Sport Manitoba – Inductees Include Manitoba’s Finest in Sport

WINNIPEG, Manitoba – This year’s individual recipients in the Athlete category include: a legend in University women’s basketball, an Olympian from badminton, an all-round female athlete who represented her province in four different sports at the national level and a male athlete who did so in six sports and the most decorated Winter Olympian in our country’s history. The Builder category is made up of a barrier-shattering leader in university athletics, a pioneer in both sport medicine and Special Olympics, and a former national President in golf. Our first female world junior curling championship team will round out the new slate of inductees.
 
On November 4, 2017, five athletes, three builders and one team will be inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame at the 38th Annual Induction Ceremony at the Victoria Inn in Winnipeg. The 2017 inductees are:
 
Sandra CARROLL                
Basketball, Athlete
 
Jaimie DAWSON                
Badminton, Athlete
 
Coleen DUFRESNE             
All Round, Builder    
 
Wayne HILDAHL                 
Sport Medicine/Special Olympics, Builder
                        
 Arthur (Art) JOHNSTON*           
Golf, Builder
*Posthumous
 
Jamie (HANCHARYK) JONES        
All Round, Athlete
 
Cindy KLASSEN                
Speed Skating, Athlete
 
Bob KRAEMER                
All Round, Athlete
 
1995 Kelly MacKenzie Team         
Curling, Team
 
“These eight individuals and one team join an exclusive club of Manitoba’s finest in sport,” says Jamie Kraemer, Chair of the Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors. “We strive to collect, preserve, celebrate and showcase the history and heritage of sport excellence and achievement and these eight recipients and one team have earned their place in Manitoba’s sport history. Collectively with those we honoured back in April at Sport Manitoba’s Night of Champions in our Veteran Induction, 2017 is an exceptional slate!”

Tickets for the Induction Dinner are on sale now. Ticket and event information can be found at: manitobahalloffame.ca or by calling Rick Brownlee at 204-925-5736.
 
Click here for biographies and photographs for the class of 2017. 
 

About
 

The Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame is a registered charitable organization managed by a volunteer Board of Directors whose mission is to collect, preserve, showcase and celebrate the history and heritage of sport excellence in Manitoba. The Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame has inducted 412 individual members and 92 teams since it was established in 1980.
 
Sport Manitoba is a not for profit organization and the lead planning, programming and funding agency for the development of amateur sport in Manitoba. Located in the Canada Games Sport for Life Centre, Sport Manitoba partners with over 100 organizations to deliver sport in our province and is responsible for programs including the Manitoba Games, Coaching Manitoba, Team Manitoba, Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame, Fit Kids Healthy Kids, and KidSport. Services provided include the Sport Medicine Clinic, Performance Centre, Fitness Centre and Sport Resource Centre. 
 
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For more information please contact:
 
Rick Brownlee
Sport Heritage Manager
Sport Manitoba
w. 204-925-5736
c. 204-612-7272
halloffame@sportmanitoba.ca