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August 20, 2009
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Own the Podium names Anne Merklinger new director of summer sport
—Merklinger joins united senior management team focused on delivering more medals for Canada—
CALGARY—Anne Merklinger, whose impressive career in high-performance sport spans more than four decades as an athlete and leader, has been named director of summer sport for Own the Podium, the world-leading program focused on helping Canadian athletes win more Olympic and Paralympic medals, announced on Thursday.
Merklinger brings 20 years of management experience with national sport organizations including CanoeKayak Canada, the Commission for Inclusion of Athletes with a Disability and the Canadian Federation of Sport Organizations for the Disabled to her new role. Merklinger is also on the Board of Directors of Special Olympics Canada.
An athlete for most of her life, Merklinger was a member of Canada’s national swim team from 1977-81 where she earned a silver medal at the 1979 World University Games in the 200-metre breaststroke. Following her stint in the pool, Merklinger focused her athletic career on the curling rink where she consistently ranked as one of Canada’s most distinguished women’s curlers. A four-time winner of the Ontario Women’s Curling Championships, Merklinger led her team to two Scotties Tournament of Hearts finals.
“Anne is an extraordinary talent whose athletic background, business acumen and leadership skills bring immense value to our organization as Own the Podium continues to deliver the resources Canadian athletes need to excel against the world’s best,” said Alex Baumann, executive director (summer), Own the Podium. “Anne will officially start her new position on October 15th and will be counted on to play an integral role in developing the critical relationships required with Canada’s summer sport organizations and athletes to develop more podium performers.”
“CanoeKayak Canada is supportive of Anne’s move to Own the Podium,” said Peter Giles, commodore of CanadaKayak Canada. “Anne was director general of CanoeKayak Canada for fifteen years and led a transformation of our organization to one of the leading summer sport sports in Canada.” “We are thrilled to know that we’ll have Anne’s experience and leadership to continue to draw on in her new role at Own the Podium.”
In her new role, Merklinger will immerse herself in the summer high-performance culture while working closely with Own the Podium’s high-performance sport advisors, technical specialists along with the national sport governing bodies and Sport Canada. As director of summer sport, Merklinger will also bring funding recommendations to the senior management team, lead annual reviews, and develop new policies and programs designed to achieve excellence at the Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games.
In addition to welcoming Merklinger to Own the Podium, the organization also solidified its senior management team for the 2009-10 season.
Roger Jackson will continue to lead the world-unique initiative through to the end of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games as chief executive officer. Jackson will be joined by Alex Baumann, who will assume the role of Chief Technical Officer in September. As chief technical officer, Alex will be responsible for the technical programming of OTP’s summer and winter programs. Claire Buffone-Blair, who has been working alongside Jackson since the program’s official launch in 2006, will continue her role as director of planning and operations. While Merklinger joins the team as director of summer sport, Own the Podium plans to name a director of winter sport in the spring of 2010.
Own the Podium
Own the Podium is a national sport technical program originally designed to help Canada’s winter athletes win the most number of medals at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, and to place in the top-three nations in the gold-medal count at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games. In 2006 the program was extended to support the nation’s targeted summer-sport organizations. The goal is for a top-12 placing at the 2012 Olympic Games, and to place in the top-eight nations at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.
The primary leaders and funding parties of Own the Podium under its new naming strategy are the Government of Canada, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC). The Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) along with certain of its corporate partners and all of Canada’s provincial and territorial governments are major supporters of the winter program. The government of British Columbia has also contributed to the summer program.
For a full summary of Own the Podium initiatives and programs including breakdown of support and services by sport, please visit us at www.ownthepodium2010.com.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Chris Dornan Claire Buffone-Blair
Own the Podium Own the Podium
T: 281-703-4394 T: 403-202-6310
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