Alex Kerr-Gillespie was born in Montréal in 1919 and moved after in the Laurentians with his family. Along with his brothers and sisters, he was going to school. That trail was later known as the “Gillespie Trail”. In 1936, he finished first in the Junior Tachereau at Mont-Tremblant. In 1940, he is the Provincial cross-country […]
Born in Trois-Rivières in 1930, Jacques Charland was a remarkable ski-jumping skier. He was the Canada junior champion in 1947. He also was the Senior champion of Eastern Canada in 1951. He was the record holder for the longest jump for a North American jumper in 1958. He was a member of the Canadian Olympic […]
Born in Sherbrooke in 1944, Peter Duncan was a member of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team in 1960. In 1963, he was the Canadian Alpine Ski Champion. Twice, in 1963 and in 1967, he finish first at the Quebec-Kandahar of Mont-Tremblant. In 1969, he received the John Semmelink Trophy. At last, he was the captain […]
Born in Loretteville, Québec in 1920, Gaby Pleau was a member of the Alpine National Ski team between 1942 and 1946. During her carreer, she won many Championships in Québec, in Canada and in the United-States. In 1947, she founded a ski club for girls and women “Club-École Saint-Castin du Lac Beauport”. With 163 members, […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Peter Kirby was a ski and a bobsleigh champion. He was the canadian junior alpine champion in 1951. He was a member of the Alternative Olympic Team in 1952. He won the Québec Division Downhill Championship in 1953. He was a member of the FIS Team in 1954. He was the captain of the Dartmouth […]
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 […]
