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    Patrick Chan

    Patrick Lewis Wai-Kuan Chan, figure skater (born 31 December 1990 in Ottawa,ON). Patrick Chan is a Canadian champion and world champion men’s singles figure skater. A three-time world champion, he has won 10 national championships in the singles competition, breaking the record set by Montgomery Wilson in 1939. Known for dazzling artistry, Chan has repeatedly won major international competitions such as the World Figure Skating Championships and the Skate Canada, Grand Prix, Trophée Eric Bompard, and Four Continents events. He has set world records for points at competitions including the 2011 and 2013 World Championships and the 2013 Trophée Bompard, and has won three medals at the Olympic Winter Games: a silver in the men’s competition (2014) and a gold (2018) and silver (2014) in the team event.

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    Sammy Luftspring

    Sammy Luftspring, boxer, referee, businessman (born 14 March 1915 in Toronto, ON; died 27 September 2000 in Toronto). Sammy Luftspring was the Ontario amateur featherweight champion in 1933 and the Canadian amateur welterweight champion in 1938. A proud Jew, Luftspring wore the Star of David on his trunks and was subjected to anti-Semitism throughout his life. He fought Nazi youth in the Christie Pits Riot and is perhaps best remembered for boycotting the 1936 Olympic Summer Games in Berlin. He also landed in the Guinness Book of World Records for officiating some 2,000 fights. He has been inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame.

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    Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

    Shaivonte “Shai” Aician Gilgeous-Alexander, basketball player (born 12 July 1998 in Toronto, ON). Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is one of the National Basketball Association’s elite guards. He led the NBA in 2023–24 with 567 free throws made and 150 steals, was second with 2,254 points and third in points per game with 30.1. He has played with the Oklahoma City Thunder since the 2019–20 season. He has also represented Canada on the international stage. He led Team Canada to a bronze medal at the 2023 FIBA World Cup and a berth at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris. In 2023, Gilgeous-Alexander became the second basketball player (after Steve Nash) to win the Northern Star Award and the Lionel Conacher Award in the same year.

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    Vancouver Asahi

    The Asahi was a Japanese Canadian baseball club in Vancouver (1914–42). One of the city’s most dominant amateur teams, the Asahi used skill and tactics to win multiple league titles in Vancouver and along the Northwest Coast. In 1942, the team was disbanded when its members were among the 22,000 Japanese Canadians who were interned by the federal government (see Internment of Japanese Canadians). The Asahi were inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003 and the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.

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    Vicky Sunohara

    Vicky Lynn Sunohara, hockey player, coach (born 18 May 1970 in Scarborough, ON). Vicky Sunohara was part of the first two Canadian Olympic women’s hockey teams to win gold, at the 2002 and the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. She also won a silver medal at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games, seven gold medals and one silver medal at the Women’s World Hockey Championships and a Canadian Women’s Hockey League Championship with the Brampton Thunder. In 164 games as a centre with the Canadian national women’s hockey team, Sunohara had 56 goals and 62 assists for 118 points. She has coached the University of Toronto’s women’s hockey team since 2011. She won coach of the year honours three years in a row between 2020 and 2023 and was named the OUA Female Coach of the Year across all sports in 2020. She was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2024.

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    Willie O'Ree

    Willie O’Ree, CM, ONB, hockey player (born 15 October 1935 in Fredericton, NB). On 18 January 1958, Willie O’Ree became the first Black hockey player to play in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played professional hockey for more than 20 years, including 45 games with the Boston Bruins. Since 1998, O’Ree has been the NHL’s Director of Youth Development and ambassador for NHL Diversity. He is a Member of both the Order of Canada and the Order of New Brunswick. He has been inducted into the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame, the Hockey Hall of Fame and Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame. The Boston Bruins retired O’Ree’s No. 22 on 18 January 2022, the 64th anniversary of his first NHL game.

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