List of Canadian sports personalities


The following is a list of Canadian sports personalities.

Olympic athletes

Current NBA players
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker
  • Dalano Banton
  • RJ Barrett
  • Chris Boucher
  • Oshae Brissett
  • Dillon Brooks
  • Luguentz Dort
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
  • Cory Joseph
  • Trey Lyles
  • Jamal Murray
  • Andrew Nembhard
  • Kelly Olynyk
  • Dwight Powell
  • Tristan Thompson
  • Andrew Wiggins
Current WNBA players
  • Kia Nurse
Playing in overseas leagues
Playing in other North American professional leagues
Coaches
  • Jay Triano, first Canadian-born coach
Former NCAA Division I players awaiting professional play
Retired
  • Jordan Adams
  • Norm Baker, inducted into Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979
  • Rowan Barrett
  • Hank Biasatti, inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001
  • Ron Crevier
  • Samuel Dalembert
  • Stacey Dales, former WNBA player; currently a host on the NFL Network
  • Rick Fox, won three NBA Championship rings in 2000, 2001 and 2002 as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers
  • Stewart Granger
  • Lars Hansen
  • Bob Houbregs, inducted into the Basketball Hall of fame in 1987
  • Todd MacCulloch
  • Jamaal Magloire
  • James Naismith, teacher; invented the game of basketball
  • Steve Nash, 2005, 2006 NBA MVP, 2007 MVP runner-up
  • Leo Rautins
  • Mike Smrek
  • Gino Sovran
  • Ernie Vandeweghe
  • Bill Wennington, won three championships with the Chicago Bulls
  • Jim Zoet

    [Biathlon]

  • Myriam Bédard, Olympic gold medallist
  • Zina Kocher

    [Bobsleigh]

  • Lascelles Brown, Olympic silver medal, 2006
  • Vic Emery, Olympic gold medal, 1964
  • Kaillie Humphries, Olympic gold medal, 2010
  • Pierre Lueders, Olympic gold medal, 1998 and silver medal, 2006
  • David MacEachern, Olympic gold medal, 1998
  • Heather Moyse, Olympic gold medal, 2010

    [Boxing]

  • Trevor Berbick, former WBC heavyweight champion
  • Maxie Berger, world champion junior welterweight
  • Tommy Burns, world heavyweight boxing champion
  • George Chuvalo, heavyweight, five-time Canadian heavyweight champion and two-time world heavyweight title challenger, Ontario Sports Hall of Fame
  • Willie DeWitt, heavyweight
  • Yvon Durelle, Middleweight, Light Heavyweight, and Heavyweight
  • Al Foreman, won the Canadian lightweight title, British Boxing Board of Control British lightweight title, and British Empire lightweight title
  • Freddy Fuller, light welterweight
  • Arturo Gatti, former WBC world Super Lightweight champion
  • Otis Grant, WBC Super Middleweight international champion
  • Moe Herscovitch, middleweight, Olympic bronze medal winner
  • Kirk Johnson, heavyweight
  • Sam Langford, Lightweight, Welterweight, Middleweight, Light heavyweight, and Heavyweight
  • Mark Leduc, Light Welterweight
  • Lennox Lewis, grew up in Canada; competed for Canada in the Olympics in 1988, winning a gold medal
  • Eric Lucas, former WBC supermiddleweight world champion
  • Sammy Luftspring, welterweight boxing champion, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame
  • Steve Molitor, former IBF Super Bantamweight champion, record of 33–3 as of September 2012
  • Tokunbo Olajide, light middleweight boxer
  • Jean Pascal, former IBO, WBC, Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight Champion of the World
  • Donovan Ruddock, heavyweight
  • Bert Schneider, welterweight, Olympic gold medal winner
  • Shane Sutcliffe, Canadian former heavyweight champion, defeated former world champion "Neon" Leon Spinks by 8-round decision in 1994

    [Cricket]

