A Chilliwack woman was named to the board of directors for the Canadian Olympic Committee.
Lara Mussell Savage, former Chief of Sqwá (Skwah) First Nation and two-time world champion in the sport of ultimate, was one of two new members elected to the board on April 27.
Mussell Savage was inducted into the North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame in 2024.
She was a captain and player-coach for University of British Columbia’s female varsity club ultimate team, helping lead them to three consecutive Canadian University Ultimate Championship victories in 1998, 1999, and 2000. She was also a long-standing member of Prime, Vancouver’s competitive club team, with whom she won three Canadian National Championships. On the international level, she was a member of Team Canada for four World Championships, earning two gold and two bronze medals.
Mussell Savage was recognized as the 2004 National Tom Longboat Award winner for female Indigenous athlete of the year for Canada and B.C.’s Indigenous athlete of the year in 2003 and 2004.
Locally, she was inducted into the Chilliwack Sports Hall of Fame in 2016 and she is also a featured athlete in the BC Sports Hall of Fame’s Indigenous Sport Gallery.
– with files from Jessica Peters
