Alpine Canada’s board chair has made a personal donation of $1.3 million to national alpine, para\u002Dalpine and ski cross racers to reduce the amount athletes pay…
Tim Dattels has given Alpine Canada its largest personal philanthropic gift in its history, the organization said Wednesday in a statement.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
“I really wanted the athletes to feel that people are focused on them. That goes at all levels from financial sport to safe sport to coaching and doing the best we can for them. There’s still lots of wood to chop here but we’re getting there.”Article content He was among heavy hitters from the financial world joining Alpine Canada’s board three years ago alongside Bank of Montreal chief executive officer Darryl White, former Teck Resources CEO Don Lindsay and Alberta Investment Management chair Mark Wiseman.
“I think everybody could really feel that his support goes far beyond what anyone else has done before. Toronto’s Jack Crawford earned a bronze medal in alpine combined, and finished fourth and sixth in downhill and super-G, respectively, in February’s Winter Olympics.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Mollie Jepson of West Vancouver, B.C., captured para alpine downhill gold in the women’s standing classification. Canadians won six para alpine medals in Beijing.
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