John Furlong (sports administrator)
John Furlong | |
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| Chief Executive Officer of Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games | |
| In office February 21, 2004[1] – December 31, 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | small October 12, 1950 Tipperary, Ireland |
| Died | small |
| Resting place | small |
| Nationality | Irish Canadian |
| Children | 5 |
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| Occupation | Sportsman |
| Website | http://www.johnfurlong.ca |
John Furlong, O.C,[2] O.B.C[3] (born October 12, 1950)[4] was the President and Chief Executive Officer of VANOC which oversaw the preparation and execution of the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Paralympics Games. Prior to his appointment as the CEO of VANOC, he chaired the Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation (2001–2004), President of Arbutus Club, a members-only family club, member of the Canadian Olympic Committee, Chair of the BC Summer Games and BC Winter Games, and Sport B.C.[3]
He immigrated to Canada from Ireland in 1974.[5] He participated in international level in basketball, European handball and squash. He became Canadian Squash Champion in 1986.
Awards
- Officer of the Order of Canada (May 6, 2010)
- Order of British Columbia (2010)
- Olympic Order
- Paralympic Order
- Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) , University of British Columbia (2010) [6]
- Doctor of Technology (honoris causa), British Columbia Institute of Technology (2010) [7]
- Doctor of Laws (honoris causa), Justice Institute of British Columbia (2010) [8]
- B.C.’s Sportsman of the Decade (2010)[3]
- Outstanding sports executive of the year - Sports Media Canada Achievement Awards (2010)[9]
- Transformational Canadians (2010) [9]
- Top 25 Canadian Immigrants Award (2010) [10]
- Canada’s Most Influential Sport Figure (2009) [3]
- BC Sports Hall of Fame Inductee - W.A.C. Bennett Award (2004)[11]
- The Globe & Mail as Canada’s Nation Builder (2010)
- Canada’s 2010 Marketer of the year (2010)
- Sports Media Canada’s Sports Executive of the Year (2010)
Publications
Furlong recounts his experience leading up to and throughout the Games. In his book Patriot Hearts, he describes how he handled seemingly insurmountable setbacks ― such as the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, a global recession and the washed out snow at Cypress Bowl ― to achieve a runaway success and, ultimately, a pivotal moment of nationhood.
- Patriot Hearts: Inside the Olympics That Changed a Country by John Furlong & Gary Mason, Douglas & McIntyre (2011)
External links
References
- ^ Furlong chosen CEO of Vancouver 2010
- ^ Order of Canada Citation
- ^ a b c d Order of BC Citation
- ^ [1]
- ^ Patriot Hearts: Inside the Olympics That Changed a Country
- ^ UBC honorary degree citation
- ^ BCIT Convocation 2010
- ^ JIBC News Release
- ^ a b John Furlong welcomed the world to Vancouver
- ^ Top 25 Canadian Immigrants of 2010 Citation
- ^ BC Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Citation
