The Lindsay Park Sports Society (LPSS) that manages Talisman Centre has a policy that allows the society to bestow honourary lifetime memberships on "persons who have made significant contributions to the growth and development of the [Lindsay Park Sports] Society or [Talisman] Centre" or "...have attained status as gold, silver or bronze medalists at recognized world championships and/or Olypmics."
Recently, two individuals were honured with lifetime meberships by the LPSS Board: Carol Huynh and Romel Raffin.
Carol Huynh is a wrestler, and has won three world medals, a Pan American Gold medal, a World University Gold medal, and is an eight time Canadian Champion. She also brought home Canada's first medal (gold!) in the 2008 Beijing Olympics! You can read a post-Olympic interview with Carol here.
Romel Raffin is Canada's most successful Olympic Basketball athlete. He has qualified for four Olympic teams, 1976, 1980, 1984 and 1988, competed three times (Canada boycotted the 1980 Olympics) and twice came in at fourth place. His post-Olympic career has seen Romel become a major contributor to and supporter of the sport in Southern Alberta, from high school coaching to leading basketball camps, to mentoring and advising coaches. Romel is a member of the Naismith Museum & Hall of Fame as well as the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame.
Congratulations to Romel and Carol for their incredible success!
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