Team Alberta Alumnus, Mel Davidson, will be inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame on April 16 in Moncton, New Brunswick.
Davidson was head coach of both the 2010 and 2006 Olympic gold medal women’s hockey teams in Vancouver and Torino. Davidson was assistant coach in 2002 when the women’s team won its first-ever Olympic gold medal. She has been head or assistant coach for four World Championship teams, and two world silver medal squads. She is the only person ever to be named five straight years to the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity’s “Most Influential Women” list. Davidson is globally admired for her dedication to the women’s game, her core belief in values and her leadership.
