Lori-Ann Muenzer to be inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame

Lori-Ann Muenzer, the only Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame this fall. The announcement to honour Muenzer came Wednesday from Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and presenting sponsor Canadian Tire Corporation. Muenzer won silver at the 2001 track world championships in the 500-m time trial and gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics in the sprint.

The Toronto-born, Edmonton-based cyclist is one of 12 new inductees, which include Susan Auch, (five-time Olympian in speed skating), Paul Coffey (NHL defensemen), Michael Edgson (paraswimmer and the most accomplished Paralympic athlete in Canadian history), Sharon and Shirley Firth (cross-country skiers and the first Indigenous athletes to represent Canada at the Olympic Winter Games), Craig Forrest (international soccer player) Nicolas Gill (one of Canada’s most decorated judo athletes) Danielle Goyette (two-time Olympic hockey gold medalist), Jennifer Heil (the first Canadian woman to win a World Cup overall mogul title), Jocelyne Bourassa (who championed the development of women’s golf) and Marina van der Merwe (three-time Olympic Games Women’s field hockey coach).

The most recent cyclist to be inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame is Alison Sydor in 2013. Other riders in the Hall of Fame include William “Torchy” Peden, Jocelyn Lovell, Steve Bauer, Curt Harnett and Clara Hughes.

The 12 athletes and sport influencers of the Class of 2015 will be formally inducted at a ceremony at the Mattamy Athletic Centre, formerly the Maple Leaf Gardens, in Toronto on Oct. 21, 2015.