Athletics

Fitzroy “Fitz The Whip” Vanderpool

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TweetBoxer (Retired) / Coach / Trainer / Owner / President, Vanderpool Boxing & Fitness, Kitchener, ON. Born: Trinidad & Tobago. Fitzroy Vanderpool is a boxing champion who has won national and international boxing titles. During his professional career from 1993-2005, he had a record of 24 wins (13 by KO), 6 losses, and 4 draws, and became World [...]

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Adrienne Coddett

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TweetEducator / Community Creator & Founder / Opportunities Broker, 3Dreads and a Baldhead, Ottawa, ON. Born: Ottawa, ON. Adrienne Coddett is a high school educator who has become a respected local leader and mentor, through her significant contribution to Ottawa’s youth population in general, and Black youth specifically. She has created and organized an annual Black [...]

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Charmaine Crooks

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Tweet(Originally posted on Dec. 20, 2010. Re-posted today as part of our special Black History Month tribute, highlighting 28 of Canada’s top influencers & trailblazers.) Olympian & Olympic Silver Medalist / President & Founder, NGU Consultants, Vancouver, BC.  Born: Jamaica. Five-time Olympian and Olympic Silver Medalist (1984, 4X400m relay), Charmaine Crooks represented Canada for close [...]

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Ferguson Jenkins, Jr.

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TweetProfessional Baseball Player (Retired), Arizona. Born: Chatham, ON. Ferguson “Fergie” Arthur Jenkins, Jr. was a dominant right-handed pitcher known for strikeouts; eleventh on the all-time leader list with 3,192. He is the only pitcher to have more than 3,000 strikeouts with less than 1,000 walks (997). While pitching for the Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers and Boston [...]

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Kwaku-Barima Boateng

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TweetAthlete / High Jumper, Canadian Track & Field Team, Brampton, ON. Born: Ghana. High jumper, Kwaku-Barima Boateng, was one of the brightest young stars in Canadian Track & Field. He is a former member of the Ghana national team, highlighted by an appearance at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria. Following the Games, he applied [...]

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Howard Dell

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TweetActor / Singer / Songwriter / Olympian / Professional Athlete / Cardiac Treatment Specialist / Coach  / Educator, Victoria, B.C. & Orange County, CA. Born: North York, ON. Former Olympian Howard Dell approaches every avenue of his life with the same drive, passion and persistence that propelled him, at breakneck speed, down the icy rollercoaster-like slopes [...]

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Charmaine Hooper

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TweetSoccer Player, Texas, U.S.A. Born: Guyana. Charmaine Hooper is a professional soccer player who has had a wealth of international experience and success. Born in Guyana, she began playing soccer as a child in Zambia, where her father was posted with the Guyana High Commission. In addition to playing for Canada, she has also played in the U.S., [...]

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Taly Williams

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TweetPresident / CEO, TM Williams LLC, Beverly Hills, CA. Born: Toronto, ON.  Taly Williams is an Environmental Engineer and former Professional Athlete who has received international recognition for his involvement in environmental remediation projects worldwide. In 1999, he assisted in the design and oversaw the construction of the first drinking water facility in U.S. history to [...]

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Kirk Mark

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TweetCoordinator – Race and Ethnic Relations Multiculturalism and Visiting Educational Delegations Department of the Curriculum and Accountability Team, Toronto Catholic District School Board, ON. Born: The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Kirk Mark is a Coordinator of Race and Ethnic Relations Multiculturalism and Visiting Educational Delegations Department for the Toronto District School Board. His focus is on student [...]

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