Sunohara, Chan, Nestor among 2024 inductees into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

Hockey player Vicky Sunohara, figure skater Patrick Chan and tennis player Daniel Nestor are among the athletes who will be inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame this year.

Distance runner Angela Chalmers, para swimmer Kirby Cote and the late multi-sport athlete Fred Thomas will join them among athlete inductees.

Guylaine Demers, who works for gender and sexual orientation equity in sport domestically and internationally, and Indigenous sports leader Alex Nelson will enter as builders.

High jumper Debbie Brill will be recognized in the trailblazer category established in 2022. She pioneered the "Brill Bend" jump technique.

The nine new members will receive the Order of Sport at the Oct. 23 induction ceremony at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que.

The class of 2024 was chosen from 237 nominations, Hall president and CEO Cheryl Bernard said Wednesday in a statement.

Over 740 people and three horses have been inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame since 1955.

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Toronto's Sunohara won two Olympic gold medals and seven world championships during her 19 years on the Canadian women's hockey team.

The forward played in the first IIHF women's world championship in 1990, as well as in the Olympic debut of women's hockey in 1998.

"I'm so grateful for the opportunity to have represented our women's national hockey team alongside some of the most incredible teammates," Sunohara said.

Chan, a three-time men's world figure skating champion from Toronto, helped Canada win gold in the team event in 2018 and earned a silver medal in men's singles in 2014.

Toronto's Nestor won eight Grand Slam titles in men's doubles and another four in mixed doubles. He teamed