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pierre harvey in 2012 canada rimouski , quebec 1984 summer olympics 1984 winter olympics 1988 winter olympics cycling cross-country skiing 24 march 1957 pierre harvey 2012.jpg pierre harvey
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pierre harvey

pierre harvey , -lrb- born march 24 , 1957 -rrb- is a canadian sports athlete .
he was the first canadian male athlete to compete in both the 1984 summer olympics -lrb- cycling -rrb- and 1984 winter olympics -lrb- cross-country skiing -rrb- .
born in rimouski , quebec , he won three gold medals in cross country skiing in the 1979 canada winter games .
first competing as a cyclist at the 1976 summer olympics in montreal , harvey finished 24th in the individual road race event .
he was also a silver medallist in the road race at the 1983 summer universiade in edmonton .
competing in cross country skiing from 1982 to 1988 , harvey 's best finish at the fis nordic world ski championships was 16th in the 15 km event at oslo in 1982 .
he would earn a total of three victories in his career , including a victory in the 50 km event at the holmenkollen ski festival in 1988 .
as of 2010 , he is the only canadian to win any event at that prestigious competition .
at the 1984 los angeles olympics cycling road race event his job was to act as wind breaker to his team mate steve bauer who went on to win olympic silver .
at the 1988 winter olympics in calgary , he took the athlete 's oath and finished 14th in the 30 km event .
in 1988 , he was made a member of the order of canada .
in 1992 , he was inducted into the canadian ski hall of fame .
harvey was inducted in the canadian cycling hall of fame in 2006 .
in 2011 , he was made a knight of the national order of quebec .
his son , alex harvey , made the canadian team for the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver as well as the 2014 winter olympics in sochi .
