Zygmunt Grzelewski won a gold medal in weightlifting in 1974 and was asked to light the torch the last time the Games were held in Thunder Bay, 50 years ago.
THUNDER BAY – In 1974, Zygmunt Grzelewski won the first gold medal of the Ontario Winter Games, the last time they were held in Thunder Bay.Fifty years later the Games returned to Thunder Bay and once again, Grzelewski was called on to do the honours, one of a handful of torch-bearers involved in the 1974 event.
“I was a flyweight, which is the lightest weight in weightlifting and it just happened that way. The next thing you know they were asking me to light the torch and of course I said yes. I was elated to be able to do that. Being able to do it again is unbelievable. It just brought back all those good memories.”
This year’s opening ceremonies were created in part by the City of Thunder Bay’s Karen Kadolph, also the Games’ special events chair. “These are people who are most likely coming to the city for the very first time. When they’re doing their sports, they’re going to go around and see the different venues that we have, so we wanted to show them something that was very different and something that was very Thunder Bay,” Kadolph said.
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