Canadian Athlete’s Saying Goodbye

Every so often we see Athlete’s achieve success on the world stage and we follow them on a journey of a lifetime and such is the case with five (5) who are in the midst of retiring from the sport they love. When these athletes do retire, they will still look for things to keep them busy as they do retire quite young. One thing that some athletes do is invest some of their savings into CFD trading. This allows them to make money in the future. By looking for a CFD Broker, they can stand a better chance of financial success.

All five worked hard spending long hours training, focusing and giving undivided time to put Canada on the worlds stage and all represented Canada with class, dignity and honour over their illustrious careers.

In the last few months Perdita Felicien, Anson Henry, Kerri-Ann Mitchell, Megan Muscat and Sean Young all made the decision to retire from competition.

Perdita Felicien

She calls Pickering home and announced her retirement in November and stands retires from the sport as the Canadian record holder in both the 100-metre hurdles and 60-metre hurdles, a 10-time Canadian Champion (2000, 2002-2007, 2009-2011), a two-time Olympian (2000, 2004), a two-time World Champion (2003, 2004-indoor), a two-time World Championship silver medalist (2007, 2010-indoor), a two-time Pan American Games silver medalist (2003, 2007) and a three-time NCAA Champion.

She qualified and competed in eight World Championships over a ten year span (2001-2011).

Anson Henry

Also comes from Pickering and made it official and retired from competition at the end of the 2013 season.

“Though I may not have achieved the goals that I aspired to accomplish during my track career, I have become more grateful for the opportunities that I was granted because of my life on the track.”

Anson retires as a two-time Olympian, in 2004 and 2008 as a member of the 4×100-metres relay team and at the 2008 Olympic Games the relay team with Anson finished sixth.

He competed in three IAAF World Championships as part of the relay team (2003, 2005, 2007) and was a semi-finalist in the 100-metres in 2007. Anson has two Pan-American Games medals including silver in the 4×100-metres in 2007 and a bronze in the 100-metres in 2003.

He also won bronze at the 2006 Commonwealth Games as a member of the 4×100-metres relay team.

Kerri-Ann Mitchell

Also from Pickering who represented Canada as a Sprinter at the 2012 Olympic Games in the 100-metres and while at the 2011 Pan-American Games she was a semi-finalist in the 100-metres and placed fifth in the 4×100-metres relay.

Kerri-Ann on her retirement, “Your dream is your vision. It starts and ends with you.” Since retiring Kerri-Ann has become CEO of Kemvisions; “a high performance supplemental elite youth program (6 to 16 year olds) which provides training and education from a holistic approach.

Megan Muscat

Comes from St-Thomas which is located just out side London retired from competition as a Paralympian the F37 cerebral palsy classification long jump Canadian record holder; a record she set in 2012.

Megan also competed in the 100-metres, 200-metres and 400-metres. She represented Canada on numerous national teams including the Commonwealth Games (2010),

Paralympic Games (2008), Parapanamerican Games (2003, 2007), International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships (2006), and the Cerebral Palsy World Championships (2005) where she was the World Champion over 400-metres.

Sean Young

He calls Ottawa home and retired from competition, most notably, as long-time guide runner to Jon Dunkerley, a T11 classification visually impaired athlete and the pair competed on six national teams in events ranging between the 100 and 800-metres.

Their career was highlighted by two appearances at the Paralympic Games (2008 & 2012), one IPC Athletics World Championships (2011), the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Pan-American Games (2009), and the Parapanamerican Games (2007).

Congratulations to these exceptional Athlete’s who have dedicated their time to sport for Canada!!

Thanks to Athletes Canada for the info and for more info please visit http://www.athletics.ca/home.asp