Alwyn Morris a remport\u00e9 deux m\u00e9dailles olympiques en kayak avec son co\u00e9quipier Hugh Fisher. Le duo a d\u00e9croch\u00e9 l\u2019or au 1000 m\u00e8tres en K-2 et le bronze au 500 m\u00e8tres en K-2 aux Jeux de Los Angeles en 1984. Tandis que les Canadiens se tenaient au sommet du podium olympique, Morris a brandi une plume d\u2019aigle dans le ciel californien, cr\u00e9ant ainsi un moment \u00e0 la fois puissant et touchant qu\u2019on n\u2019est pas pr\u00eat d\u2019oublier. Membre de la nation Mohawk de Kahnawake au sud de Montr\u00e9al, le kayakiste a ainsi honor\u00e9 son h\u00e9ritage \u00e0 sa fa\u00e7on en produisant ce symbole sacr\u00e9 pour plusieurs peuples des Premi\u00e8res nations, avec une pens\u00e9e particuli\u00e8rement pour son d\u00e9funt grand-p\u00e8re, qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 une source d\u2019inspiration dans son parcours d\u2019athl\u00e8te.<\/p>\n
Morris et Fisher s\u2019\u00e9taient rencontr\u00e9s en 1980, mais un concours de circonstances a repouss\u00e9 leur association \u00e0 1982. \u00c0 leur premi\u00e8re saison ensemble, ils ont remport\u00e9 la m\u00e9daille d\u2019argent sur 100 m\u00e8tres en K-2 aux Championnats du monde. L\u2019ann\u00e9e suivante, ils ont ajout\u00e9 une m\u00e9daille de bronze sur 500 m\u00e8tres \u00e0 leur palmar\u00e8s, toujours en K-2. Quatre ans apr\u00e8s leurs succ\u00e8s olympiques \u00e0 Los Angeles, ils se sont qualifi\u00e9s pour les Jeux de S\u00e9oul, mais ils ont \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9limin\u00e9s en demi-finale sur 500 m\u00e8tres en K-2.<\/p>\n
Morris a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 membre de l\u2019Ordre du Canada en 1985 pour son service et ses r\u00e9alisations remarquables. Fisher et lui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9s au Panth\u00e9on des sports canadiens en 2000. Morris continue d\u2019\u00eatre un leader pour les athl\u00e8tes autochtones, notamment dans son r\u00f4le de pr\u00e9sident du Cercle sportif autochtone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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