Peter Ogilvie, 2-time Canadian Olympic sprinter and sport leader, dead at 52

A self-described sports junkie. Two-time Canadian Olympic sprinter. Visionary leader. Influential sport builder.

Peter Ogilvie, who wanted unheralded track and field athletes to realize a dream and compete against the world's best, died from cancer last week. He was 52.

The Vancouver-born athlete competed in the 200 metres at the Olympics in 1992 (Barcelona) and 1996 (Atlanta). Ogilvie captured a silver medal in the 4x100m relay at the 1991 Pan Am Games in Havana and gold in the event three years later at the 1994 Francophone Games in Paris.

He also represented Canada at the world junior championships, world championships, Pan Am junior championships and Commonwealth Games.

Off the track, Ogilvie was an entrepreneur, involved in many aspects of athletics.

He was executive director of Athletics Alberta for over 10 years and brought major events to Edmonton, including the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic selection trials.

The driving force behind TrackTown Canada, he established the annual TrackTown Classic at Foote Field in Edmonton, one of the first meets in what is now known as the National Track and Field Tour.

For the 2015 TrackTown Classic, Ogilvie garnered attention when he secured U.S. sprint star Allyson Felix, who had won 16 medals, including 12 gold, at three Summer Olympics and five outdoor worlds.

Brian Torrance, executive director of Ever Active Schools in Alberta, described Ogilvie as a kind and caring person in a post Tuesday evening on X.

"Peter was a big contributor of sport and tourism in [Edmonton]. He stayed incredibly positive in his battle with cancer," Torrance wrote of Ogilvie, a City of Edmonton Sports Hall of Fame member.

Thanks in part of Ogilvie's efforts, Canadian athletes have a chance to compete