Pierre Harvey inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame
April 23, 2014
Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame Names Class of 2014
Horst Bulau, Sarah Burke, Pierre Harvey, Geraldine Heaney, Elizabeth Manley and Gareth Rees and Builders, Tim Frick and Kathy Shields were inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.
The Athletes who were recognized with Canada’s highest sporting honour are Ski Jumping champion Horst Bulau; pioneer of the Superpipe event Sarah Burke; dual sport champion Pierre Harvey; Women’s hockey pioneer Geraldine Heaney; Figure Skating superstar Elizabeth Manley; and Canada’s gift to Rugby, Gareth Rees.
The Builders who were inducted are wheelchair basketball pioneer Tim Frick; and renowned basketball coach Kathy Shields.
Pierre Harvey
Pierre Harvey is one of the few Canadian athletes who ever competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. Pierre represented Canada as an Olympian in 1984 at the Sarajevo Olympic Winter Games in cross-country skiing and at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Summer Games in cycling, and again at the 1988 Calgary Olympic Winter Games.
Pierre made history in 1987 when he became the first Canadian to ever win an international cross-country event: a 30 km freestyle World Cup race at Falun, Sweden. He went on to win another three medals in World Cup competition in 1987 and 1988 before retiring in 1989.
In total, Pierre competed in 50 Cross-Country Ski World Cup events and would stand atop the Canadian Cross-Country Ski Championships podium an amazing 35 times, including 22 Gold, 8 Silver, and 5 Bronze. A product of the Canada Games system, Pierre Harvey was a dual-sport athlete who has become an icon for both Canadian Cross-Country skiers and cyclists.
