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Sandra Schmirler, S.O.M., BSPE’85 (d. 2000)

Over the years, Sandra Schmirler s long string of successes in curling has become the stuff of Canadian sports legend. She and her team mates brought home three world championships and curlings first Olympic Gold Medal. But when people remember her, they tend not think of her many awards and accolades first. Her smiles and tears from the Olympic Podium are etched in our country s collective memory, and she is remembered as a person who tirelessly persevered in spite of the deadly disease that eventually took her life.