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Object ID |
2014.37.12 |
Object Name |
Video Recording |
Title |
Pierre Harvey Interview |
Interview Summary / Résumé d'entrevue |
Pierre Harvey, Order of Sport recipient, inducted in 2014, born in Rimouski, Québec, talks about his cycling and cross-country skiing careers. Pierre recalls swimming competitively as a youth and winning a Bronze Medal at the 1971 Québec Games. He transitioned to cycling because there was the potential to be more social during training. Pierre remembers being Canada's youngest cycling team member at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. Pierre describes his frustration at training for four years for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, only for Canada to boycott the Games. Out of his frustration, he began competitively training in cross-country skiing since he had already been skiing as part of his cross-training for cycling during the winter. Pierre describes the commitment involved in cycling and cross-country skiing training and explains how both sports require similar training and abilities. Pierre recalls highlights in both sports: beating Steve Bauer in a race and winning the Gold Medal in 1987 in Falun, Sweden, becoming the first Canadian to win an international cross-country event. Pierre explains that he believes everyone has potential and that you can be successful with hard work and supportive people. Entrevue avec Pierre Harvey, 22 octobre 2014. MP4 d'origine numérique, temps de visionnement : 00:09:47. Pierre Harvey, récipiendaire de l'Ordre du sport, a été intronisé en 2014 et est né à Rimouski, au Québec. Il parle de sa carrière de cyclisme et de ski de fond. Pierre se souvient de sa pratique compétitive de la natation dans sa jeunesse et de sa médaille de bronze aux Jeux du Québec en 1971. Il est passé au cyclisme, car ce sport permettait d'être plus social pendant l'entraînement. Pierre se souvient d'avoir été le plus jeune membre de l'équipe de cyclisme du Canada aux Jeux olympiques de 1976 à Montréal. Pierre décrit la frustration éprouvée lorsque, après s'être entraîné pendant quatre ans pour les Jeux olympiques de 1980 à Moscou, le Canada a boycotté ces Jeux. À la suite de cette frustration, il a commencé à s'entraîner de manière compétitive en ski de fond, car il faisait déjà du ski pour complémenter son entraînement de cyclisme pendant l'hiver. Pierre décrit l'engagement nécessaire dans l'entraînement combiné du cyclisme et du ski de fond et explique comment les deux sports nécessitent un entraînement et des capacités similaires. Pierre se souvient des moments forts dans les deux sports : battre Steve Bauer dans une course et remporter la médaille d'or en 1987 à Falun, en Suède, ce qui a fait de lui le premier Canadien à remporter une compétition internationale de ski de fond. Pierre explique qu'il croit que tout le monde a du potentiel et que l'on peut réussir avec du travail acharné et le soutien de personnes qui nous appuient. |
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Pierre Harvey interview, 22 October 2014. Born digital MP4, viewing time 00:09:47. 1 of 2: 00:16How did you get involved in sport as a child: started as a swimmer, started to train at age 11, went to the first Quebec Games in 1971 and won bronze, it was a "wow", really big moment; he quit swimming because it was too much of the same thing so he started, cycling because you could talk and have fun with friends while training whereas with swimming you just had your head down in the pool; he has great respect for swimmers knowing what they do to train and that they are tough athletes; others sport were easy to train for and in cycling you can change your course; he went to the Canadian championships and was selected to go to his first Olympics in Montreal in 1976, this was a big achievement as he was the youngest on the team; he had the best finish for Canada at 24th; he kept training for the 1980 Olympic in Moscow which Canada boycotted, he had trained for four years at 20 hours a week and quit school to train and then did not get to go, it was really tough, he did all that work and got nothing; most of his friends quit and he also quit cycling, he had been doing cross country skiing because his coach said he should so some cross training to stay fit, he really enjoyed it, in 1980 he finished second at the Canadian championships; Canada did not send anyone to the 1980 OWG in Lake Placid because an athlete had to be in the top 16 in the world, which he was not; he felt he was better at skiing and could do better, the next winter he made the national team and it was his career from 1971-1988; he had 17 years of training at 20 to 30 hours per week and finished his schooling as a mechanical engineer; it was fun 07:16 What made you a good athlete: he had the talent for endurance sports where you need a long distance to be good; he had a good cardiovascular system and enjoyed training, he could train alone, it was fun 2 of 2; 00.20In 1979 he won four medals in cycling at the Canada Games, that was a big thing; the Olympics in 1976 were a much higher achievement for him; his goal was to make the 1980 Games in Moscow, skiing then was just for fun, his objective was the Summer Olympics; he was a fighter, when they said go he would push all the way, the challenge was to push to limit and extend the limit 02:10From 1980 to 1984 he quit cycling and focused his energy on skiing; at the end of the 1984 season he felt it would be good to try a comeback because he missing the 1980 Olympics, he had the support of people in Quebec to train, he decided to train for 2 months to try to go to the 1984 Olympics, it was not a difficult switch from cross country skiing to cycling, in a few weeks he was in shape, he even beat Steve Bauer in a race, when he got to 1984 he knew Steve was the only Canadian able to reach the podium, he was a good sprinter and a good climber, he and other members of the team were willing to help and all worked for Steve; it was fun because he didn't have the pressure, it was on all Steve, he is proud to have helped Steve win the Silver medal 05:35On the challenges in competing in two sports: both sports are cardiovascular sports, so they require the same training and ability; skiing was a bit nicer because of where he competed and was nicer than the five day races of cycling, skiing was just a short distance competition compared to that, you need to be powerful for a short time; it was a good life, fun and you can see your improvements 08:20On the Gold medal in 1987 in Falun, Sweden: he had trained to be in the top 5 at the World Championships, there was doping at that time, doping lasts for 1-2 weeks then everyone goes to normal, in Falun he raced against the same skiers and won the race; at age 30 he had been training since he was 11 and still believed he could improve, so he kept on training; when he won the gold that day it was the best day of his athlete's life, "today I beat everyone. Today I was the best". 11:27Values: everyone has potential; if you have the chance to discover your potential and work hard, with a good environment - friends, coaches, family - it's possible to go really far if you really enjoy it; it will not happen overnight; you need to train but also need to enjoy life and not be too serious; it is about what you want to do; the fun is to push the limit 13:19On being inducted to the CSHOF: really big, didn't know it was that big, it is all athletes, professional, amateur, Olympian and at another level; it is a big honour to be there |
Date |
2014/10/22 |
Year Range from |
1971 |
Year Range to |
1988 |
People |
Harvey, Pierre Bauer, Steve |
Search Terms |
Cross country skiing Interview Pierre Harvey Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games skiing |