Sylvie Bernier

Sylvie Bernier, CM, CQ (born January 31, 1964) is an Olympic athlete from Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada. She won the gold medal in the Women's 3m Springboard Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Sylvie Bernier
CM CQ
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1964-01-31) 31 January 1964
Sport
SportDiving
Medal record
Women's diving
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles 3 m springboard
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1982 Brisbane 3 m springboard
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Caracas 3 m springboard
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Edmonton 3 m springboard

Bernier announced her retirement from competitive diving in December 1984 and accepted a position as an advisor for the federal Department of Fitness and Amateur Sport. Immediately following her retirement, she began volunteering as a technical advisor with the association's youth development program in January 1985.[1]

In June 1985, she was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec and a Member of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honour.[2]

She served as Assistant Chef de Mission for the Canadian Olympic Team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy (Torino). She served as the Chef de Mission [3] for Canada at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China and served again as Assistant Chef de Mission for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom .

She earned a degree in management from Télé-université (a component of UQAM) in 2003.[4]

Medals

See also

References
  1. "Diver Bernier retires". The Sun. December 18, 1984. p. 67.
  2. "Premier appoints 45 to Order of Quebec". The Montreal Gazette. June 27, 1985. p. 8.
  3. Canadian Olympic Committee Archived 2006-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Les Prix Reconnaissance de l'UQAM 2009 soulignent la réussite exceptionnelle de Sylvie Bernier, diplômée de la TÉLUQ". benhur.teluq.uquebec.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-13.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.