Michelle Sawatzky-Koop
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Michelle Sawatzky-Koop (born July 14, 1970 in Steinbach, Manitoba) is a Canadian retired volleyball player and former radio broadcaster. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia with the Women's National Team, where the team finished 9th.[1]
As a university player for the Manitoba Bisons, she was a two-time CIS Championship MVP in 1990 and 1991, as well a two-time CIS player of the year for the 1990–91 and 1991-92 seasons.[2] Sawatzky was a part of the Bison's women's volleyball team that won three CIS championships in 1990, 1991 and 1992. In 1995, she joined the Canadian national team, who won a bronze medal at the Pan American Games in Argentina. In July 1996 the team finished 9th at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[3]
From 1997 to 2024, Sawatzky was a radio broadcaster and Morning Show co-host on CHSM, CFAM, and CJRB radio in southern Manitoba.[4] In 2024, she left radio to work for the Southeast Event Centre in downtown Steinbach.[5]
Sawatzky graduated from the University of Manitoba School of Music in 1993 with a Bachelor of Music Piano Performance.[3] She has also organized and participated in the annual Southeastern Manitoba Festival, which takes place in Steinbach.[6]
Sawatzky was elected into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2022 and the Volleyball Canada Hall of Fame in 2024.[7]
References
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- ↑ Team Canada Women's History. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ↑ Women's Volleyball- A Brief History Template:Webarchive. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ↑ a b Michelle Sawatzky-Koop - Canadian Olympic Women's Volleyball Team. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ↑ CFAM Radio 950. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
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- ↑ Southeastern Manitoba Festival. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
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