OLYMPIANS TO CARRY 2010 OLYMPIC TORCH IN TRAIL THIS SUNDAY AFTER 53 YEARS.
15 Olympic Track and Field athletes will meet in Trail, BC on Sunday, January 24th where 14 of them will carry the 2010 Olympic Torch. These athletes ran for Canada at the Summer Olympic Games in 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1972.
Some of these Olympians will meet again after more than 50 years to honour the 2010 Winter Olympics as the Olympic Torch crosses all of Canada. Many of these individuals have made major contributions in widely diverse areas in their careers as astronauts, NASA aeronautical engineers, best selling authors, educators, winemakers, fisherman, farmer, physician, coach, geological engineers and physicians.
OLYMPIANS
1948 Olympian Ernie McCullough- Professor of Philosophy
1952 Olympian Doug Clement and 1956- Professor of Sports Medicine
1956 Olympian Murray Cockburn- Vice President, Torstar
1956 Olympian Doug Kyle – Geological Engineer, Gulf Oil
1956 Olympian Stan Levenson- Customs Broker
1956 Olympian Jackie MacDonald- Educator
1956 Olympian Diane Matheson Clement- Author 8 Best Selling Cookbooks and Restaurant Owner
1956 Olympian Ken Money- Astronaut and Physiologist
1956 Olympian Maureen DuWors (Rever) – Professor of Biology
1956 Olympian Laird Sloan -Aeronautical Engineer, NASA
1956 Olympian Terry Tobacco and 1960- Educator and Fisherman
1956 Olympian Alice Simicak (Whitty) -Educator
1956 Olympian Margaret Tosh (George) -Farmer and Coach
1960 Olympian Valerie Jerome -Educator
1964 Olympian Gerry Moro and 1972 -Educator and Winemaker
Further info Doug Clement dclement007@mac.com
Pictures at http://gallery.me.com/dclement007#100141&bgcolor=black&view=gri
