Past Winners 2003 - Mike Weir, golfer 2002 - Catriona Le May Doan, speed skating 2001 - Jamie Sale & David Pelletier, figure skating 2000 - Daniel Igali, wrestling 1999 - Caroline Brunet, kayaking 1998 - Larry Walker, baseball 1997 - Jacques Villeneuve, auto racing 1996 - Donovan Bailey, athletics 1995 - Jacques Villeneuve, auto racing 1994 - Myriam Bédard, biathlon 1993 - Mario Lemieux, hockey 1992 - Mark Tewksbury, swimming 1991 - Silken Laumann, rowing 1990 - Kurt Browning, figure skating 1989 - Wayne Gretzky, hockey 1988 - Carolyn Waldo, synchronized swimming 1987 - Ben Johnson, track and field 1986 - Ben Johnson, track and field 1985 - Wayne Gretzky, hockey 1984 - Gaetan Boucher, speed skating 1983 - Wayne Gretzky, hockey 1982 - Wayne Gretzky, hockey 1981 - Susan Nattrass, shooting 1980 - Terry Fox, Marathon of Hope 1979 - Sandra Post, golf 1978 - Graham Smith, swimming 1978 - Ken Read, skiing 1977 - Guy Lafleur, hockey 1976 - Sandy Hawley, horse racing 1975 - Bobby Clarke , hockey 1974 - Ferguson Jenkins, baseball 1973 - Sandy Hawley, horse racing 1972 - Phil Esposito, hockey 1971 - Hervé Filion, harness racing 1970 - Bobby Orr, hockey 1969 - Russ Jackson, football 1968 - Nancy Greene, skiing 1967 - Nancy Greene, skiing 1966 - Elaine Tanner, swimming 1965 - Petra Burka, figure skating 1964 - Roger Jackson, rowing 1964 - George Hungerford, rowing 1963 - Bill Crothers, track and field 1962 - Don Jackson, figure skating 1961 - Bruce Kidd, track and field 1960 - Anne Heggtveit, ski 1959 - Barbara Wagner, figure skating 1959 - Bob Paul figure skating 1958 - Lucille Wheeler, skiing 1957 - Maurice Richard, hockey 1956 - Marlene Streit, golf 1955 - Beth Whittall, swimming 1954 - Marilyn Bell, swimming 1953 - Doug Hepburn, weightlifting 1952 - George Genereux, shooting 1951 - Marlene Streit, golf 1950 - Bob McFarlane, football, track and field 1949 - Cliff Lumsden, swimming 1948 - Barbara Ann Scott, figure skating 1947 - Barbara Ann Scott, figure skating 1946 - Joe Krol, football 1945 - Barbara Ann Scott, figure skating 1941 - Theo Dubois, rowing 1940 - Gérard Côté, marathon 1939 - Bob Pirie, swimming 1938 - Bob Pearce, rowing 1937 - W. Marshall Cleland, equestrian sports 1936 - Phil Edwards, track and field