Ontario’s top amateur athletes were honoured at the 2009 Ontario Sport Awards last night in Toronto.
The event, hosted by the Ministry of Health Promotion and the Sport Alliance of Ontario, also recognized the outstanding contributions of coaches, officials, volunteers and corporate supporters to amateur sport in Ontario.
Award winners included:
- Male Athlete of the Year – Patrick Chan (Skating)
- Female Athlete of the Year – Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (Athletics)
- Male Athlete with a Disability of the Year – Stephen Jesso (Powerlifting)
- Female Athlete with a Disability of the Year – Erika Schmutz (Wheelchair Rugby)
The province provides support to high-performance athletes and coaches through the Quest for Gold program and committed $10 million towards the program in 2010-11.
Ontario’s athletes and coaches will have the opportunity to showcase their skills at home when the GTA hosts the Pan/Parapan American Games in summer 2015. The Games will create thousands of construction jobs, improve sports infrastructure, and bring 250,000 athletes, coaches and tourists to Ontario.
Congrats on winning Male Athlete of the Year!!!~ ♥
congratzz!!:)
Wow!!!! Male Athlete of THE YEAR – it’s cool!!!
so proud of you
WHOOT! Nice job, Patrick!:)
awesome job patrick! You absolutely deserve it.
Yay!
Great job^.^
Congratulation! Patrick. You deserve it.
Good job I always knew that you will get this rewards, whooooo go Patrick you rock I love watching you skate
Finnally his awsomeness got reconized Canada is proud of you
Patrick!!!!
Hi Patrick,
You had a great speech at QFS (insurance people!) in Toronto! The hard work the support from your family and the rest of us… really make me want to work harder and have fun!
The Vancouver Olympics seems like yesterday! I for one was glad it was over since I went to bed every night at 1 or 2:00pm watching the games… and I am not even a sports fan! I may watch a hockey game every few years! So it was a treat to watch video of your skate again even though that was the first time you watched it since the Olympics!
All the best!
Brian
Ps. thanks for your autograph for my two sons!
Forgot my web site!
cheers,
Brian
Hi Patrick
Congratulations on being Male Atlete of the year.