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About these Awards
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.
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2023 Recipients
Alberta
Amanda Trenchard
Special Olympics Canada
Soccer, Women's 7-a-side
Bart Schouten, ChPC
Speed Skating Canada
Team Canada (Hayden Mayeur, Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu, Connor Howe); Ivanie Blondin; Ted-Jan Bloemen
Ben Wilkinson
Alpine Canada Alpin
Marilelle Thompson, Reece Howden
Dana Ferguson
Curling Canada
Collinda Joseph
Dave Johnson
Swimming Canada
Ingrid Wilm
Jane Kolodnicki
Athletics Canada
Noah Vucsics
John Kucera
Alpine Canada Alpin
James Crawford
Laurent Praz
Alpine Canada Alpin
Team Canada (Valérie Grenier, Jefferey Read, Britt Richardson, Erik Read)
Marie Powell
Special Olympics Canada
Regan Hofley, Jennifer Riddell
Michael Lizmore, ChPC
Curling Canada
Mark Ideson
Mike Blondal, ChPC
Swimming Canada
Rebecca Smith
Nicole Ban
Volleyball Canada
Team Canada
Patricia Enns
Special Olympics Canada
Caroline Thibault, Shannon Doiron, Colleen Voth, Rachel Peers
Philippe Abbott, ChPC
Cycling Canada
Mel Pemble
Quin Sekulich
Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton
Mirela Rahneva
Remmelt Eldering, ChPC
Speed Skating Canada
Team Canada (Valérie Maltais, Ivanie Blondin, Isabelle Weidemann)
Ron Thompson
Athletics Canada
Marco Arop
Tanya Dubnicoff, ChPC
Cycling Canada
Kate O'Brien
Toben Sutherland
Canadian Freestyle Ski Association
Megan Oldham
British Columbia
David Wilkinson
Special Olympics Canada
Laura Stremble, Kyle Vogelgesang, Wayne Gowanlock, Jennifer Adams
David McKay
Wrestling Canada Lutte
Karla Godinez Gonzalez
Dylan Armstrong
Athletics Canada
Ethan Katzberg
Geoffrey Harris
Athletics Canada
Zachary Gingras, Austin Smeenk
Haley Bennett
Swimming Canada
Nicholas Bennett
Heather Hennigar, ChPC
Athletics Canada
Nathan Riech
Jennifer Fyfe
Special Olympics Canada
Rebecca Birrs, Patricia Colgan, Jodi Klukas, Kimana Mar
John Stuart
Softball Canada
Men's National Team
Katie Spittlehouse, ChPC
Alpine Canada Alpin
Frédérique Turegeon
Laura Brown, ChPC
Cycling Canada
Dylan Bibic
Marc McDonell
Canadian Freestyle Ski Association
Brendan Mackay
Mohamad Saatara
Athletics Canada
Camryn Rogers
Nicholas Cooper
Alpine Canada Alpin
Team Canada (Valérie Grenier, Jefferey Read, Britt Richardson, Erik Read)
Peter De Marchi
Special Olympics Canada
Jessica Larivée, Louis Charette, Jolyn Watts, Jesse Thibeault
Richard Wooles, ChPC
Cycling Canada
Dylan Bibic
Stephen McBride, ChPC
Sail Canada
John McRoberts and Scott Lutes
Steve Omischl
Canadian Freestyle Ski Association
Mikael Kingsbury
Trennon Paynter
Canadian Freestyle Ski Association
Rachael Karker
William Marshall
Alpine Canada Alpin
Alexis Guimond
Yolande Jones-Grande
Athletics Canada
Bianca Borgella
Manitoba
Jacqueline Mazur
Special Olympics Canada
Reetu Chahal, Josée Seguin, Marley Gayler
Reid Carruthers
Curling Canada
Kerri Einarson
Steven Dreger
Special Olympics Canada
Soccer, Women's 7-a-side
New Brunswick
Ryan Allen
Swimming Canada
Danielle Dorris
Newfoundland and Labrador
Jeff Butt
Special Olympics Canada
Daniel Moores, Aaron Higgins, Ryan Kealey, Phil Brown, David Nicholson
Rosemary Ryan
Special Olympics Canada
Michael Budden, Samantha Walsh, Christian Gerro, Jeremy Wall
Nova Scotia
David Kikuchi
