Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: December 21, 1987
• Invested on: May 06, 1988

One of our top female athletes, this resident of Laval, Québec has distinguished herself in the world of wheelchair athletics by winning nineteen gold medals and a silver, setting six world records, three Olympic, two Pan- American and twenty Canadian in swimming. Since her retirement from active competition she has begun training other disabled athletes.