Priscilla Lopes-Schliep - Track & Field | Canada

Priscilla Lopes-Schliep has already shown the world that she is ready to take on life's hurdles. During the 2010 Diamond League Championships she was ranked, overall, the number one hurdler in the world. At the 2010 World Indoor Championships, she was a bronze medalist and at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, she claimed silver. In 2008 she brought home a bronze medal in the women's 100-meter hurdles at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, which represented the first medal for Canada in the Summer Olympics since 1996. In fact, her prize was the first medal won by a Canadian woman in Olympic track and field competitions since the 1992 Games. A former hurdler for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, perhaps Priscilla's most admirable achievement was coming back to compete at the 2007 World Championships in Japan just two months after surgery. Medals and trophies aside, her dedication and courage show that Priscilla indeed has the heart of a champion.