Lauren McGuire’s path to ice skating began at the young age of eight when her babysitter Kristina Groves was working her way up the international stage. Little did she know at the time that Kristina Groves would go onto become a three time Olympian and win a staggering four Olympic medals. This on its own is a very fortunate and remarkable influence to have from such a young age. This inevitable “hooked” Lauren to speed skating and from there began a path to a spectacularly athletic career. From a very young age she had always wanted to represent Team Canada...

The latest success story at MAKEACHAMP has to undoubtedly fall to Marissa Ponich who has raised 107% of her total and is preparing for Rio. She is a real talent and a “cut above” in women’s fencing around the world and in Canada. However, little do people know that she only began fencing at the age of nineteen. Some would view that as being a late bloomer. Others, such as Marissa, do concur that it was challenge however she was “able to process things a lot faster in a very mature way.” Obviously there was a learning curve as Marissa...

Again and again, MAKEACHAMP athletes are winning medals in weightlifting, alpine skiing, judo & track and field. We are proud to support the new generation of crowdfunded champions! Maya breaks Ontario Junior and Senior Weightlifting records Maya Laylor, of Toronto, broke the Ontario provincial Jr. record in in the snatch with 88kg at the OWA WinterLift. After winning the snatch, she continued and broke the junior and senior records in the clean & jerk with 108kg. Watch:

Médaillé de bronze aux Jeux Paralympiques de Londres en 2012, Champion Canada en 2013, on ne présente plus au Québec ou au Canada Marie-Claude Molnar. Son palmarès est impressionnant. Récemment, Marie-Claude a lancé une campagne de crowdfunding sur la plateforme de sociofinancement MAKEACHAMP pour pouvoir continuer son entraînement, ses deux vélos de course ayant été volés dans sa voiture stationnée. Incroyable n'est-ce pas? La communauté sportive du cyclisme et paracyclisme s'est heureusement ralliée et Marie-Claude a pu obtenir 101% de son objectif financier - à moins de 3 jours de sa campagne. Bravo à la communauté du cyclisme, amis et...