Vancouver Sun

SILVER MEDALLISTS

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• 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.

 ?? STUART GRADON, CALGARY HERALD
FILES ?? Canadian 2010 Olympic snowboarde­r Mike Robertson won silver.
STUART GRADON, CALGARY HERALD FILES Canadian 2010 Olympic snowboarde­r Mike Robertson won silver.
 ?? RIC ERNST/PNG FILES ?? Canadian skip Cheryl Bernard won the silver medal after falling to Sweden in the women’s curling final.
RIC ERNST/PNG FILES Canadian skip Cheryl Bernard won the silver medal after falling to Sweden in the women’s curling final.

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