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Jennifer Heil named Canada’s chef de mission for 2026 Winter Olympics | Globalnews.ca

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Jennifer Heil is named Canada 's chef de mission for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games .

The decorated skier won gold in moguls at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy .

The 41-year-old says it's a "full circle" and a "huge honour" to be selected to lead an Olympic team.

Past champions are often chosen for volunteer positions to guide Canada ’s squad.

Canada won 26 medals ( four gold, eight silver and 14 bronze) to rank fourth overall behind Norway , Russia and Germany in Beijing .

But national sport organizations haven’t received an increase in core funding since 2005 .

Canada ’s potential roster for 2026 is “one of the strongest teams that we have ever seen”.