Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame has announced the Class of 2020/21 that will be inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and will receive the Order of Sport award, Canada’s highest sporting honour. With no certainty regarding crowd size restrictions, travel bans and general safety measures, the Induction celebration has been postponed to 2021. This year’s remarkable class of athletes and builders who continue to shape their sports, communities and our country, will be honoured at an as-yet unspecified date.
Six athletes and five builders were chosen this year to signify and celebrate Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame’s 65th anniversary year. They were selected from over 260 public nominations and by a committee comprised of sports broadcasters, writers, academics and athletes, all for their ability to lead and inspire both on and off the field of play, for their sports accomplishments and in recognition of their continuing role in building Canada through sport and the value they return to their communities.
In equestrian sport, the powerhouse show jumping team of Eric Lamaze and the stallion Hickstead are one of the Hall of Fame inductees. The remarkable pair won dozens of major Grand Prix events around the world, claimed team silver and individual bronze at the Pan Am Games in Rio de Janeiro, and at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, led Canada to team silver and captured the first Olympic gold medal in individual show jumping. For Eric and Hickstead’s full biography, click here.