Hockey player Vicky Sunohara, figure skater Patrick Chan and tennis player Daniel Nestor are among the athletes who will be inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame this year.
Distance runner Angela Chalmers, para swimmer Kirby Cote and the late multi-sport athlete Fred Thomas will join them among athlete inductees.
Guylaine Demers, who works for gender and sexual orientation equity in sport domestically and internationally, and Indigenous sports leader Alex Nelson will enter as builders.
High jumper Debbie Brill will be recognized in the trailblazer category established in 2022. She pioneered the "Brill Bend" jump technique.
The nine new members will receive the Order of Sport at the Oct. 23 induction ceremony at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que.
Hall president and CEO Cheryl Bernard says the class of 2024 was chosen from 237 nominations. Over 740 people and three horses have been inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame since 1955.
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