Hall of Fame Presented by RBC

The following guidelines govern the selection of individuals to the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame:

• Membership in the Hall of Fame is open to athletes/teams, coaches and builders (officials, administrators, and volunteers) who have served the cause of the Olympic Movement with distinction.
• Nominees must have participated in sports, or contributed to the growth and development of sports, which were on the program of the Olympic or Pan American Games during their career. Nominees may come from either individual or team sports.
• Athlete nominees must have achieved significant success in international competition over a five-year period, and be retired from international competition for a minimum of five years.
• Team nominees must have achieved significant success in international competition and must be retired, as a team, from international competition for a minimum of five years. This condition does not apply to individual team members who may have continued competing individually or as members of other teams. Teams, for the purpose of these guidelines, are defined as three or more athletes competing together. The induction of teams applies only to the team collectively and not to its members individually.
• Coach nominees must have achieved significant success in international competition over a period of five years or more and be retired from international competition.
• Builder nominees may be active or inactive at the time of their nomination. Officials nominated as builders must have been internationally successful over a five-year period.
• Nominees must have held Canadian citizenship or Canadian residency over the course of their careers.
• Deceased athletes, coaches and builders are eligible for consideration.

Nomination

• An individual or organization may annually submit two nominations in each of the athlete/ team, coach, and builder categories.
• Nominees will be considered for induction in the year nominated, and, if requested by the nominator, for up to two successive years thereafter.
• In the event that a nominee is not selected for induction within the three-year period, the nomination will be declared inactive and may only be resubmitted after a period of four years has elapsed.
• A maximum of five pages of supporting documentation may accompany each nomination.

Selection

• A selection committee appointed by the Canadian Olympic Committee will evaluate nominees on the basis of the significance and scope of their achievements, their dedication to their sport, the consistency of their performance, and personal qualities that reflect the COC Values on and off the field of play.
• A maximum of five nominees will be selected annually for induction into the Hall of Fame. There are no automatic inductions.
• The selection committee, after review of the submitted nominations, may solicit additional nominations and support if they feel that that one of the following situations exists:

1. 1. there are no nominations for a particular category
   2. there are nominations that do not meet the general guidelines
   3. there are only nominations submitted for all categories from a limited number of sports.