Four legends headed for Canada's ski Hall

Greg Athans, Jean-Luc Brassard, Dave Pym and Melanie Turgeon have been selected for induction into the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame.
GREG ATHANS, Jean-Luc Brassard, Dave Pym and Melanie Turgeon have been selected for induction into the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame.
    Athans, who will be inducted posthumously, was one of Canada’s earliest pioneers in freestyle skiing. In 1976, he astonished the freestyle skiing world by winning the mogul, ballet and combined titles on the Professional Freestyle Alliance circuit. In 1978, he repeated this effort by winning both moguls and ballet titles and, again, in 1980 winning the moguls title and the coveted World Cup Grand Prix Award for the Best All-Around Competitor.
    Brassard won an unprecedented number of World Cup medals in freestyle skiing, including a gold medal in the moguls event, at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics. The four-time Olympian also won two gold medals in the 1993 and 1997 World Championships. He continues to be involved in sport, as a television commentator, a representative of the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association and as a mentor to young athletes, particularly in Quebec.
    Pym has spent the better part of his 40-year involvement in ski racing volunteering at all levels, from local clubs to the Olympic Winter Games. He has worked tirelessly to support the education of officials, homologation of Canadian race courses, and advancing the Canadian position within the FIS and other international alpine skiing organizations. He became managing director of the Canadian Snowsports Association in 2002.
    Turgeon dominated the 1994 Junior World Championships, winning medals in all five alpine events (giant slalom, super G, slalom, downhill, combined) including two golds. A member of the Canadian alpine team from 1992 to 2005, she was Canadian national champion in four alpine events (GS, super G, slalom, downhill), and had eight World Cup podium finishes. In 2003 Turgeon won the downhill at the FIS World Ski Championships and was named Alpine Canada’s Female Athlete of the Year.
    The Canadian Ski Museum will formally induct the new members at a Hall of Fame induction ceremony on April 17, 2008, at the Chateau Cartier in Gatineau, Quebec.