Nancy Holland was a member of the Canada’s National Team in 1959 and in 1964. She participated at the 1960 Olympics in Squaw Valley, California. She also participated in 1962 at the World Ski Championships in Chamonix, France. She was a member of the Olympic Team in Innsbruck, Austria in 1964. In 1970, she became […]
Fernand Lessard was born in 1924. He as the Junior Championship of the Université de Montréal in 1941. He won the Taschereau at Mont-Tremblant in 1942. He won the double slalom and the downhill at Saint-Sauveur in 1944. He was nicknamed the “Flying Frenchman” at the Giant Slalom of Mont-Gabriel. He won the Downhill Red Bird […]
Born in 1939 at Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, in the Laurentians, Jean-Guy Brunet was a member of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team between 1959 and 1964. He took part in the World Championships at Chamonix, France in 1962. He was the Canadian champion in downhill in 1962, in 1963 and in 1964. At last, he was a member […]
Pierre Cochand, son of the well known Émile Cochand, was born in 1924 at Sainte-Marguerite-Station. He awarded the Sainte-Agathe Ski Club Cup for the slalom competition in 1938. He was the winner of many championships of the Laurentian Zone and Inter School Championships between 1939 and 1945. He was the winner of the Taschereau Cup […]
Born in 1939, Anne Heggveit was the youngest skier to win the Holmenkollen Giant Slalom at Oppdal, Norway, in 1954.The same year she won the double combined title in St-Moritz, Switzerland. In 1959 at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, she was the winner of the prestigious Arlberg-Kandahar Championship, the first non-European person to do so. Also, in 1960, she […]
Born in Magog in Eastern Townships in 1927, Robert named « Bob » Richarson won the Canadian Championships, Nordic and Alpine combined competition in Saint-Sauveur in 1951. In 1952, he got the highest placed Canadian Olympic skier in Oslo, Norway. The year after, in 1953, he was the winner of the Quebec-Kandahar at Mont-Tremblant and Provincial Senior […]
Roger Trottier was born in 1917 in Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts in the Laurentians. He was a member of the Saint-Sauveur Sports Club, class A and a champion of all combined Quebec-Kandahar at Mont-Tremblant in 1930. He was an instructor and a director of ski schools from 1930 to 1954, both in the Laurentians and abroad. He was […]
At 2 years old, Lucile Wheeler began skiing at Gray Rocks, close to Mont-Tremblant. At 12, she was the National Junior Champion, and by 14 she was on Canada’s National Ski Team. In 1956, Wheeler won Canada’s first ever Olympics medal in skiing, a bronze at the Games in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. In 1958, she […]
At a time when the practice of skiing was largely dominated by Anglophone, Arthur Gravel was able to stand out as both an athlete and an accomplished skier. Born in Québec City on July 4, 1904, he took part in ski competitions from 1920 to 1936. In 1922, he won the University Championship in nordic […]
Harry Wheeler was one of the first to climb Mont-Tremblant on skis on March 10th, 1916. He competed in the 1932 Olympics at Lake Placid, N.Y. and finished with honor in the sled-dog racing event. Also, He was a successful winter and summer operator in the Laurentians, in The Gray Rocks Inn, in Saint-Jovite. Harry […]
