- Lou Marsh
Lewis Edwin "Lou" Marsh was a Canadian athlete and referee, and one of the pioneers of sports journalism in Canada, working at the "Toronto Star" for 43 years. Marsh was born in Campbellford, Ontario and lived there until the age of nine, when he moved with his family to Toronto. At 14, in the first year after the launch of the "Toronto Star", Marsh walked into the newspaper's office responding to a want ad and was hired as a copyboy. - Norris Bowden
Robert Norris Bowden was a Canadian figure skater. Born in Toronto, Bowden won championships in every division of Canadian figure skating. He was national men's champion as a junior and senior (1947), national pairs (junior and senior), dance (1952), waltz, and 10-step champion with Frances Dafoe, and national fours champion. Bowden and Dafoe captured four Canadian titles (1952, 1953, 1954, 1955) and two world championships (1954, 1955). - Eric Young
Jeremy Fritz (born December 15, 1979) is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Showtime" Eric Young. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. - Petey Williams
Peter "Petey" Williams (born August 26, 1981) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is currently working in the United States for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a competitor in the X Division, and the former captain of Team Canada. He is referred to by the nickname "The Canadian Destroyer", a reference to his flip piledriver finisher of the same name. - Scott D'Amore
Scott Francis D'Amore (born August 8, 1974 in Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian professional wrestler, manager, promoter, booker and entrepreneur. He formerly managed Team Canada in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He was also the former head of the creative team. He also owns and books Border City Wrestling and Prime Time Wrestling. - Gail Kim
Gail Kim (born February 20, 1976) is a Korean Canadian professional wrestler, valet, and actress. She is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. - Lionel Conacher
Lionel Pretoria Conacher (May 24, 1900 - May 26, 1954), nicknamed The Big Train, was Canada's top all-around athlete in the 1920s, excelling in Canadian football, ice hockey, lacrosse, baseball, boxing and wrestling. He later became a politician and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and the Canadian House of Commons. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Conacher played for the Toronto Argonauts, and was part of the 1921 Grey Cup winning team. - Adam Copeland
Adam Joseph Copeland (born October 30 1973), is a Canadian professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment, under the ring name Edge, wrestling on its "SmackDown!" brand Copeland initially rose through the ranks as one half of the tag team Edge and Christian, alongside his real-life best friend and storyline brother Christian. He is noted for being one of the most decorated tag team champions in wrestling history, … - Bobby Roode
Robert "Bobby" Roode (born in 1977) is a Canadian professional wrestler, currently wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and on the independent circuit. - Ben Johnson
Benjamin Sinclair "Ben" Johnson CM (born December 30, 1961) is a former Canadian sprinter who enjoyed a high-profile career during most of the 1980s, winning two Olympic Bronze medals, and an Olympic Gold which was subsequently rescinded. He set consecutive 100 m world records at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics and the 1988 Summer Olympics, but he was disqualified for doping, losing the Olympic title and both records. - Emanuel Sandhu
Emanuel Sandhu (born November 18, 1980) is a Canadian figure skater. He is a three-time Canadian national champion and the 2004 Grand Prix champion. - Jeffrey Buttle
A student in U of T's Chemical Engineering program, Jeffrey Buttle is the 2008 World Champion in figure skating. He also holds the titles of 2005-2007 Canadian Men's Champion, 2005 World Silver Medalist, 2002 and 2004 Four Continents Champion, and 2006 Olympic Bronze Medalist. Admired in the skating world for his complex choreography, he excels at inventive spins and challenging footwork. Buttle is currently preparing for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. - Brett Hull
Brett Andrew Hull (born August 9, 1964 in Belleville, Ontario) is a former NHL player, the son of legendary player Bobby Hull and nephew of Dennis Hull. Though in the earliest years of his career few saw him as a potential star, the colorful and often outspoken Hull announced his retirement on October 15, 2005 with 741 career goals, placing him third on the all-time list. He played for the Calgary Flames, St. Louis Blues, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings and Phoenix Coyotes. - Donald Jackson
