Charmaine Crooks, CM, BA, OLY,

Charmaine Crooks, CM, BA, OLY is a Member of the Order of Canada (CM), Five-time Canadian Olympian (Athletics), Olympic Silver Medalist, former Member of the International Olympic Committee, award winning entrepreneur, sports and business leader. Recognized as a values-based volunteer and community advocate with over 30 years of experience in local, national and global sports from grassroots, high performance, leadership and Board levels.

Charmaine Crooks is Canada’s first female five-time Olympian in athletics. She was a member of the 4x400m relay team that won silver at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Crooks was given the honour of being Team Canada’s Opening Ceremony flag bearer at the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996.

At her final Olympic Games, Crooks was elected by her peers to the International Olympics Committee Athletes’ Commission. From 2000 to 2004 she was a full voting member of the IOC and became a founding member of the IOC Ethics Committee. She was also on the founding Executive Board of the World Anti-Doping Agency and has served on the Executive Board of Right to Play International. In 2006, she received the IOC Women and Sport Award.