Gymnastics Canada Gymnastique
Ellie Black
Doug Branscombe
Special Olympics Canada
Basketball, Men's 5v5
Ontario
Andrzej Sadej, ChPC
Judo Canada
Priscilla Gagne
Caleb Flaxey
Curling Canada
Brad Gushue
Carol Lane
Skate Canada
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier
Carol Love, ChPC
Rowing Canada Aviron
Team Canada
Chris Powers
Alpine Canada Alpin
Cameron Alexander
Evan Krofchick
Special Olympics Canada
Jesse Canney, Miori Hénault, Chris Innes
Glenn Cundari
Special Olympics Canada
Taylor Carter, Derrick Wiseman, Melvin Hanhams, Krista Stockman, Allie Price, Natasha Stasiuk, Erin Thom
Glynn Leyshon
Athletics Canada
Damian Warner
Gregory Portnoy
Athletics Canada
Pierce Lepage
James Richardson
Special Olympics Canada
Basketball, Men's 5v5
Jon Lane
Skate Canada
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier
Juris Razgulajevs
Skate Canada
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier
Ken Hall, ChPC
Athletics Canada
Renee Foessel
Patrick Paradis
Swimming Canada
Sabrina Duchesne
Renée Stewart
Special Olympics Canada
Alec Baldwin, Patti Connors
Richard Parkinson, ChPC
Athletics Canada
Sarah Mitton
Bob Westman
Athletics Canada
Marissa Papacontantinou
Ryan Mallette
Swimming Canada
Javier Acevedo, Finlay Knox
Sandy Boville
Canadian Freestyle Ski Association
Megan Oldham
Québec
André Tourigny
Hockey Canada
Team Canada
Antoine Valois-Fortier
Judo Canada
Kyle Reyes, Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard, Christa Deguchi
Brian Smith
Canada Snowboard
Elizabeth Hosking
César Nicolaï, ChPC
Canadian Cerebral Palsy Sports Association
Iulian Ciobanu & Alison Levine
Dany Racine
Athletics Canada
Guillaume Ouellet
David Zilberman, ChPC
Wrestling Canada Lutte
Linda Morais
Eric Van Den Eynde, ChPC
Cycling Canada
Shelley Gautier
Greg Arkhurst
Swimming Canada
Mary-Sophie Harvey, Katerine Savard
Gregor Jelonek, ChPC
Speed Skating Canada
Team Canada (Christopher Fiola, Laurent Dubreuil, Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu); Team Canada (Brooklyn McDougall, Carolina Hiller, Ivanie Blondin); Laurent Dubreuil
Hui Tong
Diving Canada
Pamela Ware
Janusz Pawlowski
Judo Canada
Jessica Klimkait
Jean-Michel Lavallière
Swimming Canada
Tess Routliffe
Jeff Ain, ChPC
Cycling Canada
Mike Sametz
Marc-André Pelletier
Swimming Canada
Aurélie Rivard, Abi Tripp, Nicolas-Guy Turbide
Marilyn Langlois, ChPC
Skate Canada
Les Supremes
Michel Hamelin, ChPC
Canadian Freestyle Ski Association
Mikael Kingsbury
Pascal Denis
Skate Canada
Les Supremes
Patrik Gaudet
Canada Snowboard
Arnaud Gaudet
Pierre Caron
Alpine Canada Alpin
Laurence St-Germain
Sebastien Travers
Cycling Canada
Kate O'Brien
Sébastien Cros, ChPC
Speed Skating Canada
Steven Dubois; Pascal Dion; Courtney Sarault; Kim Boutin; Team Canada (Kim Boutin, Claudia Gagnon, Courtney Sarault, Renée Steenge, Rikki Doak)
Serge Gagnon
Special Olympics Canada
Marc Richardson, Ian Cushon, Stephen Denham, David Whittington
Stéphane Lapointe
Diving Canada
Molly Carlson and Jessica Macaulay
Yihua Li, ChPC
Diving Canada
Caeli McKay
Saskatchewan
Ben Lozinsky
Special Olympics Canada
Basketball, Women's 5v5
Jackie Powell, ChPC
Special Olympics Canada
Chelsey Makaro, Tyler Servant, Abby Wilson, Kelsey Wyse
Megan Penno
Special Olympics Canada
Basketball, Women's 5v5
Ryan Jones, ChPC
Swimming Canada
Shelby Newkirk