Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Spring 2025
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/29/2025
Immortalized by Sidney Crosby's famous goal that elevated the nation and reinforced our hockey dominance, the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010 was historic as Canada set the record for the most gold medals won at a single Winter Olympics, with 14. From the personal collection of former press chief and press communications specialist Sylvie Bigras, we offer a Hudson's Bay jacket worn by Bigras at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics opening ceremony, along with other items from the Games including boots, gloves, a glass coaster and full ticket to the medal ceremony. The burgundy L size jacket features HB tagging in the collar with "Sylvie" handwritten, Olympic crest to the left breast, "CAN" leaf patch to the left sleeve and Canadian flag patch and additional Vancouver Games rings crest to the right sleeve. "Canada" also appears in large sewn on letters on the reverse. The size 11 women's boots were also made by Hudson's Bay with an Olympic crest sewn on each, and the gloves are black wool with an embroidered Vancouver Games crest and Olympic rings to each, along with "Heritage" crests. The coaster is 3 1/2" in diameter with a glass top and logos from both the Vancouver Winter Olympics and Vancouver Paralympics. The full ticket shows a bit of wear with a few creases. An LOA from Classic Auctions will accompany.
The passion for sports was engrained in Sylvie Bigras from a very young age and being on the court for volleyball and basketball was akin to a second home. A founding member of the inaugural University of Ottawa's women's volleyball program in 1977-78, Bigras was instrumental for that program being recognized as an official varsity team. Giving back to the sport she was always passionate about, she later worked in the Ontario Volleyball Association for athlete development and high performance, and in 1980, was a member of the national silver medal winning team in her last of three years in Garnet and Grey. The players and coaches credit her with being the key factor in establishing the program as an official university team. Since her time at uOttawa, where she earned a Masters in Sport Management, Sylvie has continued to be a builder in Canadian sport. A long-time Executive Director of Volleyball Canada, Bigras was also the Press Chief for the 2008 and 2010 Canadian Olympic Teams as well as for Canada at the Glasgow 2014 and Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. She has worked thus far at 16 Olympic Games, 4 Commonwealth Games and 5 Pan American Games, while also working on communications planning for Team Canada at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Bigras is currently a senior communications specialist at the Canadian Olympic Committee and a member of the Board of Governors for Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame. Additionally, she has hosted national sport celebrations such as Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame Induction ceremonies, the Canadian Sport Awards and more, as well as a number of major events including the Nelson Mandela Citizenship Ceremony, and State Dinners for George W. Bush, Vicente Fox Quesada, Prince Charles and other dignitaries.
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