  • Ashish Bagai
  • Ian Billcliff
  • Rizwan Cheema
  • John Davison
  • Navneet Dhaliwal
  • Nikhil Dutta
  • Romesh Eranga
  • Jeremy Gordon
  • Dillon Heyliger
  • Abraash Khan
  • Nicholas Kirton
  • Nitish Kumar
  • Junaid Siddiqui
  • Ravinderpal Singh
  • Hamza Tariq
  • Rodrigo Thomas
  • Srimantha Wijeratne
  • Saad Bin Zafar

    Cross-country skiing">Cross-country skiing (sport)">Cross-country skiing

  • Shirley Firth
  • Drew Goldsack, cross country skier, 2x Olympian
  • Brian McKeever, multiple Paralympic gold and silver medals
  • Robin McKeever, multiple Paralympic gold and silver medals
  • Esther Miller
  • Beckie Scott, Olympic gold medal, 2002
  • Irvin Servold

    [CrossFit]

  • Jeffrey Adler
  • Brent Fikowski
  • Emma Lawson
  • Patrick Vellner

    [Curling]

  • Sherry Anderson
  • Dawn Askin
  • Matt Baldwin
  • Cheryl Bernard
  • Jan Betker
  • Suzanne Birt
  • Marilyn Bodogh
  • Terry Braunstein, World Championship silver medalist
  • Kerry Burtnyk
  • Garnet Campbell
  • Chelsea Carey
  • Jim Cotter
  • Andrea Crawford
  • Mark Dacey
  • Lyall Dagg
  • Mabel DeWare
  • Don Duguid
  • John Epping
  • Randy Ferbey
  • Rick Folk
  • Rob Fowler
  • Kerry Galusha
  • Hec Gervais
  • Alison Goring
  • Ab Gowanlock
  • Brad Gushue
  • Al Hackner
  • Jenn Hanna
  • Mike Harris
  • Richard Hart
  • Ben Hebert
  • Guy Hemmings
  • Amber Holland
  • Rachel Homan
  • Heather Houston
  • Glenn Howard
  • Russ Howard
  • Gordon Hudson
  • Brad Jacobs
  • Colleen Jones
  • Jennifer Jones
  • Marc Kennedy
  • Cathy King
  • Shannon Kleibrink
  • Jamie Koe
  • Kevin Koe
  • Brent Laing
  • Connie Laliberte
  • Penny LaRocque
  • Marie-France Larouche
  • Kelley Law
  • Kaitlyn Lawes
  • Stefanie Lawton
  • Ed Lukowich
  • Jack MacDuff
  • Murray Macneill
  • Cliff Manahan
  • Kevin Martin
  • Greg McAulay
  • Krista McCarville
  • Mike McEwen
  • Joyce McKee
  • Orest Meleschuk
  • Jean-Michel Ménard
  • Sherry Middaugh
  • Wayne Middaugh
  • Marj Mitchell
  • Linda Moore
  • John Morris
  • Barry Naimark, world champion
  • Dave Nedohin
  • Heather Nedohin
  • Ron Northcott
  • Jill Officer
  • Scott Patterson
  • Vic Peters
  • Vera Pezer
  • Ernie Richardson
  • Pat Ryan
  • Pat Sanders
  • Craig Savill
  • Sandra Schmirler
  • Kelly Scott
  • Julie Skinner
  • Heather Smith-Dacey
  • Lindsay Sparkes
  • Jeff Stoughton
  • Billy Walsh
  • Ed Werenich
  • Pappy Wood

    Cycling">Cycle sport">Cycling

  • Steve Bauer
  • Hugo Donais, Mountain bike, four-cross and BMX cyclist
  • Derek Gee, racing cyclist
  • Leah Goldstein, Canadian-born Israeli professional road racing cyclist winner of the Race Across America, World Bantamweight Kickboxing Champion, and Israel Duathlon national champion
  • Ryder Hesjedal, 7th overall at the 2010 Tour de France, winner of 2012 Giro d'Italia
  • Andreas Hestler
  • Clara Hughes, two-sport athlete, six Olympic medals total
  • Alison Sydor