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Our Sporting Heritage: 1991-2005
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Some significant events & milestones in New Brunswick sports history:
1992 Mark Lackie becomes the first New Brunswick athlete to win an Olympic
silver medal as a member of the short track speed skating 5,000 meter relay
team in Albertville, France.
1992 Darren Ritchie wins the Canadian Amateur Championship at the Riverside
Country Club, the first New Brunswick golfer to do so.
1996 Marianne Limpert wins a silver medal in the 200 meter individual medley at
the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, becoming the first New Brunswick athlete to win
a medal at the summer games.
1998 Team captain Stacy Wilson, Thérèse Brisson, Kathy McCormack and Lesley
Reddon win the silver medal in the first-ever women's hockey event at the
Winter Olympics in Nagano.
1998 the Melissa McClure team wins the World Junior Women's Curling
Championship in Thunder Bay.
1998 Pitcher Jason Dickson of the Anahiem Angels is named to the American
League All-Star team, the first New Brunswick baseball player to be so honored.
1998 Hugh Yik, who previously won the national novice title, wins the Canadian Junior Figure Skating Championship.
1999 Sally Rehorick is named Chef-de-Mission of the Canadian Team to the 2002
Winter Games in Salt Lake City, the first time a New Brunswick official has
headed an Olympic delegation.
2000 Wheelchair basketball player Dave Durepos becomes the first New Brunswick
athlete to win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games.
2002 The first World Pond Hockey Championship is held on Roulston Lake in
Plaster Rock, NB, attracting 38 teams and over 1,000 spectators.
2002 Don Sweeney plays his 1,000th NHL game with the Boston Bruins, becoming the first New Brunswick-born player to reach this milestone.
2003 Bathurst-Campbellton hosts the Canada Winter Games, the first time the
Winter Games are held in New Brunswick.
2003 Matt Stairs of the Pittsburgh Pirates, passes "Silver" Bill Phillips as
the New Brunswick player having played the most games in Major League baseball,
1039 and counting.
2003 Golfer Kim Adams wins the women’s Canadian Professional Golfer’s Association championship, becoming the first female New Brunswick golfer to win a professional tournament.
2005 Shawn Sawyer finishes third at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships, the first New Brunswick skater to win a medal in national senior competition.
2005 Ron Harvey, Jr. becomes the first male golfer from New Brunswick and the Maritimes to play in the PGA Tour’s Qualifying Tournament. Harvey earned his spot in the 108-hole event by virtue of his performance in two preliminary tournaments.
2005 Gilles Barrieau finishes as the top percentage harness racing driver in Canada with a .463 average and garnered a third consecutive nomination for the prestigious Joe O’Brien Award for horsemanship.
2006 Russ Howard becomes the first New Brunswick athlete to win an Olympic gold medal when Canada defeats Finland in curling at the XX Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy. Howard played second on the Brad Gushue rink from Newfoundland and Labrador, the first-ever Canadian men’s team to win the Olympic curling competition.
2006 Moncton hosts the 2006 Memorial Cup hockey tournament for the championship of major junior hockey in Canada. It is the first time the event is held in New Brunswick.
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