Tuesday, October 03, 2006

OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST TO RECEIVE HONORARY DEGREE

"Cindy Klassen, the first Canadian to win five medals in one Olympic Games, was born and raised in Winnipeg, growing up with a wide range of sports but with a predilection towards hockey.

She missed out on being selected for the national team for the 1998 Olympics but continued playing hockey for and attending the University of Manitoba. Wanting another sport to supplement her training, she had chosen speed skating and soon found herself competing at the 1999 Pan American Games in inline skating."

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