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{{Short description|Canadian synchronized swimmer}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Sylvie Fortier
| name = Sylvie Fortier
| national_team = {{CAN}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|07|31}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|07|31}}
| birth_place = [[Quebec City]], [[Quebec]], Canada
| birth_place = [[Quebec City]], [[Quebec]], Canada
| years_active = 1968–1977
| years_active = 1968–1977
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| country = {{CAN}}
| sport = [[Synchronized swimming]]
| sport = [[Synchronized swimming]]
| club = Synchro Elite du Quebec
| club = Synchro Elite du Quebec
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==Personal background and early career==
==Personal background and early career==
On July 31, 1958, Fortier was born in [[Quebec City]], [[Quebec]].<ref name=CSHOFBio>{{cite web|title=Sylvie Fortier|url=https://www.sportshall.ca/hall-of-famers/hall-of-famers-search.html?proID=251&lang=EN|publisher=[[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]]|accessdate=January 9, 2021}}</ref> She took up swimming with the successful Synchro Elite du Quebec club in 1968,<ref name="CSHOFBio" /><ref name="VSEarlyRetirement" /> and she and her teammates were coached by Suzanne Eon.<ref name="CSHOFBio" />
On July 31, 1958, Fortier was born in [[Quebec City]], [[Quebec]].<ref name=CSHOFBio>{{cite web|title=Sylvie Fortier|url=https://www.sportshall.ca/hall-of-famers/hall-of-famers-search.html?proID=251&lang=EN|publisher=[[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]]|accessdate=January 9, 2021}}</ref> She took up swimming with the successful Synchro Élite du Québec club in 1968,<ref name="CSHOFBio" /><ref name="VSEarlyRetirement" /> and she and her teammates were coached by Suzanne Eon.<ref name="CSHOFBio" />


==Career==
==Career==
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In 1976, she would continue her run of achievements.<ref name="CSHOFBio" /> Fortier teamed up with Bedard and held off Nancy Good and [[Helen Vanderburg]] of the Calgary Aquabelles to win the gold medal in the closed and open events of the Canadian Senior National Synchronized Swimming Championships for the third year in a row that May.<ref name="CHMay1976">{{cite news|last=Allen|first=Daniel|title=Nothing but a lock-up|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67158943/sylvie-foriter-linda-bedard-may-1976/|work=[[Calgary Herald]]|date=May 15, 1976|accessdate=January 9, 2021|page=56|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="SPMay1976">{{cite news|title=Champions repeat|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67159007/linda-bedard-sylvie-fortier-win-may/|work=[[StarPhoenix]]|date=May 15, 1976|accessdate=January 9, 2021|page=14|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She also added victories in the provincial events.<ref name="CSHOFBio" /> Fortier was one of 190 eligible athletes deemed suitable to receive federal aid after a process of nomination and evaluation by [[Sport Canada]].<ref name="SPJul1976">{{cite news|title=Athletes eligible|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67158987/sport-canada-federal-aid-athletes-1976/|work=StarPhoenix|date=July 2, 1976|accessdate=January 9, 2021|page=23|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Fortier served as a torch bearer for the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] opening ceremony in Montreal.<ref name="AHOFInduction" /> At the 1976 Scandinavian Open Synchronized Swimming Championships in [[Nässjö]] that August, she won both the solo and figures events for a duo of gold medals.<ref name="TCJAPAug1976">{{cite news|title=Canadian wins swimming event|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67159039/sylvie-fortier-scandinavian-open/|work=[[The Courier-Journal]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=August 22, 1976|accessdate=January 9, 2021|page=C7|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Fortier traveled to Japan the following month and won the solo discipline against American outdoor champion Robin Curren at the Pan Pacific Games.<ref name="CSHOFBio" /><ref name="SCTBriefSep1976">{{cite news|title=Sports in brief|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67159099/sports-in-brief-sct-september-1976/|work=[[St. Cloud Times]]|date=September 6, 1976|accessdate=January 9, 2021|page=24|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She was named synchronized swimming's world champion following her achievements in 1976.<ref name="CSHOFBio" />
In 1976, she would continue her run of achievements.<ref name="CSHOFBio" /> Fortier teamed up with Bedard and held off Nancy Good and [[Helen Vanderburg]] of the Calgary Aquabelles to win the gold medal in the closed and open events of the Canadian Senior National Synchronized Swimming Championships for the third year in a row that May.<ref name="CHMay1976">{{cite news|last=Allen|first=Daniel|title=Nothing but a lock-up|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67158943/sylvie-foriter-linda-bedard-may-1976/|work=[[Calgary Herald]]|date=May 15, 1976|accessdate=January 9, 2021|page=56|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="SPMay1976">{{cite news|title=Champions repeat|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67159007/linda-bedard-sylvie-fortier-win-may/|work=[[StarPhoenix]]|date=May 15, 1976|accessdate=January 9, 2021|page=14|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She also added victories in the provincial events.<ref name="CSHOFBio" /> Fortier was one of 190 eligible athletes deemed suitable to receive federal aid after a process of nomination and evaluation by [[Sport Canada]].<ref name="SPJul1976">{{cite news|title=Athletes eligible|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67158987/sport-canada-federal-aid-athletes-1976/|work=StarPhoenix|date=July 2, 1976|accessdate=January 9, 2021|page=23|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Fortier served as a torch bearer for the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] opening ceremony in Montreal.<ref name="AHOFInduction" /> At the 1976 Scandinavian Open Synchronized Swimming Championships in [[Nässjö]] that August, she won both the solo and figures events for a duo of gold medals.<ref name="TCJAPAug1976">{{cite news|title=Canadian wins swimming event|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67159039/sylvie-fortier-scandinavian-open/|work=[[The Courier-Journal]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=August 22, 1976|accessdate=January 9, 2021|page=C7|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Fortier traveled to Japan the following month and won the solo discipline against American outdoor champion Robin Curren at the Pan Pacific Games.<ref name="CSHOFBio" /><ref name="SCTBriefSep1976">{{cite news|title=Sports in brief|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67159099/sports-in-brief-sct-september-1976/|work=[[St. Cloud Times]]|date=September 6, 1976|accessdate=January 9, 2021|page=24|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She was named synchronized swimming's world champion following her achievements in 1976.<ref name="CSHOFBio" />