Donald George Jackson, C.M. (born April 2, 1940 in Oshawa, Ontario) is a Canadian figure skater. He captured four Canadian titles and a bronze medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics. In 1962, en route to winning gold at the World Figure Skating Championships, he both attempted and landed the first triple lutz in international competition. Jackson is currently a coach at the Minto Skating Club in Ottawa, Ontario In 1997, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. - Elvis Stojko
Elvis Stojko M.S.C., M.S.M. (born March 22, 1972 in Newmarket, Ontario) is a Canadian figure skating world champion. - Phil Esposito
Philip Anthony "Espo" Esposito, OC (born February 20, 1942 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) is a retired professional hockey center who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers. He is an Honoured Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and is considered to be one of the best to have ever played in the National Hockey League. Esposito is also the older brother of Tony Esposito. - Frances Dafoe
Frances Dafoe, C.M., O.Ont. (born January 17, 1929 in Toronto, Ontario) was a Canadian figure skater. She competed in pairs with Norris Bowden. The couple captured four Canadian titles and two World Figure Skating Championships, and won the silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics. In 1991, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada. - Barbara Ann Scott
Barbara Ann Scott (born May 9, 1928 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a world and Olympic champion figure skater. Scott began skating at a very young age and was only eleven years old when she won her first Canadian national junior title. Two years later, in 1942, the thirteen-year-old became the first female to ever land a double lutz in competition. From 1945 to 1948, she won the North American Figure Skating Championships. - Toller Cranston
Toller Cranston, CM (born April 20 1949) is a Canadian figure skater and artist. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1949 and grew up in Kirkland Lake. Cranston is credited by many with bringing a new level of artistry to men's figure skating. He was the Canadian national figure skating champion from 1971 to 1976. Although he never won a world level competition, he scored the highest marks in the free skate at four world championships. - Lance Storm
Lance Timothy Evers (born April 3 1969), known professionally by his ring name Lance Storm, is a semi-retired Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known in the western world for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment, Extreme Championship Wrestling, and World Championship Wrestling. He runs a pro wrestling school Storm Wrestling Academy in Calgary, Alberta, and occasionally works in the independent circuit. - Paul Martini
Paul Martini (born on November 2, 1960 in Weston, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian pairs figure skater. With partner Barbara Underhill, he was a five-time Canadian national champion (1979-1983) and won Gold at the 1984 [[World Figure Skating Championships] - Brian Orser
Brian Orser OC (born on December 18, 1961 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian figure skater and one of the most accomplished skaters in his country's history, with eight national titles, two Olympic medals, and a world title to his credit. He currently coaches Kim Yu-Na. - Barbara Underhill
Barbara Ann Underhill (born on June 24, 1963 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian pairs figure skater. With partner Paul Martini, she was a five-time Canadian national champion (1979-1983) and won Gold at the 1984 World Figure Skating Championships. - Otto Jelinek
Otto John Jelinek, PC (born Prague, Czechoslovakia, May 20, 1940-) is a businessman and former figure skater and Canadian Politician. Jelinek's family fled to Canada from Czechoslovakia in 1948 at the beginning of the Cold War. He and his sister, Maria, became figure skaters and achieved prominence in 1962 when they won the gold medal at the World Figure Skating Championships that was held that year in Jelinek's birthplace of Prague. The pair had been warned not to return, … - Tommy Burns
Tommy Burns (June 17, 1881 - May 10, 1955), born Noah Brusso, was a Canadian world heavyweight champion boxer. Born in Chesley, Ontario, Brusso grew up in Hanover, Ontario and was a lacrosse player in Galt. From an impoverished family of thirteen children, he travelled to Detroit, Michigan where he began his prizefighting career in 1900. In June 1903, he was discovered playing lacrosse under an assumed name for a Detroit team that was playing in Chatham, … - Lloyd Eisler
Lloyd Edgar Eisler (born on April 28, 1963 in Seaforth, Ontario) is a Canadian pair skater. With partner Isabelle Brasseur, he is the 1992 and 1994 Olympic bronze medalist and the 1993 World Champion. - Ferguson Jenkins
Ferguson Arthur "Fergie" Jenkins CM (born December 13 1943 in Chatham, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He spent most of his career with the Chicago Cubs, and also played with the Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers, and Boston Red Sox. - Kevin Sullivan
