About the Presenters

Charmaine Crooks

Vancouver’s Charmaine Crooks is a five-time Canadian Olympian who competed in Athletics (400m/800m). She won a silver medal at the LA 84 Olympic Games and was Flag Bearer at the 1996 Olympic Games.
 
A former Member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), she served on the inaugural IOC Ethics Committee and is currently on the IOC Press Commission and Athletes Commissions. She was a Board member of the 2010 Olympic Games from the Bid Phase in 1998 through to the Games where she served on the Governance/Ethics and Strategic Communications Committees. A longstanding volunteer in sport, her work also includes being an executive member of the Canadian Olympic Committee and vice president of the World Olympians Association.
 
Charmaine was recognized as one of the “Top 50 Canadian Women of Power” and for her sports leadership, awarded the IOC Women in Sport Trophy. Inducted as a member of the BC Sports Hall of Fame and the first individual woman inducted into the University of Texas El Paso Sports Hall of Fame where she attended on an Athletic scholarship.
 
Charmaine is a freelance TV presenter, and a recognized speaker on topics related to the Olympics and motivation. Her global sports consultancy company provides marketing, communications and strategic counsel to businesses and sports entities, and she also sits on numerous corporate and charitable Boards.