Iconic stories from 150 years of sport in Manitoba
Sports (biographies)
Audio avec voix de synthèse, Braille automatisé
Résumé
The book consists of 150 stories from 150 years of Manitoba sports history (1870-2019). There are stories on athletes, teams, events, and iconic sports moments. Cindy Klassen and Clara Hughes, who each won six Olympic medals, are among the athletes… featured in the book. Others include sprinter John Armstrong Howard, who became Canada's first black Olympian in 1912, and Brigette Lacquette, who became the first First Nations player to play on Canada's Olympic women's hockey team in 2018. The 1967 and 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg are among the events featured in the book