Olympian athlete, Track & Field
Lives in Ottawa.
Born in Toronto in 1947.
At the age of nine, Hoffman was banned from playing hockey with a boys' team (there were no girls' teams); made a career in athletics instead, and participated in four Olympic Games (1964, 1968, 1972, 1976).
Chosen as Canadian Flag Bearer for the 1976 Games.
Became the first woman to serve as Director General of Sport Canada.
Was the first Canadian female elected to the Executive Committee of the Canadian Olympic Committee in 1981.
From 1980 to 1982, wrote a fitness column for the Canadian magazine, Chatelaine.
Helped to organize the first women's national championship in ice hockey (known as the Esso Women's Nationals). The Abby Hoffman Cup is named in her honour.
Made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1982.
Has been a Council member of the International Association of Athletics Federations since 1995.
Inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall Of Fame in 2004.
Awarded the Americas "Women in Sport" Trophy, selected by the IOC Women and Sport Commission in 2008.
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About Me
- Women In Ottawa: Mentors and Milestones
- I was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario and moved to Ottawa in 1978. I obtained a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in education from the University of Ottawa. My partial doctoral studies in adult learning deepened my research interest in women's learning styles. I published a book on women and learning with the University of Ottawa Press (in French, Les femmes en milieu universitaire) for which I was awarded the Laura Jamieson Prize in 2000, given by the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. In 2004-05, I hosted a television program on Rogers Television in Ottawa (French station) called D'hier à aujourd'hui. The program chronicled 150 years of Bytown and Ottawa history through stories of people, events and buildings that left their mark on local and national history. In March 2012, I published a book on health in French. Please visit www.unebonnesante.ca for more information about this book. You can also visit my production company at www.triyana.ca.
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