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ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: TYRONE HENRY Tyrone Henry reached two important milestones in his Team Canada career at the 2024 Para Ice Hockey World Championships. He not only played in his 100th international game, he won his second World Championship as Canada went undefeated at worlds and defeated the United States in the gold medal More

TEAM OF THE YEAR: GLOUCESTER CELTIC FC MEN’S PREMIER Ottawa Gloucester Celtic Men’s Premier Team had an undefeated 13-0-1 record in Ottawa-Carleton Soccer League play, winning the Ottawa Cup championship with an additional three straight wins to start off their 2024 trophy haul. Six more victories and Celtic secured the 2024 MilkUp Ontario Cup title. More

COACH OF THE YEAR: DANI SINCLAIR Dani Sinclair was named the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Coach of the Year across all university sports for the 2023-2024 season which culminated Sinclair’s Carleton Ravens winning their second straight U SPORTS National Championship. Sinclair also coached the Ravens to their second straight OUA Championship in 2023-24. The Ravens More

Recognizing that many local clubs and sponsors have supported the Ottawa Sports Awards by attending year over year, the organizing committee would like to invite all those who anticipate attending the 2024 Ottawa Sports Awards dinner to save the date! The 2024 Ottawa Sports Awards dinner and awards event will be held on February 5, More

The Canadian Paralympic Committee announced its complete roster of 126 athletes set to represent Canada at the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games. The roster includes several accomplished Ottawa Sports Award winners from past years, including Patrice Dagenais who is now a four-time Paralympian in Wheelchair Rugby. Good luck to all Ottawa-area Olympic athletes across all sports! More

2024 marks another fantastic year for Ottawa-area athletes, coaches, and technical officials heading to the Olympic Games. The Ottawa Sports Awards is proud to help recognize these representatives of our city on their journey before and after the Olympic Games. Good luck to all Ottawa-area Olympic athletes across all sports! Those marked with an asterisk More

It’s February first and with seven days remaining before the sold-out Ottawa Sports Awards dinner to celebrate the 2023 award recipients, three final awards are now being made public. All 2023 Award Winners, including individual sport award winners in 67 sports and 48 championship-winning teams, are now posted in our Award Winners Archive. The final More

Thank you Ottawa! Tickets for the 2023 Ottawa Sports Awards dinner event sold out on January 25 after going on sale on January 1. We look forward to hosting over 400 guests to celebrate our 2023 award winners! Stay tuned for our final awards announcement on February 1, when we will unveil the recipients of More

The 2023 year in sport once again saw the City of Ottawa celebrate a multitude of successful athletes and championship teams. The Ottawa Sports Awards is proud to recognize the following recipients of the Athlete of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Team of the Year awards, whose achievements spanned the entire 2023 calendar. More

The recipients of the Ottawa Sports Awards Lifetime Awards and Mayor’s Cup for 2023 have been selected and will be celebrated at the Ottawa Sports Awards dinner on February 7, 2024. The distinguished recipients for 2023 are speed skating official Jean Lamontagne, Bruce Meredith of Ski Hawks Ottawa, squash coach Heather Wallace, and notable ringette More