Fortier announced her retirement from active competition at age 18 in February 1977.<ref name="MGazetteEarlyRetire">{{cite news|title=World ace Sylvie Fortier retires from swim ranks|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67158927/sylvie-fortier-early-retirement/|work=[[Montreal Gazette]]|date=February 4, 1977|accessdate=January 9, 2021|page=12|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She said in an interview that she was happy with what she had achieved throughout her career and wanted to do other activities.<ref name="VSEarlyRetirement">{{cite news|last=Morris|first=Jim|title=People keep asking Sylvie Fortier why she quit. A better question would be why she started.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67158879/sylvie-fortier-early-retirement/|work=[[Vancouver Sun]]|date=May 10, 1977|accessdate=January 9, 2021|page=27|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
Fortier announced her retirement from active competition at age 18 in February 1977.<ref name="MGazetteEarlyRetire">{{cite news|title=World ace Sylvie Fortier retires from swim ranks|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67158927/sylvie-fortier-early-retirement/|work=[[Montreal Gazette]]|date=February 4, 1977|accessdate=January 9, 2021|page=12|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She said in an interview that she was happy with what she had achieved throughout her career and wanted to pursue other activities.<ref name="VSEarlyRetirement">{{cite news|last=Morris|first=Jim|title=People keep asking Sylvie Fortier why she quit. A better question would be why she started.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67158879/sylvie-fortier-early-retirement/|work=[[Vancouver Sun]]|date=May 10, 1977|accessdate=January 9, 2021|page=27|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref>


