Month: August 2012

While all eyes are turned towards the Summer Olympic Games in London, Ottawa celebrates one of its own Winter Olympians. Decorated figure skater Barbara Ann Scott-King, with the help of Mayor Jim Watson, opened her namesake gallery on Thursday August 9, 2012. Dubbed "Canada's Sweetheart," Scott-King has graciously donated all of her personal memorabilia to the City of Ottawa, including her gold medal from the 1948 Winter Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland. During that same year, Scott-King also won the European and World figure skating titles, making her the first North American to win all three major events. Scott-King had collected so much personal memorabilia over her well-decorated career that only a third of her collection is on display.