18 Facts About Charmaine Crooks

Charmaine Crooks was a five-time Olympian, winning silver and setting a national record of 3:21.21 in the 4 x 400 metres relay with her teammates Jillian Richardson, Molly Killingbeck, and Marita Payne.

The first Canadian woman to run 800 metres in under two minutes, Charmaine Crooks won gold medals at the Pan American, Commonwealth, World Student Games, and World Cup.

Charmaine Crooks is the fifth child with five sisters and three brothers.

Charmaine Crooks was born in Mandeville, Jamaica and moved to Toronto, Canada at the age of six.

Charmaine Crooks attended Winona Public elementary school and West Toronto Secondary School, where she participated in athletics.

In 1979 and 1980, Charmaine Crooks was Ontario high school champion in the 400 metres.

Charmaine Crooks attended the University of Texas-El Paso on an athletic scholarship and was named 'All-American' six times.

Since 1994, Charmaine Crooks is the president and founder of NGU Consultants, a sports marketing, management and corporate consulting company.

Charmaine Crooks is a keynote speaker, appearing at national and international conferences, corporate meetings and retreats and speaking on topics ranging from team building, leadership, inspiration and the Olympic Movement.

Charmaine Crooks was elected to the International Olympic Committee Athletes Commission in 1996 and was elected as a full voting member of the IOC from 2000 to 2004.

Charmaine Crooks continues to serve on the IOC Athletes' Commission, has been a member of the IOC Press Commission since 2001, and was a founding member of the independent IOC Ethics Commission.

Charmaine Crooks was the founding and first Chair of the PASO Athletes' Commission.

Charmaine Crooks is a founding member and past member of the International Board of Directors for Right To Play, an athlete-driven international humanitarian organization that uses sports to encourage the development of youth in disadvantaged areas.

Charmaine Crooks is a current board member of the Canucks Autism Network and has been a longstanding honorary member of Big Sisters of the Lower Mainland since 2000.

Charmaine Crooks is a member of FIFA's Organizing Committee for Competitions.

On May 1,2021, Charmaine Crooks was named vice president of Canada Soccer.

In December 2022, Charmaine Crooks was given the Order of Canada.

On March 1,2023, Charmaine Crooks was named interim president of the Canadian Soccer Association.