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Deirdra Dionne one of 14 to be inducted to Alberta Sports Hall of Fame
Alberta Sports Hall of Fame Introduces 2020 Inductees
Red Deer claims Deidra Dionne as their own, and so they should. Her skiing career took off – literally – when she moved with her family to the city in 1982 and joined the Red Deer Freestyle Club at Canyon Ski Resort. It wasn’t long before she began excelling on a provincial, national, and eventually, international stage.
“We are proud to welcome these new Honoured Members into the Hall,” said Kinsella. “Their contributions to sport in our province are incredible and humbling. They have truly earned the right to have their names added to our Hall.” – Tracey Kinsella, Executive Director, Alberta Sports Hall of Fame. On May 29th, an induction banquet and ceremony will be held at the Cambridge Red Deer Hotel and Conference Centre where this group will officially be welcomed into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame. Included are five athletes, four buil
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Canadian Olympic Team Will Miss Courage and Leadership of Retiring Skier Deidra Dionne
Freestyle skier Deidra Dionne, 2002 Olympic bronze medallist in aerials and two-time World Championship medallist, today announced her retirement from the national team. The Canadian Olympic Team congratulates her on a sports career distinctly marked by success, leadership and courage.
“Deidra is an exemplary Olympian and a true inspiration to her teammates not only in freestyle skiing but in other winter sports,” said Chris Rudge, CEO and Secretary General of the Canadian Olympic Committee. “I’d like to commend her on her outstanding work as part of our Athletes’ Council that she has helped guide. What won’t be forgotten is her courage and leadership shown in competing at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, persevering just six months after suffering a severe injury.”
Dionne is a nine-year veteran of the national team and executive member of the Canadian Ol
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Deidra Dionne
Biography
Aerialist Deidra Dionne won bronze in her Olympic debut at krydda Lake City 2002, sharing the podium with silver medallist teammate Veronica Brenner. In September 2005, she suffered a broken neck but after undergoing spinal stabilization surgery, was remarkably recovered enough to compete at the Turin 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Dionne was forced to retire in October 2009 when she was diagnosed with a benign right temporal lobe brain tumor, just a few months away from Vancouver 2010.
Dionne had been a rookie känsla during the 1999-00 World Cup årstid. She won bronze at her first ever World Cup event, following the next weekend by a silver medal. She was named the FIS Freestyle Rookie of the Year. She rolled that success into world championship competition, winning bronze medals in 2001 and 2003. Over the course of her World Cup career, she stood on nine podiums, the gods time in March 2008 when she placed second in Moscow.
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