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Peter Ogilvie
Personal information
Full namePeter Steven Ogilvie
NationalityCanadian
Born(1972-05-02)May 2, 1972
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
DiedOctober 5, 2024(2024-10-05) (aged 52)
Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event(s)100m
200m
4 x 100m
ClubVancouver Olympic Club
Coquitlam Cheetahs
Richmond Kajaks
Norwesters Track & Field Club
Metro Athletic Club

Peter Steven Ogilvie (May 2, 1972 – October 5, 2024) was a Canadian sprinter who competed primarily in the 200 metres.[2] Growing up in Burnaby, British Columbia, Peter represented Canada at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as two outdoor (1991, 1995) IAAF World Championships, one indoor IAAF World Championships (1993), two Commonwealth Games (1990, 1994), and one Pan American Games (1991). He won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1991 Pan American Games and a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1994 Jeux de la Francophonie.

His time of 20.62 was the Canadian U20 men's national record in the 200m from 1991 until it was broken in 2024.[3]

Post-athletics career

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Ogilvie served as executive director of Athletics Alberta from 2005 to 2014. He was CEO of the organizing committee that managed the 2015 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships,[4] which marked the first time that the championships were held in western North America. In fact, Ogilvie is the first Pan Am Games medallist/alumni in athletics to have successfully led the event management and operations of the Pan American U20 Athletics Championships.[citation needed]

Ogilvie was instrumental in organizing the first-ever amalgamated Canadian Track and Field Championships in 2015, which combined the U20, senior, and para categories into one major event. In 2016, he again produced Athletics Canada's Canadian Track and Field Championships and Selection Trials for the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. The event was honoured as the 2016 Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance (CSTA) Canadian Sport Event of the Year Award (Group B: budget less than $1 million).[5]

Ogilvie has been credited by Athletics Canada as the visionary behind TrackTown Canada,[6] and for making Edmonton the destination city for athletic events in Canada. [7] Ogilvie created and produced the TrackTown Classic (hosted by TrackTown Canada), which was a redevelopment of the former Edmonton International Track Classic (2010 - 2014). This international athletics competition is held annually at the University of Alberta's Foote Field, and is part of Athletics Canada's National Track and Field Tour and the World Athletics Continental Tour.

Ogilvie died of cancer in Sherwood Park, on October 5, 2024, at the age of 52.[8][9] Athletics Canada announced his death and commented that he was, "a passionate advocate and entrepreneur in athletics, involved in nearly every aspect of the sport."[6]

Competition record

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Canada
1988 World Junior Championships Sudbury, Ontario 9th (sh) 4 × 100 m relay 39.51
1989 Pan American Junior Championships Santa Fe, Argentina 4th 100 m 10.90
2nd 200 m 21.37
1990 Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand 23rd (qf) 100 m 10.69
5th 4 × 100 m relay 39.43
World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 11th (sf) 100 m 10.54
5th 200 m 21.08
15th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 41.88
1991 Pan American Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 2nd 100 m 10.43 (w)
2nd 200 m 20.75
4 × 100 m relay DQ
Pan American Games Havana, Cuba 4th 200 m 21.20
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 39.95
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 34th (h) 200 m 21.09
8th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 39.51
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 18th (qf) 200 m 20.77
5th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 39.34
1993 World Indoor Championships Toronto, Ontario, Canada 8th (sf) 200 m 21.15
Universiade Buffalo, United States 7th 100 m 10.36 (w)
4th 4 × 100 m relay 39.41
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:06.83
1994 Jeux de la Francophonie Paris, France 4th 200 m 21.29
1st 4 × 100 m relay 39.16
Commonwealth Games Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 22nd (qf) 200 m 21.05
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 51st (h) 200 m 21.18
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 75th (h) 200 m 22.00

Personal bests

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Outdoor

Indoor

Records

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  • British Columbia High School Track & Field Championships - Senior Boys 100m - 10.46 (+0.6) (1990)[10]

Accomplishments

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  • Sport BC High School Athlete of the Year [11](1989)
  • Sport BC High School Athlete of the Year (1990)
  • Burnaby Sports Hall of Fame Inductee (2004) - Athlete[12]
  • City of Edmonton Salute to Excellence Sport Hall of Fame Inductee (2016) - Builder[13]
  • 2016 CSTA Canadian Sport Event of the Year Award (Group B: budget less than $1 million) - Canadian Track and Field Championships and Selection Trials for the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games (Edmonton, AB)
  • 2016 Edmonton Event Awards (Best Live Outdoor Event) - Canadian Track and Field Championships and Selection Trials for the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games[14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Sports-Reference profile
  2. ^ Peter Ogilvie at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Athletics Canada Rankings / All / Outdoor / National / U20 / Sprints / 200 Men's Metres". www.athletics.ca. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  4. ^ "Panamerican Junior Athletic Championships | JULY 31 – AUG 2, 2015". edmonton2015.ca. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  5. ^ "AC Trials Wins CSTA Canadian Sport Event of the Year Award". www.athletics.ca. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Athletics Canada Mourns the Passing of Peter Ogilvie". www.athletics.ca. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  7. ^ "Tracktown Canada". www.makesomethingedmonton.ca. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  8. ^ "Peter Ogilvie - October 5, 2024". www.connelly-mckinley.com. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
  9. ^ "Peter Ogilvie, 2-time Canadian Olympic sprinter and sport leader, dead at 52". CBC News. October 9, 2024. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  10. ^ "BC High School Track & Field Championship Meet Records" (PDF). www.bcschoolsports.ca. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  11. ^ "Past Recipients - Sport BC". sportbc.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  12. ^ "03athlete". www.burnabysportshalloffame.ca. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  13. ^ Edmonton, City of (November 3, 2016). "2016 Sports Hall of Fame Inductees". www.edmonton.ca. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  14. ^ "Edmonton Event Awards 2017 Winners".
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