Member of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 1987-12-21
Invested on: 1988-05-06
One of our top female athletes, this resident of Laval, Québec has distinguished herself in the world of wheelchair athletics by winning nineteen gold medals and a silver, setting six world records, three Olympic, two Pan- American and twenty Canadian in swimming. Since her retirement from active competition she has begun training other disabled athletes.