Sylvie Bernier
Sylvie Bernier
Sylvie Bernier, CM, CQis an Olympic athlete from Sainte-Foy, Quebec in Canada. She won the gold medal in the Women's 3m Springboard Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles...
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I've always considered it a privilege to serve the Canadian Olympic team in a leadership capacity. I look forward to working closely with the Canadian Olympic Committee over the next two years as we strive to provide optimum support for Canada's athletes and coaches competing in Beijing.
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We've come a long way. As a woman I'm proud. As the mother of three girls, I'm proud. In 1984 when I was competing, not many girls did a lot of sports. In my hometown there weren't many female athletes training 35 hours a week. Today it's just natural.
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There are so many amazing stories here, I feel sad. They've been training 10, 15 years for this, and it's going to last two weeks. Two, little weeks. I wish they have their time in the sun. We can talk about hockey and all that, but it's important that we realize that these athletes, they really deserve it.