Mark Tewksbury

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Presentations

The Great Traits – The Game Experience

The Great Traits of Champions

The Achiever Traits
Mark discusses the fundamentals for being a champion in your own life.

The Leader Traits
In this practical, engaging presentation, Mark outlines the fundamentals for creating champion organizations and teams.

The Legacy Traits
Mark inspires audiences to champion a meaningful way of life.

Summary Profile

Mark Tewksbury knows what it means to be a champion.

He burst onto the scene at the Barcelona Olympics with a gold medal victory in the 100-metre backstroke, and would eventually retire with Olympic gold, silver and bronze medals and inductions into three major sports halls of fame. 

In life outside the pool, Mark has grown to become one of the world's great performers as a sought after communicator and champion of humanitarian causes. In 2006, he was president of the first World Outgames, which brought sports, culture and human rights together for the first time on the international stage. Charismatic and engaging, he is a respected advocate and spokesperson for such organizations as the Special Olympics, a popular television host of such series as the Discovery Channel's How It's Made, and as a frequent media commentator and best-selling author. 

While Mark became a champion in a very public domain, he draws parallels we can apply to our own lives. He inspires us to incorporate the fundamentals for being a champion everyday and motivates audiences with a refreshing combination of sincerity, enthusiasm and humility. 

An energetic and engaging storyteller, Mark’s rousing presentations use personal anecdotes to illustrate the great traits of champions and inspires us to be champions in our personal and professional lives.

His latest book, The Great Traits of Champions, co-authored with Debbie Muir, is the basis of a special eight-part series, Top of Your Game, on CBC Newsworld. The series, which began in March 2009, offers practical ways to move forward in this challenging economic climate."

Most recently, Tewksbury was appointed Canada's Chef de Mission, by the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Client Testimonials

"Your evening...was exceptional. You gave us the wonderful story of the sacrifice, discipline and rewards of Going for the Gold - and in your warmth, enthusiasm and humility, you gave us yourself."

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