Frank Garner, coach, builder

By admin | February 21, 2023

Type: Builder
Sport(s): Padding & Canoe
Year: 2022

Retired chair (2021) of the ICF Canoe Sprint Committee, and Executive member of the International Canoe Federation. He was the Chief canoe official for 3 Olympic games in 2000, 2004 and 2008; a technical official in Olympics (canoeing) for 2012, 2016 and 2020. He was also the Director of Sport for the regional Commonwealth Games bids in 2006 and 2007. Frank was also an Olympic coach from 1976-1980 and head coach in the ’84 Olympics when that Canadian team won 6 medals. All in all, the athletes he has coached, have won an impressive 50 international medals. His selfless work in the service of others, especially his nearly life-long dedication to the Cheema Club in Waverley, is commendable. His detailed CV in Nova Scotia canoe and paddling is impressive. Frank is a Saint Mary’s University alumnus and a member of Canadian Olympic and the NS Sport Hall of Fame.