==Accolades==
==Accolades==
At the Sports Federations of Canada awards banquet in January 1976, Fortier was named the top junior athlete "for her prowess in synchronized swimming."<ref name=TheProvinceJan76>{{cite news|title=Top Athletes Honored|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67158964/sports-federations-of-canada-1976/|work=[[The Province]]|agency=The Canadian Press|date=January 17, 1976|accessdate=January 9, 2021|page=15|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She was inducted into [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]] in the athletes category in 1977.<ref name="CSHOFBio" /><ref name=CSHOFInduction>{{cite news|title=Trio from province into Hall of Fame|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67158902/quebec-trio-cshof-september-1977/|work=Montreal Gazette|date=September 1, 1977|accessdate=January 9, 2021|page=21|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The following year, she was inducted into the [[Aquatic Hall of Fame and Museum of Canada|Aquatics Hall of Fame]].<ref name=AHOFInduction>{{cite news|title=Swimmers to be honored|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-may-09-1978-2171369/|work=[[Winnipeg Free Press]]|date=May 9, 1978|accessdate=January 9, 2021|page=67|via=NewspaperArchive.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The Sylvie Fortier Award was named after the synchronized swimmer and was first presented in 1984.<ref name=CASAward>{{Cite web|title=The Sylvie Fortier Award|url=https://artisticswimming.ca/about-canada-artistic-swimming/awards-history/synchro-canada-awards/sylvie-fortier-award/a|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 9, 2021|publisher=Canada Artistic Swimming}}</ref> The accolade is presented by Canada Artistic Swimming to the province "for the best membership growth percentage in the sport of Artistic Swimming.''"''<ref name=CASAward/>
At the Sports Federations of Canada awards banquet in January 1976, Fortier was named the top junior athlete "for her prowess in synchronized swimming."<ref name=TheProvinceJan76>{{cite news|title=Top Athletes Honored|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67158964/sports-federations-of-canada-1976/|work=[[The Province]]|agency=The Canadian Press|date=January 17, 1976|accessdate=January 9, 2021|page=15|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She was inducted into [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]] in the athletes category in 1977.<ref name="CSHOFBio" /><ref name=CSHOFInduction>{{cite news|title=Trio from province into Hall of Fame|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67158902/quebec-trio-cshof-september-1977/|work=Montreal Gazette|date=September 1, 1977|accessdate=January 9, 2021|page=21|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The following year, she was inducted into the [[Aquatic Hall of Fame and Museum of Canada|Aquatics Hall of Fame]].<ref name=AHOFInduction>{{cite news|title=Swimmers to be honored|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-may-09-1978-2171369/|work=[[Winnipeg Free Press]]|date=May 9, 1978|accessdate=January 9, 2021|page=67|via=NewspaperArchive.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The Sylvie Fortier Award was named after the synchronized swimmer and was first presented in 1984.<ref name=CASAward>{{Cite web|title=The Sylvie Fortier Award|url=https://artisticswimming.ca/about-canada-artistic-swimming/awards-history/synchro-canada-awards/sylvie-fortier-award/a|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 9, 2021|publisher=Canada Artistic Swimming}}</ref> The accolade is presented by Canada Artistic Swimming to the province "for the best membership growth percentage in the sport of Artistic Swimming.''"''<ref name=CASAward/>


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[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming]]
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[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada]]
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[[Category:Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games]]

Latest revision as of 07:10, 27 September 2023

Sylvie Fortier
Personal information
Born (1958-07-31) July 31, 1958 (age 65)
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Years active1968–1977
Sport
SportSynchronized swimming
ClubSynchro Elite du Quebec
Medal record
Synchronized swimming
Representing  Canada
World Aquatics Championships
Silver medal – second place 1975 Cali Solo
Silver medal – second place 1975 Cali Team
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1971 Cali Team
Silver medal – second place 1975 Mexico City Solo

Sylvie Fortier (born July 31, 1958) is a Canadian former synchronized swimmer. She won medals in Canadian provincial and national competitions, at the World Aquatics Championships, the Pan American Games and the Pan Pacific Games. Fortier was named the 1976 world champion in synchronized swimming for her achievements that year and was a torch bearer for the opening ceremony of the Montreal Summer Olympics. She retired in 1977 aged just 18. Fortier is an inductee of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and the Aquatics Hall of Fame.

Personal background and early career[edit]

On July 31, 1958, Fortier was born in Quebec City, Quebec.[1] She took up swimming with the successful Synchro Élite du Québec club in 1968,[1][2] and she and her teammates were coached by Suzanne Eon.[1]

Career[edit]

As a member of the seven-swimmer Canadian squad, Fortier won the silver medal in the synchronized swimming team competition at the 1971 Pan American Games.[3] Her team claimed the gold medal in provincial competition, and won two gold medals in the figures and solo disciplines at the national championships in 1973.[1] In May 1974, Fortier won the gold medal in each of the open and closed solo (with her partner Linda Bedard) competitions of that year's Canadian Senior Synchronized Swimming Championships.[4] She traveled to Ottawa to compete in the 1974 World Invitational Solo Synchronized Swimming Championships as part of the Pan Pacific Games held at the Nepean Sportsplex that September.[5] Fortier took the silver medal in both the figure and team events.[6][7]

