The Ontario Sports Hall of Fame has officially opened their polls to the public in order to determine who should win the title of 2017 Ontario Athlete of the Year. The Syl Apps Athlete of the Year award began in 1998 and was named in honour of former Toronto Maple Leaf’s captain and Olympic and […]
2016 was a big year for Beach athlete, Penny Oleksiak. The 16-year-old took home four medals at the Rio Olympics in Brazil this summer, securing her place as Canada’s youngest Olympic champion to win a gold medal and it didn’t stop there. In December, Oleksiak won the Lou Marsh trophy for Canada’s athlete of the […]
Beach swimmer Penny Oleksiak won three solo and three team medals at the World Juniors last month – not bad for someone who only learned to swim six years ago. “I’ve never ever done anything like this really,” said Oleksiak, who just turned 15. “I didn’t even think I was going to finals when I […]
