelled at world championships, Olympic and Paralympic Games, and at the Special Olympics World Games. The Coaching Association of Canada and Petro-Canada honour these recipients before their peers at the annual Petro-Canada Sport Leadership Awards Gala.
Qualifying period: Competitions between September 1, 2020, and September 6, 2021.
Recipients of the Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Award are some of Canada’s most outstanding national team coaches. These coaches have dedicated their time and efforts to ensuring that athletes reach their potential on the international stage.
The CAC and Petro-Canada are pleased to recognize the contributions of the 2020 recipients.
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| Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Awards: 2020 Recipients | ||
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| British Columbia | ||
| Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
| Curt DeWolff | Gymnastics Canada | Samantha Smith |
| Gerry Dragomir, ChPC | Athletics Canada | Evan Dunfee |
| Heather Hennigar, ChPC | Athletics Canada | Nathan Riech |
| John Wetzstein, ChPC | Rowing Canada | Jeremy Hall, Kyle Fredrickson, Andrew Todd |
| Richard Wooles, ChPC | Cycling Canada | Ross Wilson |
| Alberta | ||
| Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
| Remmelt Eldering | Speed Skating Canada | Ivanie Blondin, Isabelle Weidemann, Valérie Maltais |
| Todd McClements, ChPC | Speed Skating Canada | Ted-Jan Bloeman, Graeme Fish, Jordan Belchos, Tyson Langelaar |
| Bart Schouten, ChPC | Speed Skating Canada | Ted-Jan Bloeman, Graeme Fish, Jordan Belchos, Tyson Langelaar |
| Saskatchewan | ||
| Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
| Wayne Kiel, ChPC | Curling Canada | Team Canada |
| Éric Kramer, ChPC | Swimming Canada | Shelby Newkirk |
| Ontario | ||
| Coach | National Sports Organization | Athlete/Team |
| Glenn Clark | Lacrosse Canada | Team Canada |
| Ken Hall, ChPC | Athletics Canada | Renee Foessel |
| David Ross, ChPC | Gymnastics Canada | Rosie MacLennan, Rachel Tam |
| Québec | ||
| Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
| Gregor Jelonek, ChPC | Speed Skating Canada | Laurent Dubreuil, Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu |
| Karina Kosko, ChPC | Gymnastics Canada | Sarah Milette, Sophiane Méthot |
| Marc-André Pelletier, ChPC | Swimming Canada | Nicolas-Guy Turbide |
| Nicholas Perron, ChPC | Swimming Canada | Alexander Elliot |
| Guillaume Plourde, ChPC | Cycling Canada | Tristen Chernove |
| Mike Thompson, ChPC | Swimming Canada | Aurélie Rivard, Tess Routliffe, James Leroux |
| Sébastien Travers, ChPC | Cycling Canada | Tristen Chernove, Kate O’Brien |
| Daniel Trépanier, ChPC | Boxing Canada | Tammara Thibeault |
| David Zilberman | Wrestling Canada Lutte | Linda Morais |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | ||
| Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
| Leonard Roxon | Swimming Canada | Katarina Roxon |