SILVER MEDALLISTS
• Jennifer Heil, freestyle skiing, women’s moguls — Retired, a new mom and community service activist, four-time world champion promotes the Because I Am A Girl initiative, runs a girls’-only moguls ski camp and is the founder of B2ten, a program to motivate Olympic athletes.
• Mike Robertson, snowboarding, men’s snowboardcross — Robertson ended his snowboard career eight months after the Vancouver-Whistler Games following his third notable head injury, during training in New Zealand.
• Marianne St-Gelais, short track, women’s 500 — Her Olympic silver in 2010 came on her 20th birthday. Still active internationally, St-Gelais won eight individual medals on the 2014-2015 ISU World Cup circuit. • Kristina Groves, long track speedskating, women’s 1,500 — Currently working on a master’s degree in sustainable energy development at the University of Calgary, new mom Groves and boyfriend Scott Maw are building a “super sustainable, energyefficient” home in Calgary with a photovoltaic system on the roof, a dream Groves has had since high school.
• Jessica Gregg, Kalyna Roberge, Marianne St-Gelais, Tania Vincent, short-track speedskating, women’s 3,000 relay — Daughter of two-time Olympic speedskater Kathy Vogt and retired NHL defenceman Randy Gregg, Jessica Gregg switched from short track to the 400-metre oval at the start of the 2014-15 season.
• Helen Upperton, Shelley-Ann Brown, bobsleigh, two-woman — Two years after her retirement, Olympic silver-medal pilot Upperton did commentary for CBC television at the 2014 Sochi Games. She is a head coach for bobsleigh at the WinSport Academy, a nonprofit organization in Calgary that develops Olympic athletes.
• Cheryl Bernard, Cori Bartel, Carolyn Darbyshire, Kristie Moore, Susan O’Connor, curling, women’s — Bernard, the silvermedal skip, has worked as a guest analyst for TSN. Since her retirement, she has trained for marathon running and plans to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to promote World Vision, which aids children in Third World countries.