Kevin Sullivan (born March 20, 1974 in Brantford, Ontario) is a world class middle distance runner. Sullivan competes in 1000 metre, 1500 metre, and mile events and represents Canada. His personal best times are 3:31.71 for the 1500 (set in June 2000) and 3:50.36 for the mile. He is the Canadian record-holder at both distances as well as the indoor 3000 m, 7:40.17 (set February 9 2007). His best Olympic showing is a fifth-place finish at Sydney. - Angel Williams
Angel Williams (born September 13, 1981) is a Canadian professional wrestler and valet. - Lennox Lewis
Lennox Claudius Lewis CBE (born September 2 1965 in West Ham, London, England) is a retired professional boxer who represented Canada in the Olympics and fought under the British flag as a professional. He is a former undisputed lineal heavyweight champion. Along with Muhammad Ali and Evander Holyfield, Lewis is one of three boxers in heavyweight history to have won the Heavyweight Championship on three separate occasions. - Valérie Marcoux
Valérie Marcoux is a Canadian figure skater. She and her partner Craig Buntin have won three Canadian National titles in pairs. Prior to teaming up with Buntin in 2002, she skated with Bruno Marcotte. Marcoux announced her retirement from competitive figure skating on April 24, 2007. - Steve Dietrich
Steve "Chugger" Dietrich (b. February 18, 1970 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a goaltender for the Buffalo Bandits in the National Lacrosse League. He was acquired in a trade with the Rochester Knighthawks in 2001, and has also played with the Detroit Turbos and the Baltimore Thunder. Dietrich has led the Bandits to the NLL Championship game twice, in 2003 and 2006, and also won the Championship with the Knighthawks in 1997, when he was named Championship game MVP. - Shae-Lynn Bourne
Shae-Lynn Bourne (born January 24 1976 in Chatham, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian ice dancer. She and partner Victor Kraatz became the first North American ice dancing world champions in 2003. Bourne began skating at age seven. She first competed in pair skating events with partner Andrew Bertleff. She later changed to ice dancing and found a partner in Victor Kraatz. The team has had quite a few coaches, among them Tatiana Tarasova, Natalia Dubova, Uschi Keszler, … - Scott Stevens
Ronald Scott Stevens (born 1 April 1964, in Kitchener, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League. He was the captain of the New Jersey Devils and is among the NHL's all-time leaders in games played (both in the regular season and in the Stanley Cup playoffs). He is generally regarded as one of the best "stay-at-home" defencemen to ever play in the NHL. He was voted into the Hall of Fame on June 28, 2007. - Donovan Bailey
Donovan Bailey (born December 16, 1967) is a Canadian former athlete. Born in Manchester, Jamaica, Bailey emigrated from Jamaica to Canada at age 13, and played basketball before his graduation at Queen Elizabeth Park High School in Oakville, Ontario. He began competing as a 100 m sprinter part-time in 1991, but he did not take up the sport seriously until 1994. At that time, he was also a successful stockbroker. The following year saw his international breakthrough. - Joe Krol
Joe "King" Krol (born on February 20, 1919 in Hamilton, Ontario) was a Canadian Football League quarterback, running back, and placekicker/punter from 1942-1953 and 1955. Krol played collegiately at the University of Western Ontario. Krol won six Grey Cups, five with the Toronto Argonauts. His #55 jersey is one of only four that has been retired by the Boatmen. He was awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's top athlete in 1946. - Bruce Kidd
Bruce Kidd, OC (born July 26 1943) is a Canadian academic, author, and athlete. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he was a member of the University of Toronto track and field team. He won 18 national senior championships in Canada, the United States, and Britain. - John Grant Jr.
John Christopher Grant, Jr. (b. November 7, 1974 in Peterborough, Ontario) is a professional lacrosse player for the Rochester Knighthawks in the National Lacrosse League and the Rochester Rattlers in Major League Lacrosse. In 2006, Grant along with Gary Gait spearheaded the Canadian national lacrosse team to an historic victory in the ILF World Lacrosse Championships, with Grant leading the tournament in points and assists, and earning All-World selection. - Andrew Martin
Andrew Test Martin (born Andrew J. Martin on March 17, 1975) is a Canadian professional wrestler, who is best known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name Test. In 2005, Martin legally changed his name to Andrew Test Martin in order to regain legal ownership of his ring name, which was trademarked by WWE - Estella Warren
Estella Dawn Warren (born December 23, 1978 in Peterborough, Ontario) is a Canadian actress, former fashion model, and a former synchronized swimmer.
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