Own The Podium welcomes first Athlete Directors to Board

July 24, 2023

A change to Own the Podium’s governance structure now includes two new Director positions that bring the perspective of high performance athletes. One position will be for an athlete who has recently competed for Canada in the Olympic Games and one for an athlete who has recently competed for Canada in the Paralympic Games. Both Directors will be serve an initial two-year term on the Board as recently retired athletes.

Andrew Poje, a two-time Olympic figure skater (2018, 2014), and a three-time World Championship medallist, will serve his first, two-year term along with Jeremy Hall, who represented Canada at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in rowing.

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