Hometown Olympians

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February 3, 2010 by Melisa M. | Comments (1)

Here at CRAVE we like to tell you about strong, smart women doing remarkable things and athletes are no exception. Now that February is finally here, we thought we’d fill you in on some of the local Toronto women to lookout for who have earned their way to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games, beginning Friday, February 12.

Veronika Bauer – Freestyle Skiing – Toronto, ON
Although she now lives in Calgary, Bauer was born and raised in Toronto. Over her career, Bauer has placed on the podium at World Cup events 18 times, with four of these being victories. Her most successful season came in 2003, as she placed 3rd overall in the World Cup standings. That season saw her claim three of her four titles, two at Mt. Buller and one in Fernie. She has made the podium twice at the World Championships. She won a gold medal at Whistler in 2001, then finished less than three points behind Alisa Camplin to earn silver in 2003. Even though she is an athelete in a winter sport, she says that she does not like winter and would like to live somewhere warm someday. Her favorite food is sushi. Go Veronika!
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Gillian Apps – Hockey – Brampton, ON
Gillian Apps is a forward who played for Ivy League school Dartmouth College and then after graduation, returned to her Toronto roots to play for the Brampton Canadette-Thunder. While she was at Dartmouth she was one of 10 finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Award, which goes to the top female hockey player in U.S. college hockey. She won a gold medal with Canada at the 2006 Olympics, and in her five World Championship appearances, she has tallied three gold medals and three silvers medals. Gillian Apps has got stars in her eyes and she is not going to stop till she wins gold for team Canada!
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Heather Moyse – Bobsleigh – Toronto, ON
As a dual national sport athlete in bobsleigh and rugby, Heather Moyse is a remarkable example of passion and dedication to sport and life. After being recruited to the sport of bobsleigh in August 2005, in her first season together with pilot Helen Upperton, Heather won the Canadian Championships, finished 2nd overall in the World Cup Circuit with 1 gold, 2 silvers, 1 bronze, and push-start records on five international tracks. Her bobsleigh season culminated in a 4th place finish at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy where she and Helen set another push-start record. Although Moyse is originally from Summerside, PE, she now resides in Toronto.
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Now that you know who to root for, go Team Canada!

One Response to “Hometown Olympians”

• Diane Iannuzziello Says:
  
  February 16th, 2010 at 6:07 pm

  I am so very proud to be Canadian, and I wish much success to our female athletes representing our great nation!
  GO CANADA GO!

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