She continued to attain success in 1975.[1] At the Central Canada Regional Synchronized Swimming Championship held at the Brewer Centennial Pool in April of that year,[8] Fortier won gold medals in each of her events.[1] She went on to clinch the gold medal in the solo competition at the Senior Canadian Synchronized Swimming Championships later that year.[9] At the 1975 World Aquatics Championships in Cali, Fortier finished second for the solo event silver medal in the synchonrized swimming discipline.[10] She also took the silver medal in the team event at the same competition.[1] Fortier went on to take another solo silver medal in the synchronized swimming competition at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City.[11]

In 1976, she would continue her run of achievements.[1] Fortier teamed up with Bedard and held off Nancy Good and Helen Vanderburg of the Calgary Aquabelles to win the gold medal in the closed and open events of the Canadian Senior National Synchronized Swimming Championships for the third year in a row that May.[12][13] She also added victories in the provincial events.[1] Fortier was one of 190 eligible athletes deemed suitable to receive federal aid after a process of nomination and evaluation by Sport Canada.[14] Fortier served as a torch bearer for the 1976 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Montreal.[15] At the 1976 Scandinavian Open Synchronized Swimming Championships in Nässjö that August, she won both the solo and figures events for a duo of gold medals.[16] Fortier traveled to Japan the following month and won the solo discipline against American outdoor champion Robin Curren at the Pan Pacific Games.[1][17] She was named synchronized swimming's world champion following her achievements in 1976.[1]

Fortier announced her retirement from active competition at age 18 in February 1977.[18] She said in an interview that she was happy with what she had achieved throughout her career and wanted to pursue other activities.[2]

Accolades[edit]

At the Sports Federations of Canada awards banquet in January 1976, Fortier was named the top junior athlete "for her prowess in synchronized swimming."[19] She was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in the athletes category in 1977.[1][20] The following year, she was inducted into the Aquatics Hall of Fame.[15] The Sylvie Fortier Award was named after the synchronized swimmer and was first presented in 1984.[21] The accolade is presented by Canada Artistic Swimming to the province "for the best membership growth percentage in the sport of Artistic Swimming."[21]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Sylvie Fortier". Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Morris, Jim (May 10, 1977). "People keep asking Sylvie Fortier why she quit. A better question would be why she started". Vancouver Sun. p. 27. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Canada at the games". Red Deer Advocate. August 10, 1971. p. 6. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Fortier adds duet win". Vancouver Sun. The Canadian Press. May 11, 1974. p. 26. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Bishop, Jim (September 6, 1974). "Synchornized swimming finals begin tomorrow". Ottawa Citizen. p. 18. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Fortier's forte". Edmonton Journal. September 9, 1974. p. 25. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Canadian champ places second". Ottawa Journal. September 9, 1974. p. 15. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Fortier headlines swim meet". Ottawa Citizen. April 3, 1975. p. 23. Retrieved January 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Gold medal to Fortier". The Leader-Post. The Canadian Press. May 16, 1975. p. 24. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Friday was a silver medal day for Canadians". Red Deer Advocate. The Canadian Press. July 26, 1975. p. 7. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Gold medals hard to come by for Canadian swimmers". Nanaimo Daily News. The Canadian Press. October 20, 1975. p. 9. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Allen, Daniel (May 15, 1976). "Nothing but a lock-up". Calgary Herald. p. 56. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Champions repeat". StarPhoenix. May 15, 1976. p. 14. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Athletes eligible". StarPhoenix. July 2, 1976. p. 23. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ a b "Swimmers to be honored". Winnipeg Free Press. May 9, 1978. p. 67. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
  16. ^ "Canadian wins swimming event". The Courier-Journal. Associated Press. August 22, 1976. p. C7. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Sports in brief". St. Cloud Times. September 6, 1976. p. 24. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "World ace Sylvie Fortier retires from swim ranks". Montreal Gazette. February 4, 1977. p. 12. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Top Athletes Honored". The Province. The Canadian Press. January 17, 1976. p. 15. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "Trio from province into Hall of Fame". Montreal Gazette. September 1, 1977. p. 21. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ a b "The Sylvie Fortier Award". Canada Artistic Swimming. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
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